Hi guys, so REX Essentials has finally been released to FSX! And my oh my is it great! Not only is it FREE for current REX 2 users but the whole package is a complete re-write. Everything about it is improved. Clouds, haze, ground textures, water etc….all of it has been improved in some way or another. One of the major improvements in Essentials is the fact that they have focused so much on weather this time around and it is clear that REX Studios is trying to leap frog Active Sky. And if you want to listen to a fellow simmer’s opinion, they’ve done just that!
The first thing you are subjected to when opening essentials weather section is a pop-up appears asking you if you’d like to use “real world weather”, “rex random weather themes”, or “use archived weather data”. Most of us will use real world weather but its still a great addition to have. From there a page will open up where you can type in a ICAO code and the weather will appear in a user friendly format, giving you temperature, winds, winds aloft, PIREP reports, and TAFs. After you’ve read the weather you can click the “fly now” button and a weather tool will pop-up and implement itself into your flightsim where you can see radar, icing, storms etc around you. Its a great feature and REX essentials all around is a great product and is a must have for flight simulation enthusiasts.
So go ahead and try it out! Visit http://www.realenvironmentxtreme.com/ to download your copy today!
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