Take a look at what makes REX a must have add-on for FSX.
Microsoft Flight Simulator has come a long way from it's humble beginnings and whilst most of the basic concepts have remained the same, improvements in graphics allow us to not rely so heavily on our imaginations to become immersed in the wonders of flight.
With the release of FSX this was taken to a whole new level with super reflective shader effects, 3D clouds and an incredible capability of displaying high resolution textures.
Although the default copy of FSX is an obvious step up from FS9 it still doesn't take full advantage of these capabilities, and like all previous versions, add-ons take over where the games developers left off.
One of the most incredible and versatile add-ons available for FSX that i use is Real Environment Xtreme.
For one single package it offers a huge range of customization options, and with the easy to navigate user interface, built in weather engine and flight planner you can set up a new theme with just a few clicks of the mouse.
Once you have created a theme using the hundreds of options available, REX will install all of the necessary textures automatically, this process only takes a few minutes and when your new theme has been installed, you can run FSX as per usual. Reverting back to the default textures is equally as straight forward and takes only a click of the mouse.
Just a few of the customization options include.
79 photo real cloud themes including 39 HD cloud sets that will blow your mind.
The ability to customize water textures, changing the generic FSX water themes with everything from fields of algae to pristine coral reefs.
A huge selection of sky themes changing the entire atmosphere from dawn to dusk.
Over 20 different wave animations whether you want calm inland lakes or raging ocean swells.
Crisp, realistic runway and taxiway textures.
different sun and lighting effects.
The most consistent question I get asked is if REX will effect performance at all, the good news is that REX has a configuration manager allowing you to adjust for your computers specs, meaning no performance hit at all, just mind blowing realism.
The biggest issue i have had with this software is the "installing textures" window which seems to linger longer than it should, this is a minor problem though which seems to be only cosmetic from what i can tell and closing the window manually doesn't seem to have any negative effect on the texture installations. When you take into consideration that there is no other program available that offers this kind of all-in-one package with the capabilities of taking your flight sim to the next level, then you can see why I am so enthusiastic.
Check out REX for yourself at The FlightSimStore
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