XTR versus Phoenix

[lloyd]

Bought Phoenix, love it

Then today I saw a demo of XTr and it looked very good too, I think the locations look better.

So, who has tried both, which is better and why?

[nightstalker]

I have played with the XTR for some time (borrowed off a friend) and then i bought the Phoenix bec its cheaper, now i find the Phoenix alot better, it feels better and i don't get the problem with frame rate as i did with the XTR,
Also with the Phoenix you can get your own model made up for the sim and your own club field (alot of photos must be taken)

Also same as the G3 or G2 soon there will be an update that will allow you to fly online with your mates on the same sim on the same field at the same time, even have combat flying with N9s sounds great cant wait,


XTR will be bringing this out soon as well, but for £80 the phoenix to me is alot better

[lloyd]

Nightstalker

So your saying that phoenix will have combat flying?

Excuse my newbieness, whats N9s?

[Smoothound]

Synergy N9's are a 90 size Heli, expensive but very nice

[kevinh]

done both, phoenix ahead but only just,

value for money though phoenix only £80 quid reflex £125 i paid for mine,

[brashhighlander]

For learning I prefered XTR, I thought there training module was a bit better, but Pheonix is much easier to set up and better for general flying around IMHO.

[ChrisB]

I owned XTR for 2 years and really liked it

I brought Phoenix upon its release and was initially uncomfortable with it which i put down to my length of time using XTR

After spending some time on Phoenix it became very clear to me that it is far superior to XTR in every possible way

XTR is dearer also and updates are free but very slow to come out,overall support is poor

Phoenix is stunning,they have a good team developing all the time and the improvements in the pipeline are very welcome

XTR 6/10 Phoenix 10/10

[ajenkins]

Nightstalker

So your saying that phoenix will have combat flying?

Excuse my newbieness, whats N9s?

It actually already has combat flying; look under the competition menu. However currently everyone competing has to be physically hooked up to the same computer. When Phoenix releases their online multi-player functionality, then we'll be able play online.

N9 is one of the heli models in Phoenix.

[nightstalker]

when the update comes out we should all put our IP address on here and we can have combat nights. that will be wicked fun, something else to do on a friday night

[Ade_Law]

there wont be a need for IP addresses it will all be done through a dedicated server.

[Edders]

shame about the dedicated Server

Puts extra costs on phoenix
load on the servers could be very high
not ideal unless you control the network card / network trafic shaping


network type of play like this could reduce the overhaul performance to match the slowest network

Overseas people could have Latency (slow network) issues

a very intresting way of doing this due the sole reliance an a few servers


just my 2Ps worth


Edders

[Ade_Law]

Im sure that the the boys have taken this into account. Im pretty sure the server is there just as a point of contact. I believe MSN messenger works in this way?

Ade

[nightstalker]

there wont be a need for IP addresses it will all be done through a dedicated server.

i didnt know that bit

[kevinh]

i presume it will be the same as a gaming server. fixed ip address,you enter the ip address and connect to it,

server wise i dont phoenix will need such a powerful computer as a server running call of duty 2 with 64 players connected to it,

nice big lan connection would be good from a server hosting company like rebus

[infacto]

I'm hoping there will be great flyers Helping novices.Of course only when there are no battles to be one.