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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

What is your fave freeware FS site?

Yep, allways starting here, than I check my e-mails, and than I usually check out the flightsim.com new files. I too used avsim.com before, but I could never get the search engine to show me what I wanted and I think they are still more specified around FS9 with new files, flightsim.com is heading more towards FSX, I guess.
 
My favourites are:
  1. Flightsim (good search engine)
  2. Avsim (idem, but too many civil stuff to go through)
  3. Sim-Outhouse (mainly because I know what is there, but it's virtually impossible to find anything when you not familiar with the library).
  4. Simviation (I dislike the search engine, but i go there mainly for older models and repaints).
 
Avsim is where I go when I want to play with dead link.
I don't even try this one anymore, to be honnest :/
(for the old stuff I mean. Newly uploaded stuff is ok)

Flightsim is the most reliable.
Simviation is reliable too, but the download speed for free users is really slow (30 kb/sec max), so downloading huge file is a pain.
 
1) Avsim - Because it's easy to browse and search and I don't need a paid account for a fast download.

2) Flightsim

3) Simviation

I download a lot from SoH, but I don't like it's set up. I find it difficult to search and browse. I probably download the most from SoH, but that's through links in the forums or when something new is released I know I can find it easily under "What's new." It is also my homepage tab for sims, but that's because of the forums. The first place I check for anything new is the SoH FS2004 and FSX forums (I still use both). SoH forums are the best sim forums for "hanging out." :)
 
1. Avsim - The 1st place I've always looked for new stuff. After the big meltdown it does seem that the search engine has become flukey. The returns are sometimes incomplete or it just plain misses a file that I know is in there somewhere. Most of the freeware that I have is from Avsim over the years.

2. Flightsim - The 2nd place I've always looked, but oddly it now become the most common place for me to grab freeware repaints and scenery from. The one big reason I put Flightsim over Avsim right now is the search engine filter. I like being able to choose "FSX" new files only and not have to wade through new FS9 files over at Avsim. I wish Avsim would add that filtering capability.

3. SOH - This was the very first "new" file library that I trusted enough to add to the above two on my daily checks. I don't browse the library like I do at Avsim and Flightsim, but rely on the announcements when I check the forum everyday.

4. Oz - Mainly for aircraft repaint files that don't seem to be available anywhere else.

FAC
 
SOH and OZx are the best :ernae:; I only tend to check Avism and Flightsim when someone here mentions a particular new 'plane or scenery.
 
Avsim then Flightsim then Simviation (for some rare models that I can't find on the other sites)

SOH file downloading can be a little bit hit and miss for me.
 
FlightSim first

I always go to FlightSim first,though their search engine is a bit frustrating ,then Simviation ,poor search engine also, then SMOH ,I hate to say this but for me it's the worst search engine of all,lastly Avsim.Then google seach.
 
Very little difference in where folks go to find their downloads really. Most everyone uses flightsim, Avsim, Simviation and SOH. What I found interesting is the opinions on why they use those sites and more specifically the "search" engines. Many, like me, find the flightsim search engine frustrating (I find it almost useless), the same with Avsim and don't even get me started on the SOH downloads area, lol. Still others find those same search engines the best around. . .interesting.

What frustrates me with most search engines is their lack of an "intuitive search" ability. If I know the name of an airplane but misspell it by one character, it finds nothing. . .if I have the name spelled right, but insert a coma or a hyphen where it doesn't belong. . .nothing. . .Google search will get you closer than any of the freeware sites will when locating a download, lol.:salute:
 
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