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I have one foot in both camps (P3D and X-Plane), and there are things I like with both. I have spent (too) much money on both simulators, and if I were to invest in MSFS 2020, either P3D or XP will be getting the boot from my virtual piloting. What MSFS 2020 is bound to excel in compared to P3D and XP is the graphics/3D engine. Vulkan will help XP regarding performance, but the photo-realistic appearance of MSFS will attract a lot of simmers due to the ambience and immersion in the visuals. There is a TBM in MSFS, and wow, it looks outstanding. What hampered XP until recently was a lack of photo-realistic aircraft. Even FSX had lots of photo-realistic aircraft. And still, very few XP aircraft have authentic sounds which for me is very important for the immersion. There's no point talking to me about how great the flying model is as long as the aircraft sounds like a broken vacuum cleaner when airborne... If a developer is forced to increase the price with 20 bucks to include authentic sounds, well, I'm willing to accept that because quality sounds are very important to me. I have the Moo, the 900, the 340 and the 737 from this very site and love them all. They all look and fly good despite some of them released some years ago. With devs like LES, Hot Start and IXEG pushing the envelope, that's what will keep me in X-Plane for years to come.

https://cirrusaircraft.com/arrivee/

this would be awesome! With the red trim in the cockpit