About This Content Developed by aviation guru and flight simulation enthusiast Jane Whittaker, Dangerous Approaches is a mission pack consisting of 20 of the most nail-biting approaches in modern aviation. Following routes flown by real-world pilots, accuracy in speed and direction is of the essence.Each mission starts in a default FSX: Steam Edition aircraft picked specifically for each approach, although any aircraft may be used on any of the flights. The flight plans are pre-loaded into the GPS of the aircraft to give you the best chance of landing these approaches.Features20 nail-biting missions ranging from 20 minutes - 3 hours30+ hours of flight time Pre-programmed weather settings varying from sunny skies to blizzards to thunderstorms.Successful landings are recorded in the FSX LogbookFeaturing voiceovers by Angel Heaven LeePlease note that the FSX mission compass has not been included. Most of the approaches included in this mission pack require a very specific route to the airfield and cannot be executed by using a simple arrow point. 1075eedd30 Title: FSX: Steam Edition - Dangerous Approaches Add-OnGenre: SimulationDeveloper:Jane Rachel WhittakerPublisher:Dovetail Games - FlightRelease Date: 11 Feb, 2015 FSX: Steam Edition - Dangerous Approaches Add-On Hack I was not impressed with the Missions in this add-on. First there is not much voice activity at all, usually says "Takeoff and follow the flightplan", that is it. Second, the approaches that are in the flight plans don't even follow the actual published approaches for the airport. It would have been so easy just to make add the actual approach in the flight plan using STAR's, approach plates, etc. Thirdly, providing approach plates would be helpful. Lastly, for $16.99 I would expect a better product, I have one mission that I can't even start because it starts me on a building and "crashes". Second guessing downloading any more Steam Add-ons!. In my own opinion this is a very fun DLC, with, depending of the level, very challenging missions. Moreover, I love the medals system where you have to make a perfect landing to achieve gold, and the flight plan. Also, I find the price just a little bit high, but a got it on sale for half which works for 20 missions.. I really wanted to like this add-on and actually purchased it on the day it was released, but unfortunately I feel it really falls short. First the good. The concept is good and the number and variety of missions is appealing. Although many of the missions are a bit longish, I believe most of the flights are fairly scenic and represent real-world flight plans into these destinations. However, a number of flaws really hurt the product.The voice guidance is really useless. This is a huge flaw and it is the biggest issue that most people seem to have with the add-on. It hardly says anything of worth, and while I do understand the reason that ATC was omitted from these missions the lack of any in-game guidance whatsoever aside from the GPS make the missions feel like mere flight plans. The little it says is actually rather annoying in a "thanks for nothing" sort of way. It would have been far better if the voice provided some kind of advice at various points in the flight. A complete walk-through is not necessary, but since these are all difficult approaches and\/or difficult flying conditions, some general discussion about the approach and advice about what kind of things to expect (sharp turns, narrow flight paths, steep descents, etc.) could have made a huge impact on people's perception of the quality of this add-on. I've read the manual and know that some of this is described there, but limiting the information to the written manual and pre-flight briefing without having anything in-flight makes this product feel amateur. The default missions that FSX comes with are great examples of how in-flight guidance and chatter can make the mission feel much more alive, especially when you don't have any ATC or anything else to listen to. The manual, while fairly nice, is still lacking in real detail to prepare you for the flight. I just flew mission 7 (Kirkwall to Papa Westray) and was surprised to see that the destination only had a dirt strip for an airfield. While the manual does tell you to fly around before landing to familiarize yourself with the airfield, failing to provide such important details is quite annoying. In general, it doesn't give enough detail about the final approach, such as expecting a tall hill on the final to St. Barth's with a steep descent to the runway. No one would send you on a solo flight to one of these approaches in the real world without giving you a heads up about important details like this, and they should be included in the manual as well (and in the voice guidance). There are also some lesser flaws: The in-flight kneeboard is a resource that was underutilized. Including a map of the destination airport could have been handy, or even just repeating the briefing on the mission briefing page. The short mission descriptions that you see when you are scrolling through the list of missions could have benefited from adding the expected mission time. You can see the expected mission time in the full briefing that you get when you click a mission to see additional detail, but that information should also have been included in the mini-description seen in the mission list (again, like the default missions). And finally, this is a nitpick but I don't understand the mission numbering. Mission 1 is an expert-level mission, and then missions 7 and 8 and 15 are beginner level, and so on. It would have been nice to number the missions so that the ones of the same difficulty level were grouped consecutively instead of the seemingly random order that they have.Overall, I applaud the effort made and appreciate that a good deal of research was probably done to create these missions, but the flaws really hurt what could have been a great add-on. Unfortunately, I can't really recommend this product in its current state. While I don't own any other payware mission packs, I think most people expect that they should match the quality of the default missions, if not exceed them. Otherwise, it's going to be perceived as an expensive amateur effort. If an update is ever made that addresses the lack of voice guidance\/chatter, I would be happy to revise my review. But as it is now, I'm not really sure how much value this has for most people when compared to freeware flight plan packs that take you to the same places.. Not worth $20. overpriced and could have been made by a begginer honestly. all you here is takeoff, fly to the airport, and crongrats you made it. If pmdg charges $60 for the 737, Id expect $5-$10 for this quality. I might as well just post what flights and what aircraft are involved, heck just turn over the flight plans to the flight sim comunity because for $20, Id like a refund or a discount for my next fsx DLC purchase.. Why we dont have atc ? :(
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