Flight1 Ultimate Traffic II

IanP said:
This is why I wanted to do a direct comparison of all of them, so people can see exactly what each does and doesn't offer - however only one person commented on the idea, so evidently it isn't that popular as ideas go. ;)
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I think it would be a great service to the community as a whole, if a full blown comparison was done. With lots of pictures!

I have UT2, but it's not installed since my latest FSX reinstall. Maybe after the next update I might reinstall it, but IMHO the hype of the product hasn't met reality.

Like some other posters, I look for GA activity, not the tubes. When I had UT2 installed I grew weary of the same 7 or 8 variants of GA AI. I have the FSX version of GA-Traffic and tons of AI models and paints (from FS9), but one big difference deters me from using it. When Markus converted the program to FSX compatibility he did not include the ability to recognize addon airport files. While FSX has "generally" more parking at smaller fields, it still is limited in size and scope. Plus the default parking spots are way too big for GA traffic, so the results can be unpredictable.

But enough of my babble, I say go for it on the comprehensive review. I'm all for cutting through the hype and getting down to the truth.
 
MyTraffic had a phenomenal array of GA traffic the last time I tried it, but the majority, I believe, was still FS9 models back then. I don't have the latest version or the previous one.

TrafficX, unfortunately, absolutely insists on putting the default DHC2 on floats everywhere, which means primarily land-based airports. Watching an aircraft taxi around with half the floats underwater? Less than impressive unfortunately.
 
Thanks for the additional info guys. It is all very helpful.

Ian, I misread your earlier post and thought you were going to go ahead with the product-to-product review rather then looking for feedback to see if the community wanted you to do it. Sorry about that; I would definitely like to see a comparison like that.

Thanks,
Rick
 
I see JustFlight just released TrafficX Plus Packs for more civil and military aircraft. It also looks like you can run them stand alone if you don't have/want TrafficX.
 
They did that previously for Traffic on FS9. I used a couple and did a review of them for simFlight. I don't have the link to hand and it was before simFlight reorganised, but if I come across it, I'll post a link. The idea of the packages looks pretty identical to their predecessors.
 
I own TrafficX, but with my new FS install I was going to switch to Ultimate Traffic 2, as it looks like it might have some performance and quality benefits.

But now seeing the TrafficX PlusPaks, I'm suddenly torn. It'd be cool to run across more military traffic. (Though with a bit of a UK bent!) And that'd be cheaper than getting UT2.

I'd LOVE to see a comparison. I'm mostly interested in performance comparisons, realism of traffic levels, DX10 compatibility, and performance.
 
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