Mega Airport London-Heathrow Xtended Scenery for FSX/P3D
6 reviewsSeen by many as one of the most important cities in the world, London has always held an incredible sphere of influence within the UK and Europe. Today, it holds a sphere of influence over the entire globe! Read more...
- Media Format
- Immediate Download
- Compatibility
- Microsoft Flight Simulator X inc. Steam Edition & Prepar3D
- File size
- 4 GB
- Developer
- Aerosoft
The world of London is a unique one and one which can be quite hard to get used to if you are not from the city – however, what it does offer is a unique insight into the way that a city can be truly transformed into something far bigger; London is, for all intents and purposes, a country of its own.
This is factored in by the sheer range of transport options that it holds – not to mention the famous, massive Heathrow Airport.
In this edition of Mega Airport, you can finally get access to a new and improved version of one of the most powerful and important airports on the planet. It’s the busiest airport in Europe and with this mod it no longer feels like a poor imitation.
This carries the real feeling and depth of London off perfectly, making it easier than ever to buy into this city and see it in the right light for yourself.
Regardless of what you think of the city or its general style, you will find that this covers more than 42 square kilometers of distance to give you brand new textures and a fresh approach to making Heathrow sparkle in the way that it was always supposed to as one of the flagship airports in Europe.
Now, you can get to enjoy London Heathrow Airport in FSX unlike ever before!
New Changes
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This airport package is designed to give you access to the city of London’s main airport like never before – this will make it easier than ever to see the city.
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In this package, then, you get access to a whole new design of the airport with 42km square taken in across the airport to give you every last inch of the airport in a fresh and captivating new design. This looks wonderful and does a great job to sell and promote the look and feel of the airport in detail.
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Speaking of detail, it also does a wonderful job of selling the look and feel of the airport thanks to the new buildings which have been built in and improved across the area. With fully detailed buildings at the airport now looking fresher and ever, it has become a simple addition that makes the entire location spring to life and look far more alive than before.
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To ensure this remains the case, Safe gate and all other dockings are included at each and every gate. This looks excellent, adding much-needed realism.
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Another massive improvement has been that of the T2 and T2B terminals. These looks excellent and do a great job of selling the design and format of the whole location to make it finally carry the depth it should have; the new terminals add another layer of realism to the location.
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This comes with pre-rendered and working self-shadowing that looks wonderful using raytraced night lighting to ensure that the sun looks authentic when you are spending time within the airport. This looks excellent and does a great job of promoting the whole area and making it look fresher than before.
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With fully customized high resolution aerial ground textures with roughly 30cm/pixel being used, these custom detail textures being included cover everything from the taxiways to the signs across the airport. These make a huge difference and ensure the whole place manages to capture the real look and feel of Heathrow.
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Detailed ground markings make it easy to know where you should – and shouldn’t – be parking, which makes it much easier for you to arrange for departure or landing thanks to the clear and easy to follow ground markings improving your flight accuracy and ensuring that you can fly with comfort.
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A hand placed autogen system has been used to make sure that the features not uniquely added will still look great. The new changes to the autogen ensures that everything looks fresh and exciting, carrying that unique look and feel which makes it easier than ever before to enjoy the look and feel of the airport.
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The actual layout of the taxiways has been taken from the real thing – they are followed to the very inch and angle, making sure that every taxiway looks brilliant.
Additional Changes
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Another massive part of this system is the fact that new scenery and aerial ground changes are included. This make the simulation look excellent and ensures that integration is a piece of cake.
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By doing this, the geographic referencing used throughout makes sure that the whole package comes together and looks positively spectacular. It gives you a much greater and clearer design, using various add-ons to complete the look properly.
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Seasonal ground textures are included which make it much easier than your own development may suggest – now you can get used to flying from the airport in everything from the baking sun to the chilling snow. These features really do make a huge difference in the enjoyment and realism of the airport in general.
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Animated, custom utility vehicles drive around and make it look better than ever with the use of AES Lite to ensure that the airport feels alive not just with traffic and other features but to make sure that the staff are all seen to be busy, adding that vital layer of authenticity.
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Custom LOD features will ensure that you have the best performance possible whilst helping you see as far in front of yourself as you possibly can.
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A custom made AFCAD file comes with airline parking codes for yet more authenticity.
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Europier terminals can be added in if you wish – however, they are due to be demolished in real life!
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Easy to install with no switching or permanent changes made to your configs; plug and play installation is provided here.
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Works perfectly well with the popular DX10 preview system.
About Aerosoft
Aerosoft has been in the flight sim business since 1991 - true veterans of flight simulation software and providing add-ons for flight simulator users and virtual pilots.
Based in Germany, they have a true appreciation of attention to detail in flight sim quality. They have published many hit titles in the flight sim world over the years and they are known globally in the flight sim community.
Aerosoft publishes many titles from smaller flight sim names bringing their add-ons and creations to fruition and putting them in front of the masses.
Aerosoft is always at the forefront of the latest flight simulator technology and their customer after-sale support is second to none.
Customer Reviews
Rated 4.7/5.0 based on 6 customer reviews
- 04/08/2020
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4/5 Verified Purchase
This add on makes Heathrow an almost perfect airport, lively and vibrant, plenty going on and, the night time scenery is stunning as are the views at dusk. If you use "My traffic" add on, as I do then this will eat into your FPS, I dropped the traffic down within FSX to try and reslove this issue, it does help but I'm only getting around 17fps with 50% traffic.
Used on its own though this Heathrow Extended is simply stunning
- 05/12/2020
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5/5 Verified Purchase
Ok why this add on for Heathrow, especially as there are some good free ones available, good question, but when you see the detail this add on has, it puts most of the free ones i have used to shame, i would highly recommend any flight sim user for FSX to purchase the Heathrow airport add on, you will not be dissapointed, the detail and quality is second to none.
- 05/05/2020
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5/5 Verified Purchase
This is the first time i have used simshack to purchase a scenery product, but i am very impressed with the detail of the Heathrow Airport, it is quiet detailed and looks fantastic. If you like to upgrade scenery files in FSX, then you will not be dissapointed with this product, and i would not have any hesitation in Reccomending this paticular add on.
- 09/04/2018
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4/5 Verified Purchase
Pretty good. Heathrow is my go to airport for a quick flight ans landing. The aesthetic upgrades make it all a more better experience. Thought I'd see airport staff but haven't seen any yet. Perhaps I misread, still, I'm pleased with it.
- 04/08/2018
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5/5 Verified Purchase
I absolutely love this product, I have had a few issues installing, however, I have this with most add-ons. It has great textures and autogen, I would thoroughly recommend AI traffic to stop this wonderful scenery getting lonely.
- 01/25/2021
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5/5 Verified Purchase
Honestly one of the best airports ive had in my sim. Easy install, great graphics.
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