Both the vertical and horizontal transitions are more seamless and the sky looks much more compact. One thing I have noticed, though is that haze is now present, providing a much more realistic atmosphere and adding some "thickness" to the air around us.ĪSN brings the whole atmosphere to live and kinda glues everything together.
Thunderstorms look much more realistic now – and scarier too. Haven't you subscribed to our YouTube channel yet? VisualsĪctive Sky Next will almost seems to upgrade your visuals, with better clouds and effects (such as thunders), despite not actually changing the gextures. If you have a flight plan filed, you can also listen to the destination station, for example. Those can be found in the manual and the one for the station closer to you is 122.00. Even if there’s no ATIS service nearby, you can enter some specific frequencies to listen to ASN’s own ATIS. One of the handiest features could be the ability to tune in to an “ASN ATIS”. You can download weather settings, create your own, save them, load them, configure pretty much everything in the software such as cloud layers, visibility, audio, warnings and a plethora of other things. That’s a lot! And, honestly, I have spent hours trying it so that I could write an educated review and I haven’t even experienced half of it! FeaturesĪccording to the official description, ASN offers “ realistic radar simulation, cloud position awareness and synchronized ambient effects, brand new air effects, brand new thunderstorm depictions, microbursts, thick overcast, smooth cloud transitions, variable cloud areas, voice weather briefings and forecast data integration ”.
ASN offers you so much more that, to be honest, the sheer sight of the interface was overwhelming – in a good way. You see, Active Sky Next (or ASN) is not just a little program that downloads real weather data and injects it into your sim (FSX or P3D). After some iterations over the last years, Active Sky Next became a beast in the world of flight simulation in both the FSX and P3D communities. The folks at HiFi Simulations weren’t very pleased with the result, though, and decided to take the matter onto their hands. FSX brought this concept a step further with 15 minute updates based on where your aircraft was located. You would then have those same conditions in the entire world for the entire flight. FS9 presented a revolutionary way of displaying weather and presented us with the ability to have real-world weather, where the METAR would be downloaded into the world.
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