In Microsoft Flight Simulator, aircraft models are all similar with a simple configuration file to provide simple flight dynamics, while in X-Plane, aircraft shapes, sizes and weights are taken into consideration in the simulation - giving more realistic flight. X-Plane is said to be more realistic in terms of flight dynamics than any of the Microsoft Flight Simulator packages, mainly because of the way X-Plane gives flight to aircraft models. With the increase in popularity, freeware developers have started creating add-ons such as aircraft and scenery packages for X-Plane. Image shows Antarctica scenery add-on in the latest X-Plane version 11.
