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X-Plane 11 !!!

X-Plane 11 has been released, please check out the latest report Installing and Trying the X-Plane 11 Free Demo!

At FlightSimCon 2016, Laminar Research announced the news about X-Plane 11. Please watch the video below for details, although no one knows exactly when it will be released.

The video also includes a demo of version 10.50 beta, which will be released this week. The features of this version were previously summarized here.

Additionally, you can read a text summary from an attendee on this blog here, We can see that XP11 will have these features:

  • New UI This UI is more modern, similar to FlightGear and P3D, and easier for new users to get started
  • Physics Based Rendering (PBR) Based on physical rendering, this seems to be a relatively new field; if interested, you can check out this introductory article about this algorithm
  • Ambient Occlusion This is also a new technology used in games; you can check out the technical description here
  • New Sound Engine A new sound engine
  • In other words, the sound and visual effects of X-Plane 11 will be more realistic and immersive. Let's start saving money for a new computer to welcome the release of XP11