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Question, it is true that you can only buy contracts for L and X aircraft and not M and S because many are saying so ?

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Not a single person has mentioned it as far as Iā€™m aware? You can buy S and M contracts at SYD, the liveries have been made for a reason.

Thereā€™s a nice selection of S and M planes at SYD, not quite as diverse as places like LHR or IAD thatā€™s for sure, but they certainly brighten up the place.

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I think what he may mean is player arrivals, as no s and m aircraft can reach any airport in game, but to you point, I have not seen anyone talk about it still

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Why didnā€™t I see Xiamen Airlines and Hainan Airlines in Sydney? Haikou -Sydney ļ¼ˆHainan Airlines B789ļ¼‰ Xiamen -Sydneyļ¼ˆXiamen Airlines B788ļ¼‰, there are planes flying again.:thinking:

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NGO has the same problem. I agree something like SIN, or just anything in between SYD and NGO should be added. But for now I think we just wait. The gaps in the map will all eventually be filled in.

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I think I get where heā€™s coming from now, whenever somebody mentions buying a contract I always default to buying AI contracts, not selecting destinations for aircraft.

Only having L and X contracts for player planes has been discussed, but Iā€™d like to assume most people figures that one out from when SYDNwas announced anyways. If we were still in the pre 2.0 days weā€™d probably have ended up with M planes going between NGO and SYD via SIN and PER! :rofl:

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I love SYD, the flow is incredible. Runway speeds are great, taxi systems is so clean (and didnā€™t break once in the last 9 hours of nonstop play) cool liveries, and progression is really fast (lvl 20 already (: )

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Thanks for sharing this button. Wow! Didnā€™t even notice it!

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Thanks devs for the amazing SYD! Really enjoyed! One thing I found is that there is no L stands in the domestic terminal, however, Qantas uses 332 flying to Perth (PER) and they are handed at the domestic terminal. Wondering if L stands will be added to the domestic terminal in the future?

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Yeah especially since one gate has double jetway

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Looks like Delta A350 is missing on SYD-LAX, Emirates A380 for SYD-CHC, and Qantas wide bodies on SYD-AKL. Would love to see these added!

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would love to see woa adds wide bodies to certain short routes because thatā€™s what happening irl

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Iā€™ve not got the SYD yet so canā€™t check, but seeing a comment on Facebook that you can only get X and L spaces at T3 is that true? Because if it is itā€™s completely wrong as X and L should be T1 only! T3 is Qantas domestic services.

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the L/X stands are at T1

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Probably got confused then.

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I havenā€™t been around long but I donā€™t remember seeing the landing gear retract upon takeoff. If its new its a sweet addition.

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The front gear of A359 could not be fully retracted and the model needed to be redesigned

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Thats just a simple fix. the whole model doesnā€™t need to be redesigned.

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Okay, soā€¦ I have played this once I finished my work today and it is lucky for me as there is only 1 new level at LHR and I unlocked SYD effortlessly with some A124 contracts I have at LHR.

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In general, I appreciate devs for bringing this to us (in a rather surprised way, I didnā€™t expect it to come before the calendar moving to August!)

Here are my thoughts after a quick play:

Good things

  • Modeling of SYD looks so nice, even details like Qantas & Virgin AU signs are carefully replicated. Just have one more detailed look shall we?

  • I donā€™t see any obvious bugs and glitches in the game, which is a great leap forward compared to LHR last Xmas. Hats off to devs and test players, I know they underwent a busy testing!

  • Multiple great camera options available as per mentioned earlier in this post.

  • The landing gear function is impressive but some posts above have discussed some issues and that could be fixed soon.

Some potential improvements

  • Runway operation. I expected the 16L runway to be used both landing and take off and that is same as rush hour operation. Unfortunately I found only runway 16R is used for landing, i didnā€™t quite understand why devs made decision like this and I am thinking if there will be a very heavy bottleneck in late game as all international and cargo terminal flights will use this runway to take off. I am guessing if it is about taxing time if planes land on 16L and taxi all the way to domestic terminal, but my idea is that I have less concerns on that. Or if I move on to international stage later, should I cancel all domestic flights? That will make another runway looks pretty silly for sure. Wish devs could consider to change that in later version (to something very similar to LEJ)

  • As per the post mentioned in the post, I also wonder if it is possible to add the old B738 livery of Qantas, it looks like it does not require any complicated work. I also would like to mention Qantas also operated B463 and since B463 is also considered a heritage aircraft (like B744) I hope most historical customers (including QF) will be available for us.

  • I am not familiar with the operation of SYD. But I do see some inaccuracy in tarmac layout. Some people mentioned L gates missing in Domestic Terminal and there are even double jetbridges. I also noticed stands on the east 16R, north of 25, north of the Shepā€™s Mound, and south of 07 seems to be unavailable. I am not sure if they are meant to be stands for storage, though.

  • I donā€™t quite get the reason but the 3D landscape looks weird for me. I think there might be some extra work to be done in the future since SYD is in urban landscape unlike many airports.

Still, this is a really impressive update and I am truly excited since it is a surprise for us (and I mined for a while at LHR as I was unprepared!)

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