Interesting to look back at an older iteration of the sim: Hard to say for sure given the weather, but I think it looked better (and performed better in some respects) back then, than it does now. What do you guys reckon?
I’m on an older system so I had to run on medium back then but now I can get up to ultra so I couldn’t say for how it looks as it’s not a fair comparison. For me it certainly performs much better now but I understand that has its downsides for people with better systems.
The night lighting was certainly better earlier on. I can't remember when they really started jamming forks in the outlets and messing it up badly, but it was around SU3. 4 improved it a bit, then 5 made it horrible. The draw distance and sepia ground smear has always been the problem, and they "fixed" everything but that. I also like the clouds better back in these earlier builds as well. Current builds have way too many smooth, flat colored blobs unless the skies are very stormy and when there is detail in them it's usually pixelated. On the plus side in current builds I can get amazing ground views at a solid 30 fps at just 125 render scale and manually cranking the Usercfg file's terrain and object LOD up to 4.
I think FPS has certainly been improved, but I don’t think that’s necessarily translated into smoothness (for me anyway). I’ve always run the sim on the same settings, but this was recorded on my old PC and looks to be about as good (in terms of performance) as my new PC haha. It’s difficult to say with any certainty, but I do feel as though the sim looked more realistic back then (nowadays I think it looks a bit more cartoonish). I was just interested to see whether it was only me finding this to be the case, or others as well. Cheers Liam! : )
I agree Ole; I think the sim simply looks more cartoonish now. This video was recorded some time ago (not long after the CRJ was released) and I’ve only just come to upload it now. I think the lighting and colourisation was more realistic back when this video was recorded. I thought it was interesting to be reminded how MSFS used to look; I don’t think it was just my imagination that things have been progressively downgraded. . . Cheers!
Owning this one and the PMDG Cloudmaster gave me the best planes I have ever flown. Beautyful how you present the cozy warm heated cockpits during cold rainy weather outside :) with some nice lighting and stuff.
The CRJ had its issues initially, but it seems to be a pretty solid effort these days. Aerosoft certainly did a nice job with the aircrafts systems etc and I still like to fly it in the sim myself as well (I have a few more videos in the aircraft lined up actually). I think I prefer the DC-6 over the CRJ, but a big part of that is just because it offers a nice change of pace. I’m glad you enjoyed the video Julia. MSFS may still have its issues, but it does weather, lighting and indeed ambience better than any other sim by far (DCS is close - when the weather system was working properly). Thanks very much and happy new year! : )
That was brilliant, so real, the comprehensive details of the flight get to me. Totally professional and a brilliant job well done. Sitting on my chair, haha nice one. Than care.
Thanks very much once again James! Really glad you enjoyed it. I didn’t realise you were into the commercial stuff as well; I thought perhaps you were more into flight simming for the military stuff (as you’ve tended to comment on that previously). Hope you enjoyed riding along in your chair then haha! Cheers : )
To be fair to Aerosoft, I’m not sure that one’s their fault; as far as I’m aware, the sim does not currently support such a feature? I could be wrong though. . . I agree it would certainly be a nice feature to have. I remember having working wipers in FS2004 haha! Cheers : )
Hello Into the Blue Simulations, A perfect example of superbly detailed wipers (linkages) and their effectiveness can be appreciated (of all places) on Train Simulator and Train Sim World. This feature has been available for many years on those 2 platforms. Even Dirt Rally has authentic ones on their cars. Again, it is discouraging that the newest version of our beloved Flight Simulator, did not bother including it. X-Plane 11 is also guilty of not implementing them. They do turn on (King Air C90B, MD-80, 737, Sikorsky S-76) but forget wiping away any precipitations. The immersion level is fascinating on approach during a very stormy night (FS9 and FSX SE with Captain Sim DLC's). Besides this glaring omission from all concerned, your video presentation of the CRJ, deserves nothing less than a standing ovation from us all. So long from CYUL.
Indeed, I had the Captainsim 757 and remember it being quite captivating. I remember Colin McRae Rally on the Xbox being the same haha. It certainly adds a lot of immersion, the little touches like that. I expect Asobo may look to address it, once DirectX 12 has been implemented. Thank you very much for your kind words! Very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video : ) All the best!
I can't believe I only now discovered this channel. What a great video. Now this is what I am talking about. Not only excellent professional content and tutorial but on top of that great fluid smooth visuals. Subscribed! I can't wait to finish watching this and explore your channel, but first you made me want to fly although late. I need to fire up my sim. x plane 11 as I have MS2020 Deluxe since launch last year but it didn't run well despite my high end system . Looks like it is running a lot better now. I'll wait for more payware commercial aircraft, a good ai addon and replays then I may finally start flying MS2020. But for now this is such an enjoyable appetizing flight video. Great, professional and instructive. Thumbs up!
Thanks ever so much Vasily, much appreciated! Really happy to hear you enjoyed the video (and that it inspired you to fire up the sim haha). I’ve tried to give the channel its own “character” as best I can, combining some (hopefully) informative content, with some decent cinematics also. I seem to have inadvertently ended up becoming a bit of a review channel haha, but I still have quite a few flight videos also (+ most of my reviews also include a full flight). MSFS certainly does run better in some regards these days, but it still has quite a lot of shortfalls also. If I want to do any “serious” simming, particularly in the heavy jets, I tend to head over to X-Plane myself (I have a few X-Plane vids on the channel that you might like and a few more pre-recorded as well. I expect you might enjoy this one; as it’s multi-crew and you get to hear some insights from an engineer also; ua-cam.com/video/zSZ3QkNal2M/v-deo.html). Thank you very much for the sub and welcome aboard! : )
Hi, firstly a huge thank you for taking the time in creating many in-depth video tutorials and sharing your real-life pilot skills. Looking at the GPWS ‘pull-up’ alerts, does this only occur at Guernsey? The terrain on the approach climbs steeply to the runway making and so I wonder if this confuses the GPWS.
Hi Andy, thanks very much indeed! Glad you’re enjoying the content : ) Certainly a valid hypothesis, but I think it was just an issue with early iterations of the Aerosoft CRJ. I’m not sure Aerosoft quite modelled the GPWS as they should have done (the envelope for the callouts actually shifts, the further down the approach one gets in reality and I don’t think they had taken this into account). More recently I haven’t experienced the issue with the aircraft, so it seems as though they’ve now fixed it up (though the Guernsey scenery may well have exacerbated the issue at the time). Thanks very much once again and all the best!
Good flight! One issue I am having with this airplane is I am not able to center up the heading bug by pushing the center of it. I see it is working for you.
Thanks for offering up the help Liam! Took me a little while to figure out myself haha. Back when I recorded this video, right clicking wasn’t a requirement (one could simply click straight on the selector). As you say, I’m not sure whether this was an intentional change from Aerosoft, or not. It’s not a huge deal of course, but I find it a little bit strange. . . Thanks again, all the best! : )
Thanks Steveo! I see Liam very kindly got you sorted: This video was recorded some time ago and back then it was possibly to simply left-click on the selector. I’m not sure what changed along the way and whether or not it’s an intended feature or a bug. A little bit more clunky to use now I feel, but at least it works. All the best : )
The pitch, roll and yaw gyro stability are set to 2.5 in the flightmodel, which causes the strange pitch stability. Change this to 1.0 and it feels a lot better. Thanks for the video!
Thanks very much for the info Hans! I’ll definitely have to give that a go at some point. This video was actually recorded some time ago; I tired the CRJ again just yesterday and it certainly seems to have been improved quite a bit since release - still a bit twitchy though perhaps. My pleasure on the video. Thanks for watching! All the best : )
Thanks Caleb! : D Hmm, as the aircraft is using the default Asobo avionics more or less, it really comes down to whether Asobo fix the autopilot behaviour I guess. That being said; I did another flight in the aircraft more recently (a couple of weeks ago) and all seemed to work ok on that occasion (perhaps I just got lucky though). . . It’d be a shame if they don’t fix up the few remaining niggles with the aircraft, it’s a very solid effort for the most part. Cheers, all the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations SU8 will contain a host of bug fixes in the new year, as it will be the update to concentrate on bug fixing. I suspect these problems will be ironed out eventually. Patience is key!
great video as always, thank you! Good the EIDW ATC in the background, but why? Would like some newer CRJ videos. I still struggle with the AP in this aircraft, it does weird stuff even now.
Hi Oisin, Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it! I don’t like to use the default ATC in MSFS, I find it doesn’t work very well. I think quite a bit of atmosphere is missing from the flight without any ATC though (so I like to edit some in). I chose EIDW simply because it was the “closest” I could get to UK ATC. Recordings of ATC are generally prohibited in the UK, so there’s nothing available on LiveATC.net. Generally, if I can’t find the country I’m looking for, I choose the next closest ATC unit either by geography, or language / accent. I actually just recorded another trip in the CRJ - not sure exactly when it will be uploaded though. I’ve very much been enjoying the aircraft of late, so I’m sure I’ll record a few more flights yet. The aircraft behaved reasonably on my latest flight - certainly improved from when it was first released anyway, maybe I just got lucky though haha. Thanks again and all the best! : )
Yeah, the Aerosoft version has its quirks, but the CRJ is a nice little jet overall. Always preferred the aesthetic of the ERJ myself mind you. All the best!
Haha, me too, just a freeware version of it though (funding was a bit tight back then, only had a couple of payware aircraft). Not sure what an FCS is myself? : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Haha we flew the same one then me thinks. I meant that computer that you input all the stuff into on the modern jets. Might be called something totally different :p
Haha, I think it quite probably was the same one by the sounds of it. Not a bad little freeware jet as I recall! Ahh, I’m with you; haha the thing goes by about 20 different acronyms, depending on who builds the aircraft. No idea what they call it on the Embraer, but colloquially it’s often called the FMC. All the best! : )
Hi Nils, Yes, I experience the same behaviour unfortunately. I gather the CRJ uses the default Asobo avionics behind the scenes, so alas the aircraft is not particularly stellar in the Auto-Flight department. All the best!
Thanks very much, really glad you enjoyed it! I was indeed using TrackIR. I tend not to use VR in videos, as I don’t think it translates all that well in a recording; I use TrackIR in almost all of my content. Hope that helps. All the best! : )
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it : ) The ATC chatter I just edited into the video. I gather there are programs available that allow you to inject ATC chatter into the sim though. Otherwise, you can just listen along with LiveTAC.net (which is free) in the background whilst flying. All the best!
Thank you for your video! I noticed that you returned to your old setup CPU-wise, may i ask what was the reason? Did you have problems with the new platform? THX
My pleasure Ra! Haha, very well spotted! Perhaps a bit misleading on my part, but I haven’t actually returned to my previous system. This video was recorded some time ago on the old system, so I thought I’d leave those details in the video description - that way people can see the actual hardware that was used for that particular video. I have a bit of a back-catalogue of content, so there might be a few more videos that I will upload in a similar fashion ; ) Cheers, all the best! : )
Hi Trigg, Thanks very much for the sub, glad you enjoyed the video; welcome aboard! : ) I can do you one better than that if you like: Send me an email to intotheblueinbox@gmail.com and I’ll send you over my profile. Cheers, all the best!
Hi Peter, Yeah, it’s a shame isn’t it. I gather it’s a sim limitation generally speaking, although I see Fenix have managed to figure out a workaround for their 320. I’m hoping with DX 12 just around the corner, maybe we’ll see the addition of this and many other effects to the sim at some point. Hope you’re well! All the best : )
Hi Victor, In this particular case, I simply edited the ATC recordings into the video. I believe there are ATC chatter programs available for MSFS though. Otherwise, you can just listen to a bit of LiveATC.net in the background (which is free). All the best : )
@@CCitis will give that a look Jeremy thank you for the heads up. Hope your having a great weekend. Just like too say your uploads our very professional.
It certainly isn’t cheap, but I think it’s competitively priced for what it is. Systems-wise it’s pretty good. I haven’t flown the updated version, but the flight model and auto-flight system used to be a bit wonky. As Jeremy mentioned, it was recently on sale with 25% off, not sure whether it still is or not. Thanks very much, glad you’re enjoying the content. Have a great weekend! : )
I use the “High-End” preset, running at 1080p with Motion Blur and AI Traffic off. I don’t really tweak much beyond that. I do think the sim used to look better than it does now (this video was recorded some time ago). I also think UA-cam compression tends to cover up a lot of the “blemishes” - I often think the ground scenery doesn’t look great, but it’s less noticeable in my videos. Lighting / weather makes a huge difference as well. With clear skies / direct lighting the sim doesn’t look great, throw in a bit of weather and change to early morning / late afternoon and it looks a whole lot better. In short, I suspect your sim looks much the same, if not better than mine; it’s just difficult to compare because of UA-cam video compression. All the best : )
Internet connection for sure plays a part, although mine isn’t brilliant either. I find my ground scenery doesn’t look nearly as sharp as it seems to for some others - often quite blurry in fact. As I mentioned above, I think UA-cam compression just covers a lot of the “blemishes” that I see on-screen, I often have moments where I’m not happy with how the sim looks. Cheers!
Haha, I think the sim simply looked a bit better back then + the atmospheric conditions show off MSFS at its best (and again UA-cam compression hides some off the rougher details). There’s no clever editing trickery etc on my part, with regards to how the sim looks here ; )
Hi Isaxen, I actually just edit it into the videos, but I believe there may well be radio chatter addons available for MSFS if that’s what you’re after. Otherwise, you can just listen to a bit of LiveATC.net as you go (which is free). All the best : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Thanks for the answer I have to take a look at those addons because it enhances the experience with the chatter in the background.
Hi Wojtek, Exactly! I set all of that up ahead of time, as I generally don’t like to include tasks in the video, that wouldn’t ordinarily be carried out during a flight (I feel it breaks the immersion a little). All the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Phew! Great video! The only think I believe you missed was turning on CONST IGNITION for the departure and climb through the clouds. It’s not in the checklist but somewhere in the manual, buried pretty deeply.
Haha, no worries, all the appropriate paperwork was done beforehand ; ) Good point on the ignition. I must admit, whilst I try and operate the aircraft as accurately as I can, I generally don’t have the time to get too deep into the manuals, as I often find myself going from one addon to another on the channel, in quite quick succession. Usually I use the aircraft-specific checklist and fall back on Airbus procedures to fill in the blanks haha. Thanks very much, really glad you enjoyed the video! All the best : )
Hi there, great video! Can you please comment on your Track IR5, do you recommend it? Is it really smooth and user friendly? Does it stay stable when you are looking forward or does it always keep moving a little? Thanks
I use Trackir 5 and it's pretty much all plug and play. Only issue I have with Flight Simulator is that the game isn't in the list of recognised games (dunno if you can add to it) so after you start FS you need to tab out and select the profile you want to use for FS instead of the default. When setting up cuves on a profile you can add a deadzone around direct front which will stop that jitter. Also smoothing can dampen it when not looking at the centre too.
Hi there Graham, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video! Sorry for the slow response, I wanted to take the time to reply properly. On the whole, I would say that I absolutely recommend TrackIR, but there are some caveats: I’ve been using TrackIR for about 15 years now and would really struggle to do without it these days. The device does some things very well, others not so much. TrackIR is very good for “moving” around the cockpit, increasing your situational awareness and overall your immersion. It isn’t all that intuitive to start with however (as it’s not 1:1 head movement vs output typically) and it can be rather clunky unless well set up. It can be adjusted to be quite smooth (as hopefully you’ll have seen in my video), but I find that it takes a lot of profile tweaking to get such a result. By default it feels a bit twitchy and snappy, not very smooth. I’d be happy to share my profile with you (should you wish) if you end up buying the device. To some degree you’ll have to “train” yourself to use it; you certainly have to move your head somewhat differently from how you’d be used to, but it becomes instinctive quite quickly (to the point now where I occasionally move my head and forget it’s not plugged in etc haha). Some people don’t like it, as it can feel quite odd to move your head in such a fashion and you’ll often find yourself moving your head one way, with your eyes looking the other (back towards the screen). The other issue it has, is it deals very poorly with light pollution. Bright light, reflections etc will throw the tracking off. In short though, I really like it and smoothness / stability really comes down to user setup (for which there are plenty of options to set curves, deadzones, range of movement etc, although the UI is not the most user-friendly). Once it’s nicely setup though, it’s pretty easy to use. If mine broke, I’d order another one first thing tomorrow - I suppose that says a lot. Let me know if there’s anything more specific you’d like to know about etc. Thanks again and all the best! : )
Thanks very much for offering up the information Parabuteo. Just so you know, TrackIR should be able to natively pick up MSFS these days. Have you tried updating your game profiles via the TrackIR program? That should download all available profiles (including MSFS) and then the sim should be recognised on launch : ) Cheers!
Hmm, that's strange Dan. . . Can you offer up any more details; like what specifically isn't working, how you're configuring the aircraft for startup, what hardware you're using etc? All the best!
I do indeed : ) I tend to only “market” my videos as such where it’s relevant; ie videos like this, where it’s a commercial jet flight. I don’t really like shamelessly plugging the fact haha, but it’s no easy task gaining traction on UA-cam, so I figure every little helps. The intent of the channel was originally to make it much more focused on jet ops, but somehow I seem to have gone down the GA / review route haha. That’s fine by me though, it’s nice to do something a bit different away from work (and have more variety in content). Cheers Jeremy, all the best!
I’m glad I know now, because I always marvelled at the knowledge and ability, even when flying the fast jets,I’m like HOW HOW HOW do you know that? keep up the hard work into the Blue…. Love your videos.👍🏽👍🏽
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Oh I like the GA stuff. No offence but the tubeliner stuff makes me yawn haha. Looking forward to seeing your take on the Justflight Hawk soon.
Well I think I preferred being the mystery “super-pilot” then haha : P But yes, I do fly in the real world also. That being said, I’ve been simming pretty much my whole life and I think I owe a lot to that - one of the reasons I have such a passion for the hobby! I’m very happy I can put on a bit of a show, or impart a little knowledge here and there etc. That was really one of the main reasons I started the channel; to further bridge the gap between simming and the real world. Super glad you’re enjoying the content. Thanks very much and all the best! : )
Haha, none taken! Generally I’d agree with you these days (back in the day, I was a big fan of the study level jets to be fair) XD On the whole, I think the jet stuff tends to be more popular on UA-cam, but I just make whatever video I want to make on the day. As I say, (for me personally) it’s nice to have a bit of variety though for sure. Ahh man. Tell me about it! I’ve been checking my emails daily to see if there’s anything from Just Flight haha. That Hawk looks like it’s going to be an awesome little jet! : D Cheers Jeremy!
I have this plane, picket it up while on sale. I don't know why? Lol, I can fly it seat of the pants, but running it as a pilot, well that's, something down the road. Love the video, so much enjoy seeing what ( when set up correctly ), just how easy flying this plane can be.
Haha, well an investment for the future maybe then Paul. I spent many years just having fun in flight sims, before I finally sat down and decided to start figuring this stuff out. The CRJ is both easy and somewhat difficult at the same time. It’s less complex than something like the Airbus, but as a result it generally requires quite a bit more hands on work from the pilot, to get it from A to B. Really glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks again and all the best! : )
I agree Andrew. The sims visuals definitely took a hit with Sim Update 5 unfortunately. I get higher FPS since the update, but I’m not sure that’s translated into smoother simming. Personally I’d rather have stuck with the previous visuals and lower FPS. A shame as you say. . . All the best!
@@IntotheBlueSimulations maybe you could do a video about this or something to try and publicise the issue? There are some threads on the forum, but they often just get shouted down by people saying there are no changes and none of the admins/devs have acknowledged the issue.
Hi Andrew, I did actually carry out a full review of the aircraft when it was released and I believe I made mention of the issue during that review (I certainly made mention of the autopilot issues - although some of those seem to have been improved since). It’s always disappointing when a dev doesn’t want to hear about potential problems with their product and that seems to happen all too often in this hobby unfortunately. . . All the best : )
Interesting to look back at an older iteration of the sim: Hard to say for sure given the weather, but I think it looked better (and performed better in some respects) back then, than it does now. What do you guys reckon?
I’m on an older system so I had to run on medium back then but now I can get up to ultra so I couldn’t say for how it looks as it’s not a fair comparison. For me it certainly performs much better now but I understand that has its downsides for people with better systems.
This looks just awesome. Maybe i just got used to the cartoonish new look. Is this an older video, or how did you make it?
The night lighting was certainly better earlier on. I can't remember when they really started jamming forks in the outlets and messing it up badly, but it was around SU3. 4 improved it a bit, then 5 made it horrible. The draw distance and sepia ground smear has always been the problem, and they "fixed" everything but that. I also like the clouds better back in these earlier builds as well. Current builds have way too many smooth, flat colored blobs unless the skies are very stormy and when there is detail in them it's usually pixelated. On the plus side in current builds I can get amazing ground views at a solid 30 fps at just 125 render scale and manually cranking the Usercfg file's terrain and object LOD up to 4.
I think FPS has certainly been improved, but I don’t think that’s necessarily translated into smoothness (for me anyway). I’ve always run the sim on the same settings, but this was recorded on my old PC and looks to be about as good (in terms of performance) as my new PC haha. It’s difficult to say with any certainty, but I do feel as though the sim looked more realistic back then (nowadays I think it looks a bit more cartoonish).
I was just interested to see whether it was only me finding this to be the case, or others as well.
Cheers Liam! : )
I agree Ole; I think the sim simply looks more cartoonish now. This video was recorded some time ago (not long after the CRJ was released) and I’ve only just come to upload it now. I think the lighting and colourisation was more realistic back when this video was recorded.
I thought it was interesting to be reminded how MSFS used to look; I don’t think it was just my imagination that things have been progressively downgraded. . .
Cheers!
Owning this one and the PMDG Cloudmaster gave me the best planes I have ever flown. Beautyful how you present the cozy warm heated cockpits during cold rainy weather outside :) with some nice lighting and stuff.
The CRJ had its issues initially, but it seems to be a pretty solid effort these days. Aerosoft certainly did a nice job with the aircrafts systems etc and I still like to fly it in the sim myself as well (I have a few more videos in the aircraft lined up actually). I think I prefer the DC-6 over the CRJ, but a big part of that is just because it offers a nice change of pace.
I’m glad you enjoyed the video Julia. MSFS may still have its issues, but it does weather, lighting and indeed ambience better than any other sim by far (DCS is close - when the weather system was working properly).
Thanks very much and happy new year! : )
That was brilliant, so real, the comprehensive details of the flight get to me. Totally professional and a brilliant job well done. Sitting on my chair, haha nice one. Than care.
Thanks very much once again James! Really glad you enjoyed it. I didn’t realise you were into the commercial stuff as well; I thought perhaps you were more into flight simming for the military stuff (as you’ve tended to comment on that previously).
Hope you enjoyed riding along in your chair then haha!
Cheers : )
I love the CRJ from Aerosoft. Very impressive. Good quality product for FS 2020. Thanks for this video. Much appreciated.
Aerosoft dropped the ball with the effectiveness of the CRJ wipers.
They do wipe, but don't disperse the rain at all.
See 18:52
To be fair to Aerosoft, I’m not sure that one’s their fault; as far as I’m aware, the sim does not currently support such a feature? I could be wrong though. . .
I agree it would certainly be a nice feature to have. I remember having working wipers in FS2004 haha!
Cheers : )
My pleasure on the video! Glad you enjoyed it and indeed, happy to hear you’re enjoying the CRJ.
Happy flying and all the best! : )
Hello Into the Blue Simulations,
A perfect example of superbly detailed wipers (linkages) and their effectiveness can be appreciated (of all places) on Train Simulator and Train Sim World.
This feature has been available for many years on those 2 platforms.
Even Dirt Rally has authentic ones on their cars.
Again, it is discouraging that the newest version of our beloved Flight Simulator, did not bother including it.
X-Plane 11 is also guilty of not implementing them.
They do turn on (King Air C90B, MD-80, 737, Sikorsky S-76) but forget wiping away any precipitations.
The immersion level is fascinating on approach during a very stormy night (FS9 and FSX SE with Captain Sim DLC's).
Besides this glaring omission from all concerned, your video presentation of the CRJ, deserves nothing less
than a standing ovation from us all.
So long from CYUL.
Indeed, I had the Captainsim 757 and remember it being quite captivating. I remember Colin McRae Rally on the Xbox being the same haha. It certainly adds a lot of immersion, the little touches like that. I expect Asobo may look to address it, once DirectX 12 has been implemented.
Thank you very much for your kind words! Very happy to hear that you enjoyed the video : )
All the best!
I can't believe I only now discovered this channel. What a great video. Now this is what I am talking about. Not only excellent professional content and tutorial but on top of that great fluid smooth visuals. Subscribed! I can't wait to finish watching this and explore your channel, but first you made me want to fly although late. I need to fire up my sim. x plane 11 as I have MS2020 Deluxe since launch last year but it didn't run well despite my high end system . Looks like it is running a lot better now. I'll wait for more payware commercial aircraft, a good ai addon and replays then I may finally start flying MS2020. But for now this is such an enjoyable appetizing flight video. Great, professional and instructive. Thumbs up!
Thanks ever so much Vasily, much appreciated!
Really happy to hear you enjoyed the video (and that it inspired you to fire up the sim haha). I’ve tried to give the channel its own “character” as best I can, combining some (hopefully) informative content, with some decent cinematics also. I seem to have inadvertently ended up becoming a bit of a review channel haha, but I still have quite a few flight videos also (+ most of my reviews also include a full flight).
MSFS certainly does run better in some regards these days, but it still has quite a lot of shortfalls also. If I want to do any “serious” simming, particularly in the heavy jets, I tend to head over to X-Plane myself (I have a few X-Plane vids on the channel that you might like and a few more pre-recorded as well. I expect you might enjoy this one; as it’s multi-crew and you get to hear some insights from an engineer also; ua-cam.com/video/zSZ3QkNal2M/v-deo.html).
Thank you very much for the sub and welcome aboard! : )
Hi, firstly a huge thank you for taking the time in creating many in-depth video tutorials and sharing your real-life pilot skills. Looking at the GPWS ‘pull-up’ alerts, does this only occur at Guernsey? The terrain on the approach climbs steeply to the runway making and so I wonder if this confuses the GPWS.
Hi Andy, thanks very much indeed! Glad you’re enjoying the content : )
Certainly a valid hypothesis, but I think it was just an issue with early iterations of the Aerosoft CRJ. I’m not sure Aerosoft quite modelled the GPWS as they should have done (the envelope for the callouts actually shifts, the further down the approach one gets in reality and I don’t think they had taken this into account). More recently I haven’t experienced the issue with the aircraft, so it seems as though they’ve now fixed it up (though the Guernsey scenery may well have exacerbated the issue at the time).
Thanks very much once again and all the best!
Good flight! One issue I am having with this airplane is I am not able to center up the heading bug by pushing the center of it. I see it is working for you.
Hey Steveo! You need to right click and then left click the center buttons. Not sure if this is a bug or a design decision!
@@liamp51 Thanks Liam! Just tried that out and it works. Thanks bud!
Thanks for offering up the help Liam!
Took me a little while to figure out myself haha. Back when I recorded this video, right clicking wasn’t a requirement (one could simply click straight on the selector). As you say, I’m not sure whether this was an intentional change from Aerosoft, or not. It’s not a huge deal of course, but I find it a little bit strange. . .
Thanks again, all the best! : )
Thanks Steveo!
I see Liam very kindly got you sorted: This video was recorded some time ago and back then it was possibly to simply left-click on the selector. I’m not sure what changed along the way and whether or not it’s an intended feature or a bug. A little bit more clunky to use now I feel, but at least it works.
All the best : )
@@steveo1kinevo so cool clicking on random videos and seeing one of my favorite pilot youtubers commenting!
The pitch, roll and yaw gyro stability are set to 2.5 in the flightmodel, which causes the strange pitch stability. Change this to 1.0 and it feels a lot better. Thanks for the video!
Thanks very much for the info Hans! I’ll definitely have to give that a go at some point. This video was actually recorded some time ago; I tired the CRJ again just yesterday and it certainly seems to have been improved quite a bit since release - still a bit twitchy though perhaps.
My pleasure on the video. Thanks for watching! All the best : )
Excellent landing! I don’t think they’re ever gonna fix the GS.
Thanks Caleb! : D
Hmm, as the aircraft is using the default Asobo avionics more or less, it really comes down to whether Asobo fix the autopilot behaviour I guess. That being said; I did another flight in the aircraft more recently (a couple of weeks ago) and all seemed to work ok on that occasion (perhaps I just got lucky though). . . It’d be a shame if they don’t fix up the few remaining niggles with the aircraft, it’s a very solid effort for the most part.
Cheers, all the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations SU8 will contain a host of bug fixes in the new year, as it will be the update to concentrate on bug fixing. I suspect these problems will be ironed out eventually. Patience is key!
great video as always, thank you! Good the EIDW ATC in the background, but why? Would like some newer CRJ videos. I still struggle with the AP in this aircraft, it does weird stuff even now.
Hi Oisin,
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
I don’t like to use the default ATC in MSFS, I find it doesn’t work very well. I think quite a bit of atmosphere is missing from the flight without any ATC though (so I like to edit some in). I chose EIDW simply because it was the “closest” I could get to UK ATC. Recordings of ATC are generally prohibited in the UK, so there’s nothing available on LiveATC.net. Generally, if I can’t find the country I’m looking for, I choose the next closest ATC unit either by geography, or language / accent.
I actually just recorded another trip in the CRJ - not sure exactly when it will be uploaded though. I’ve very much been enjoying the aircraft of late, so I’m sure I’ll record a few more flights yet. The aircraft behaved reasonably on my latest flight - certainly improved from when it was first released anyway, maybe I just got lucky though haha.
Thanks again and all the best! : )
Looks very nice. Real handsome bird.
Yeah, the Aerosoft version has its quirks, but the CRJ is a nice little jet overall. Always preferred the aesthetic of the ERJ myself mind you.
All the best!
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Ah yes, the ERJ is quite handsome too. Used to fly it a lot back in FSX days, but without using an FCS i think it is called?
Haha, me too, just a freeware version of it though (funding was a bit tight back then, only had a couple of payware aircraft). Not sure what an FCS is myself? : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Haha we flew the same one then me thinks. I meant that computer that you input all the stuff into on the modern jets. Might be called something totally different :p
Haha, I think it quite probably was the same one by the sounds of it. Not a bad little freeware jet as I recall!
Ahh, I’m with you; haha the thing goes by about 20 different acronyms, depending on who builds the aircraft. No idea what they call it on the Embraer, but colloquially it’s often called the FMC.
All the best! : )
I have issues with the autopilot in nav trying to overshoot and then swing back and forth a bit.
Hi Nils,
Yes, I experience the same behaviour unfortunately. I gather the CRJ uses the default Asobo avionics behind the scenes, so alas the aircraft is not particularly stellar in the Auto-Flight department.
All the best!
Great Video, question?, are you using trackIR5 or are you using your VR headset ? Thanks for another peace of great content.
Thanks very much, really glad you enjoyed it!
I was indeed using TrackIR. I tend not to use VR in videos, as I don’t think it translates all that well in a recording; I use TrackIR in almost all of my content.
Hope that helps. All the best! : )
JUST WOOOW 😮👌👌👌
Haha, thank you sir! : )
Great flight!!! How did you get the ATC chatter?
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it : )
The ATC chatter I just edited into the video. I gather there are programs available that allow you to inject ATC chatter into the sim though. Otherwise, you can just listen along with LiveTAC.net (which is free) in the background whilst flying.
All the best!
Wow best video ever!
Haha, thanks very much Ole, very high praise indeed! Glad you enjoyed it : )
All the best!
Thank you for your video! I noticed that you returned to your old setup CPU-wise, may i ask what was the reason? Did you have problems with the new platform? THX
My pleasure Ra!
Haha, very well spotted! Perhaps a bit misleading on my part, but I haven’t actually returned to my previous system. This video was recorded some time ago on the old system, so I thought I’d leave those details in the video description - that way people can see the actual hardware that was used for that particular video. I have a bit of a back-catalogue of content, so there might be a few more videos that I will upload in a similar fashion ; )
Cheers, all the best! : )
They better not ask you to stay behind anyone cos doubtless you can see 'em
Haha, I reckon you could almost taxi this thing underneath a 777 XD
Are you using simbrief? If so what ofp format you are using here, regards
Yes, I am indeed! Using the standard LIDO configuration if I’m not mistaken. . .
All the best! : )
Subscribed :) great video keep up the hard work! Can I ask what track IR you’re using? It’s very smooth!
Hi Trigg,
Thanks very much for the sub, glad you enjoyed the video; welcome aboard! : )
I can do you one better than that if you like: Send me an email to intotheblueinbox@gmail.com and I’ll send you over my profile.
Cheers, all the best!
bit annoying that the wipers do nothing to wipe the actual rain effect
Hi Peter,
Yeah, it’s a shame isn’t it. I gather it’s a sim limitation generally speaking, although I see Fenix have managed to figure out a workaround for their 320. I’m hoping with DX 12 just around the corner, maybe we’ll see the addition of this and many other effects to the sim at some point.
Hope you’re well! All the best : )
Background chatter...how and where you get it?
Hi Victor,
In this particular case, I simply edited the ATC recordings into the video. I believe there are ATC chatter programs available for MSFS though. Otherwise, you can just listen to a bit of LiveATC.net in the background (which is free).
All the best : )
I found this aircraft very pricey. But saying that it is very detailed and great for training.
It was on sale recently, not that bad.
@@CCitis will give that a look Jeremy thank you for the heads up. Hope your having a great weekend. Just like too say your uploads our very professional.
It certainly isn’t cheap, but I think it’s competitively priced for what it is. Systems-wise it’s pretty good. I haven’t flown the updated version, but the flight model and auto-flight system used to be a bit wonky. As Jeremy mentioned, it was recently on sale with 25% off, not sure whether it still is or not.
Thanks very much, glad you’re enjoying the content. Have a great weekend! : )
What settings do you use, your game always seems to look better than mine despite my game being on max
Same!! Mine is maxed, and lots of videos on here look better. I think it's internet connection. Slower rendering of scenery.
I wonder too :) This looks like a hollywood production.
I use the “High-End” preset, running at 1080p with Motion Blur and AI Traffic off. I don’t really tweak much beyond that. I do think the sim used to look better than it does now (this video was recorded some time ago). I also think UA-cam compression tends to cover up a lot of the “blemishes” - I often think the ground scenery doesn’t look great, but it’s less noticeable in my videos. Lighting / weather makes a huge difference as well. With clear skies / direct lighting the sim doesn’t look great, throw in a bit of weather and change to early morning / late afternoon and it looks a whole lot better.
In short, I suspect your sim looks much the same, if not better than mine; it’s just difficult to compare because of UA-cam video compression.
All the best : )
Internet connection for sure plays a part, although mine isn’t brilliant either. I find my ground scenery doesn’t look nearly as sharp as it seems to for some others - often quite blurry in fact. As I mentioned above, I think UA-cam compression just covers a lot of the “blemishes” that I see on-screen, I often have moments where I’m not happy with how the sim looks.
Cheers!
Haha, I think the sim simply looked a bit better back then + the atmospheric conditions show off MSFS at its best (and again UA-cam compression hides some off the rougher details). There’s no clever editing trickery etc on my part, with regards to how the sim looks here ; )
How do you get the radiochatter in the background is it an addon or what?
Hi Isaxen,
I actually just edit it into the videos, but I believe there may well be radio chatter addons available for MSFS if that’s what you’re after. Otherwise, you can just listen to a bit of LiveATC.net as you go (which is free).
All the best : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Thanks for the answer I have to take a look at those addons because it enhances the experience with the chatter in the background.
My pleasure! Completely agree - it adds a whole lot more atmosphere into the sim, hence why I edit it into the videos : )
All the best!
Did you set the ZFW and fuel in the EFB off-camera?
Hi Wojtek,
Exactly! I set all of that up ahead of time, as I generally don’t like to include tasks in the video, that wouldn’t ordinarily be carried out during a flight (I feel it breaks the immersion a little).
All the best! : )
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Phew! Great video!
The only think I believe you missed was turning on CONST IGNITION for the departure and climb through the clouds. It’s not in the checklist but somewhere in the manual, buried pretty deeply.
Haha, no worries, all the appropriate paperwork was done beforehand ; )
Good point on the ignition. I must admit, whilst I try and operate the aircraft as accurately as I can, I generally don’t have the time to get too deep into the manuals, as I often find myself going from one addon to another on the channel, in quite quick succession. Usually I use the aircraft-specific checklist and fall back on Airbus procedures to fill in the blanks haha.
Thanks very much, really glad you enjoyed the video! All the best : )
Hi there, great video! Can you please comment on your Track IR5, do you recommend it? Is it really smooth and user friendly? Does it stay stable when you are looking forward or does it always keep moving a little? Thanks
I use Trackir 5 and it's pretty much all plug and play. Only issue I have with Flight Simulator is that the game isn't in the list of recognised games (dunno if you can add to it) so after you start FS you need to tab out and select the profile you want to use for FS instead of the default. When setting up cuves on a profile you can add a deadzone around direct front which will stop that jitter. Also smoothing can dampen it when not looking at the centre too.
@@Parabueto thanks for your feedback!
Hi there Graham, thanks very much, glad you enjoyed the video!
Sorry for the slow response, I wanted to take the time to reply properly.
On the whole, I would say that I absolutely recommend TrackIR, but there are some caveats:
I’ve been using TrackIR for about 15 years now and would really struggle to do without it these days. The device does some things very well, others not so much. TrackIR is very good for “moving” around the cockpit, increasing your situational awareness and overall your immersion. It isn’t all that intuitive to start with however (as it’s not 1:1 head movement vs output typically) and it can be rather clunky unless well set up.
It can be adjusted to be quite smooth (as hopefully you’ll have seen in my video), but I find that it takes a lot of profile tweaking to get such a result. By default it feels a bit twitchy and snappy, not very smooth. I’d be happy to share my profile with you (should you wish) if you end up buying the device.
To some degree you’ll have to “train” yourself to use it; you certainly have to move your head somewhat differently from how you’d be used to, but it becomes instinctive quite quickly (to the point now where I occasionally move my head and forget it’s not plugged in etc haha). Some people don’t like it, as it can feel quite odd to move your head in such a fashion and you’ll often find yourself moving your head one way, with your eyes looking the other (back towards the screen). The other issue it has, is it deals very poorly with light pollution. Bright light, reflections etc will throw the tracking off.
In short though, I really like it and smoothness / stability really comes down to user setup (for which there are plenty of options to set curves, deadzones, range of movement etc, although the UI is not the most user-friendly). Once it’s nicely setup though, it’s pretty easy to use. If mine broke, I’d order another one first thing tomorrow - I suppose that says a lot.
Let me know if there’s anything more specific you’d like to know about etc.
Thanks again and all the best! : )
Thanks very much for offering up the information Parabuteo.
Just so you know, TrackIR should be able to natively pick up MSFS these days. Have you tried updating your game profiles via the TrackIR program? That should download all available profiles (including MSFS) and then the sim should be recognised on launch : )
Cheers!
My autopiulot wont work.. I do everything right but don't work ;(
Hmm, that's strange Dan. . .
Can you offer up any more details; like what specifically isn't working, how you're configuring the aircraft for startup, what hardware you're using etc?
All the best!
I had no idea you flew Airbuses IRL.
I do indeed : )
I tend to only “market” my videos as such where it’s relevant; ie videos like this, where it’s a commercial jet flight. I don’t really like shamelessly plugging the fact haha, but it’s no easy task gaining traction on UA-cam, so I figure every little helps. The intent of the channel was originally to make it much more focused on jet ops, but somehow I seem to have gone down the GA / review route haha. That’s fine by me though, it’s nice to do something a bit different away from work (and have more variety in content).
Cheers Jeremy, all the best!
I’m glad I know now, because I always marvelled at the knowledge and ability, even when flying the fast jets,I’m like HOW HOW HOW do you know that? keep up the hard work into the Blue…. Love your videos.👍🏽👍🏽
@@IntotheBlueSimulations Oh I like the GA stuff. No offence but the tubeliner stuff makes me yawn haha. Looking forward to seeing your take on the Justflight Hawk soon.
Well I think I preferred being the mystery “super-pilot” then haha : P
But yes, I do fly in the real world also. That being said, I’ve been simming pretty much my whole life and I think I owe a lot to that - one of the reasons I have such a passion for the hobby!
I’m very happy I can put on a bit of a show, or impart a little knowledge here and there etc. That was really one of the main reasons I started the channel; to further bridge the gap between simming and the real world.
Super glad you’re enjoying the content. Thanks very much and all the best! : )
Haha, none taken! Generally I’d agree with you these days (back in the day, I was a big fan of the study level jets to be fair) XD
On the whole, I think the jet stuff tends to be more popular on UA-cam, but I just make whatever video I want to make on the day. As I say, (for me personally) it’s nice to have a bit of variety though for sure.
Ahh man. Tell me about it! I’ve been checking my emails daily to see if there’s anything from Just Flight haha. That Hawk looks like it’s going to be an awesome little jet! : D
Cheers Jeremy!
I have this plane, picket it up while on sale. I don't know why? Lol, I can fly it seat of the pants, but running it as a pilot, well that's, something down the road. Love the video, so much enjoy seeing what ( when set up correctly ), just how easy flying this plane can be.
Haha, well an investment for the future maybe then Paul. I spent many years just having fun in flight sims, before I finally sat down and decided to start figuring this stuff out. The CRJ is both easy and somewhat difficult at the same time. It’s less complex than something like the Airbus, but as a result it generally requires quite a bit more hands on work from the pilot, to get it from A to B.
Really glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks again and all the best! : )
Those clouds look nowhere near as good as they used to. Such a shame
I agree Andrew. The sims visuals definitely took a hit with Sim Update 5 unfortunately. I get higher FPS since the update, but I’m not sure that’s translated into smoother simming. Personally I’d rather have stuck with the previous visuals and lower FPS. A shame as you say. . .
All the best!
@@IntotheBlueSimulations maybe you could do a video about this or something to try and publicise the issue? There are some threads on the forum, but they often just get shouted down by people saying there are no changes and none of the admins/devs have acknowledged the issue.
Hi Andrew,
I did actually carry out a full review of the aircraft when it was released and I believe I made mention of the issue during that review (I certainly made mention of the autopilot issues - although some of those seem to have been improved since).
It’s always disappointing when a dev doesn’t want to hear about potential problems with their product and that seems to happen all too often in this hobby unfortunately. . .
All the best : )
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Hi CME,
It’s certainly a flight I’d be happy to add to my list of potential future trips. All the best! : )