5 hours ago, Baber20 said:

I am planning on installing P3D but I have a few questions if you would be kind enough to answer.

I would be mainly flying pmdg 748f.

1) Which version should I use? V6 or v5.xx ?

2) For ground scenery, is there a global addon ? Or is there any way to stream ortho ?

3) What are the must have addons ?

I have a very beefy system with 9800x3d and a 4090 so I am willing to go all out.

Thanks

Agree totally with @simfan1983

you do need ActiveSky for real time weather. Otherwise it’s just static presets in P3D. 

I personally really like Orbx True Earth, and I have their other older stuff for the regions not covered by True Earth. 
if you buy it, wait for a sale - many time it’ll go down to 40% off 😎👍

Edited April 28Apr 28 by UrgentSiesta

6 hours ago, Baber20 said:

Which version should I use? V6 or v5.xx ?

v5.3HF2. I had issues with 5.4. It has lots of 3rd party airports lacking for v6.

6 hours ago, Baber20 said:

For ground scenery, is there a global addon ? Or is there any way to stream ortho ?

ORBX FTX Global. No streaming options available.

 

6 hours ago, Baber20 said:

What are the must have addons ?

All those mentioned by simfan1983 plus FSUIPC6, Steam Lossless Generation and AIG Ai aircraft for full immersion at 3rd party airports lacking. I have TrueEarth GB and it add a lot to the realism.

Your system is very similar to mine and will cope admirably.

1 hour ago, UrgentSiesta said:

I say all this not to proclaim that one is better than the other, but rather that the only legit reason not to switch is the FSL Concorde. 

Aivlasoft EFB isn’t compatible with 2024 plus the lack of an AFCAD editor are key reasons I stay with P3D. I’ve seen 2024 lots of times and have given my reasons why I still prefer P3D.

Survey results were a bit depressing, but as per a few other responses here have found P3D super stable and have many pay-ware add-ons that I'm happy with and don't fancy buying again in MSFS despite the eye-candy.

@Baber20 I'd second ORBX FTX Global. Oh and P3D v5.3 too version wise.

If Orbx isn't your thing and you have loads of disk space and fly mainly in one or two countries/regions, do check out the photo-real/auto-gen from https://www.fcscenerys.com/newhomepage

Don’t forget Radar Contact v4 is available free of charge in the AvSim Library.

Works perfectly with AIG Ai aircraft too. 👍

Thank you for the suggestions.