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VFR Reviews- what do you want from us!?!?!

To some extent these forums provide an adequate rolling review of both free and payware every day but an in depth and subjective review of the best freeware available would be welcomed by me. I have wasted enough time and disk space installing and testing dreadful freeware - doesn't matter whether I've paid for it or not, I might still have benefited from an impartial review separate from what I can glean from forums like this before I considered installing.

If there are any freeware developers out there who do not wish to have their work reviewed in the same manner as a payware review - please speak up or forever hold your peace! It's not like a bad review is going to hurt your sales - just your ego :mixedsmi:
 
If VFR Reviews doesn't want to say anything negative about freeware, then just don't call it a "review". Simple as that.
 
It would be nice if you'd review my plane :) I know it's not perfect, but there are guys who hasn't seen, or tried it because it's not another Mustang or Bf-109 ;)

I like to read reviews of freeware addons, very often freeware planes and sceneries are treated as 'worse' just because it's free.
 
empeck said:
It would be nice if you'd review my plane :) I know it's not perfect, but there are guys who hasn't seen, or tried it because it's not another Mustang or Bf-109 ;)

I like to read reviews of freeware addons, very often freeware planes and sceneries are treated as 'worse' just because it's free.
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And there are guys like me who haven't seen or tried it because we don't know what it is! Any links?
 
Good point. Present something which is less known for the typical FS user, no matter if it is a scenery or an aeroplane. It is shame for me that Vitek's Aero Vodochody 159 was not made "sticky" here.

On the other side you can go even further and present make an interview with the developer. I would like to know more about Tim, Jim, Dino, Dave, Vitek and many more developers. Why do they spend their free time on making fs addons ? When did they start their hobby ? There can be lots of good questions and I am sure that such an article with the full list of the author's addons would be great.

Lucas
 
djwaglik said:
I would like to know more about Tim, Jim, Dino, Dave, Vitek and many more developers. Why do they spend their free time on making fs addons ? When did they start their hobby ? There can be lots of good questions and I am sure that such an article with the full list of the author's addons would be great.

Lucas
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that would be something i would read:applause:
 
Should this be native FSX only? There are still a lot of great FS2004 freeware models developed and until FS2004 has quite some users.

Cheers,
Huub
 
huub vink said:
Should this be native FSX only? There are still a lot of great FS2004 freeware models developed and until FS2004 has quite some users.

Cheers,
Huub
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I don't think it should be. FS9 is still a popular sim, especially among freeware designers. But as I said, if it is for FS9, review it in FS9. None of this portover business.:monkies:
 
The problem with portovers and non-FSX native planes is that they can sometimes cause a terrible performance hit in FSX. I know i cant use the FS9 F-86 because it turns FSX into a stutterfest for me.
 
Hi everyone!

http://www.vfrreviews.com/index.php?topic=234.new#new

Ok, here's the new rolling thread. I've only just had a little bit of time, but I wanted to put down the stuff that really caught my eye. Some of you guys requested reviews of several products- I'll have a look at those as I get time. Also, a lot of what we review will probably be the better stuff, not your run-of-the-mill model with default sounds, panels, and no VC.

If you guys would be so kind, I would be very happy to have you guys find links for me at any site, cause it's tough to find and link twenty different addons.

In regards to some of the comments- thank you, we really appreciate your feedback. This will not hinder our payware reviewing since we're probably just going to devote about 1/5 of our time to this, realistically. Besides this, a lot of freeware aircraft aren't as complex as most payware stuff, and I rather expect that they'll take less time. After all, there's not many addons with the complexity of PMDG that are free.

Also, all our reviews are subjective. If something has a lousy VC, we'll talk about it. Same with performance, documentation, etc. It'll be up to the regular VFR Reviews standards, I promise :D We're also working on a system and award for freeware... Not as comprehensive as our payware award stuff, but it'll point out some of the greats from the rest, I think.

I rather think that these will help the community, since the two shots or so that you get to see with most download sites doesn't give you much of an idea.

Thanks guys! Keep 'em coming! I really appreciate those who liked the idea :D
 
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