Orbx Releases FTX: NA KPSP Palm Springs International Airport

[mutley 4,487]

 

The Desert Oasis.

With one of the most dramatically scenic backdrops in the United States, Palm Springs is a resort city situated 100 miles east of Los Angeles in Southern California.

 

In his most expansive scenery to date, acclaimed developer Jarrad Marshall (Monterey/Redding/Jackson Hole/Cairns Intl) brings us not only Palm Springs Intl, but 1500 square kilometres of hand-crafted scenery. Explore the resort cities of Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Indian Wells, Thousand Palms, Palm Desert and Desert Hot Springs, the high-altitude alpine wonderland of San Jacinto Peak, the windswept wastelands of the San Gorgonio Pass and the harsh beauty of the Coachella Valley desert.

 

Famous during the 50's and 60's as the playground of Hollywood elite, Palm Springs is home to some of finest examples of mid-century Modernist architecture in the world; many examples of which can be found in this scenery. From the vast wind turbine farms, to the impressive 6000ft Aerial Tramway, from the modern skyscrape
rs of the Reservation Casinos to the retro chic of City Hall, there are literally dozens of interesting landmarks and features to explore. Outside of KPSP, try your luck landing at the difficult Aerial Tramway and hospital helipads, or explore the outer regions of the scenery from Banning Municipal and Bermuda Dunes airports.

 

As for KPSP itself; as the largest airport in the ORBX North American library, this field is genuinely suited for all types of flyers - from the heaviest jetliners, through corporate types and even low-and-slow GA flyers, Palm Springs is the perfect destination. Served by most US and Canadian mainline airlines to destinations across North America, the airport is famous for it's unique "outdoor terminal" - use our freeware BOB to wander around the highly-detailed terminal grounds. If that is not enough, be sure to visit the Palm Springs Aviation Museum - many types operated by the US Navy are open for viewing. Optimised for performance, a huge coverage area, bea
utiful runway approaches for all types of aviators and extraordinary detail around the airport, Palm Springs is your perfect base of operations for Southern California. Far more than just an airport!

- Ultra-detailed rendition of KPSP Palm Springs International Airport
- Enormous 1500sq km coverage area at 30cm/1m resolution
- Impeccable 10m high resolution mesh and custom vegetation autogen
- Dozens of custom landmarks
- Palm Springs Aerial Tramway and Hospital helicopter landing areas
- Custom animated AI helicopter and train
- Extraordinarily detailed Airport Terminal
- Advanced rendering, ambient occlusion and unique night-lighting techniques used for maximum realism
- Highly detailed APX to allow unique parallel runway operations
- Strongly optimized for good performance with complex aircraft types
- Designed to blend seamlessly with FTX GLOBAL in both P3D2v2 and FSX/P3Dv1.4
- The tenth ORBX product from acclaimed developer Jarrad Marshal

 

More details here http://www.orbxsystems.com/forum/topic/87103-ftx-na-kpsp-palm-springs-international-airport-released/

[brett 2,283]

That is one big package, very nice.

[jaydor 345]

First Pictures from today:
 
The water park is the light blue water is just under the nose:



Air museum:



Good to see a working Radar:



Thousands of wind turbines:

[needles 1,010]

Looks tasty. Nice shots James.

I might have to look in to this as a viable xmas gift from Wifey.

[Andrew Godden 934]

Looks tasty. Nice shots James.

I might have to look in to this as a viable xmas gift from Wifey.

 

On top of the other viable graphics Christmas gift!!!  How far do you really want to push it? 

 

Cheers

Andrew

[needles 1,010]

In my defence your honour, I coughed up a substantial portion of the cost of said graphics card.

And, if I'm not mistaken, you appear to be resting your opinions steadfastly in the prosecutions camp.

I defer to your humble mightiness if I am incorrect in my findings.

Addendum: Further to my thoughts, said software would, in the UK, be considered a stocking filler, to wit I hang on the fireplace.

[brett 2,283]

The water park looks nice in James first shot but what is that greenish blob looking thing to the left of the pool? Yuk.

[needles 1,010]

That be a nice lime jello. Or Jelly as we say over here.

 

[mutley 4,487]

It's 'The Thing' (staring at your local picture house!)

Just wait for nightfall Muhahahaha.

[britfrog 180]

i saw this on an AirdailyX podcast (or whatever they are called these days)  the other night and for an hour an 45 minutes I have to say I was spell bound, it is simply superb, sadly i wont be buying it as it is out of my sphere of ops but if you are looking at flying in this region this is a must buy !

[dogtrack 345]

Requires Global Base Pack by all accounts. Guess that will rule it out for some, me included.

[hifly 925]

The three circular things to the right of the pool remind me of sewage filters.  Also the wave machine in the pool must be set at tsunami level.  

[brett 2,283]

I believe the place is called Knott's Soak City(renamed Wet 'n' Wild Palm Springs?) 1500 S Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs

 

If you look in Google Earth it looks very odd, like a crazy foam mountain, sort of like a spikey mesh problem you sometimes get in FSX. In Google map it shows as it really is, a figure eight pond with fountains. Looks like something completely different in the ORBX scenery, hopefully something for a fix in a later update.

 

 

[jaydor 345]

This shot is a good example of near to real..

Look through the trees.

[brett 2,283]

Holy crow, is that my brother-in-law with another women.

 

I am constantly amazed at how good scenery looks now. Thanks for the view.