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Balsa Flight Simulator: A Simpleplanes Killer?

4,667 AngularMomentum  3.2 years ago

With the appropriately clickbaitey title out of the way, many among you will have heard that
Balsa Flight Simulator, a game by the original developer of Kerbal Space Program, has recently entered early access. The game centres around the construction
and flight of model aeroplanes. Here are (in my view) some of the game’s advantages and disadvantages over SimplePlanes

Advantages:
•better physics
•improved graphics (in some cases)
•more customisable, better looking procedural wings
•a career mode
•better paint job system, including decals
•already vr compatible

Disadvantages:
•very few procedural parts
•limited number of parts (at the minute)
•requires a better computer
•no mobile support
•quite a few bugs (this is a beta, why am I complaining?)
•maps are quite small and look like something from Garry’s Mod

Bear in mind that the game is still in beta and all issues will likely change.
Do you think that Balsa is a threat to SimplePlanes’ popularity? Discuss in the comments.

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    35.2k Icey21

    well.. now hear me out
    you can't kill something that isn't quite alive

    +1 2.0 years ago
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    @WeebOfSimplePlanes idek, why do you think I am following you? Eh?

    3.2 years ago
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    39.9k Rudeus

    @JuanNotAnAlt why do you keep following me when Im commenting a random post?

    3.2 years ago
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    @WeebOfSimplePlanes bruh how?

    3.2 years ago
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    39.9k Rudeus

    Drama has started

    3.2 years ago
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    @jamesPLANESii pretty much

    +1 3.2 years ago
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    44.3k rexzion

    sp is poggers

    3.2 years ago
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    28.3k goboygo1

    Sp building tools are waaaaaaay better. Nuff said.

    +2 3.2 years ago
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    Lol it got canceled

    +2 3.2 years ago
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    1. They're RC planes
    2. All the parts (other than wings) can't be adjusted.
    +9 3.2 years ago
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    salsa

    +2 3.2 years ago
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    @BaconEggs yeah, I can’t think of any other game where I can chase airplanes with a flying log stacker

    +10 3.2 years ago
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    137k BaconEggs

    sp is far too unique to be replaced by anything tbh

    +29 3.2 years ago
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    Android and iOS players will be still in this community bcuz the game is not available for these platforms, so......

    +3 3.2 years ago
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    I think SP is still better overall, but I think the Dev's might start sweating. I think that a SP2 might be in order at this point, although that would be a lot of work, but think about SimpleRockets 2 and it's success, and keep in mind that Simple Planes still has tons of players and fans that would certainly get a overhauled version of the original.

    +7 3.2 years ago
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    50.6k BeastHunter

    No, because Simpleplanes has weapons, a bigger map, and more things to build.

    +19 3.2 years ago