A new Airbus for Prepar3D
There’s an old adage that goes something like: ’You wait ages for a bus, then three come along at once. So it seems to be in the flight sim world. In the same month that Flight Sim Labs released its new A319X, Aerosoft has released its latest iteration of the popular Airbus A3xx family pack: the A318/ A319 professional. The arrival of the latest A318 and A319 professional marks the debut of Aerosoft’s Airbus in Prepar3D V4. It’s a remarkable journey for a product that began as the Airbus X many years ago. Now in its fourth incarnation, Aerosoft Airbuses have grown from just the A320 to include the whole family from the baby A318 to the long-bodied A321. Along the way, the humble ‘bus’ has just got better and better. This latest version, a P3D V4 exclusive, sees the ‘bus’ stretch even further from its beginnings.
64-bit for the modern world
In developing the new A318 and A319 professional, (and the A320 and A321 professional which followed) Aerosoft has stripped the add-on back to the code, clearing away older programming and rewriting it for the 64-bit era. With some of the code going back to 2011, a clean-up was definitely needed. Along with the code, the 3D model and…