The BEST MSFS ADDONS - 2025 | Ultimate Buyers Guide | Real Pilot's Analysis | MSFS 2020 / 2024

[@CicaeMeow]

3rd year in a row I was waiting for this, crazy how fast time flies :)

[@dillank3240]

Great list! The video rolling in the background is a reminder of all the great work you've done over the years. You've taken some epic flights! Your channel is fantastic!

[@PeypaMikko-1842]

Much awaited buyers guide. Thank you, good Sir.

[@paulkirkland3263]

Good choices throughout. I've got a fair few of the aircraft included in this video, but the one that's "done it for me" is the Just Flight Vulcan. An aircraft that featured heavily in my childhood; a truly fascinating model by , in my opinion, the best developer in the sim. Great video, looking forward to more of your benchmark reviews in 2025. Haapy New Year to you.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

FINALLY some recognition for what is one of the best airplanes in all categories hands down, the TBM 850. I love that plane so much, and it is my most flown by far.

[@facethefaceandmore44]

Would love to see a helicopter category in the future. Just bought Taog’s hangar Alouette iii based on your review flight to Everest base camp, and then his Huey, and then the Miltech Chinook! Also have the HPG Airbuses which are excellent. I think helicopter modules have gotten a lot better in MSFS. Sure they’re a bit easier and less twitchy than DCS or Xplane but they’re incredibly fun and satisfying to fly, and finally deserve a category.

[@Casey093]

Fair point about helicopters! Maybe also a glider category, if those get more support?

[@TheLocus2]

I was so waiting for helicopters category.... do not get me wrong, awesome video, no disappointment here. i am so happy that i bought so many planes you actually placed on the list. your insights are so valid for me.

[@markscars1069]

One point of the Fenix family I love is the ability for the MCDU to be available on an external tablet as standard and without having to have additional software installed. Really ramps up the immersion and is something you cannot do as standard with PDMG’s products (as far as I know. As I said, not without additional software).

[@sspegazus3672]

I was looking for this comments. Yeah, its amazing how much cooler it gets with this feature

[@jaysmith4302]

I picked up the Cockspur Phenom 100 for about 5 bucks during the holiday sale...what could possibly go wrong? It turns out that it's an excellent add-on, possibly worthy of at least an honorable mention here. I took it on a long cross-country flight ending with an RNAV approach in bad weather and the autopilot and VNAV worked flawlessly. Easy to hand-fly and the performance seemed believable. I think it's worth it even at full price for someone who's looking for a very light jet. I would rank it about even with, or maybe even a bit ahead of, the Honda Jet.

[@jasonf2252]

lI appreciate that you summarized the fact that you wouldn’t be covering rotary or bush planes at the beginning of the video. That is all I fly and all I am interested in so it saved me from committing to a long video that addresses neither. There are plenty of others like me, and I would appreciate a video that is for those aircraft if you need subjects to tackle. I like your content and it would be great.

[@laxrider8818]

I’m surprised that the Indiafoxtecho F35 didn’t make the list but awesome video overall, happy new years to you sir and can’t wait for what 2025 has in store for us

[@artswri]

Great job, lots of excellent products, well chosen! Thanks for another fine presentation.

[@aurel42]

Drinking game: take a shot each time ITB says "again" or "once more". Nobody will make it to the end of the video. :D

[@Jigsaw407]

Haha, I wanted to make this exact comment! 😄 On a more serious note, though: the excessive use of "once again" (I didn't count, but probably over a 100 times in this video) is starting to get on my nerves and detracts from the enjoyment of his videos. 😔

[@caseyjones166]

My favourite is 'within the sim'. This is an affectionate tease rather than a genuine criticism though. The guy is a very conscientious and hard-working content creator, and a damn good pilot too!

[@KyleCowden]

I recently came across my dad's C-118 (DC-6) checklists binder. I can't wait to try it out in MSFS to see how accurate it is compared to the real-world pubs.

[@imellor711]

A must watch video if you just getting into or want to get into MSFS2020 or MSFS24. As it's hard these days to ask yourself were to start and what to. spend your hard earned cash on, you can not go wrong with purchasing any of these products covered in the video. I would say the Devs who regularly update product are worth investing into, that's if its not perfect on day 1. You can not go wrong purchasing products from either A2A, Milviz/Blackbird, Black Square, AzurePoly, Flying Iron, inibuild, Heatblur and Carenado aircraft, seeing the sales are on. With a host of modules well worth your pennies.

[@DanielArnolf]

What a great job you've done, absolutely amazing !!

[@TazziedoesWT]

100% would not give any awards to the SWS PC-12. The flight model is absolutely horrendous and un-responsive, Performance wise, its "okay", its not the most accurate, this is in some part due to the 'professional' SWS hired, who asides from being a egomaniac, and downright rude, provides his own statistics to SWS. I've had 2 PC-12 pilots, one being my father who used to fly PC-12's for aeromed in Australia, and done bush landings regularly, with over 8,000 hours of flight-time. After having a try, neither pilot, or former pilot liked it. Its a major miss for SWS, who produced an aircraft that deserves to be on this list- the Kodiak!

[@FlyingMaxFr]

Did they/you try to fly it after the latest update released a few months ago? SWS changed a lot of things incl. the flight model

[@TazziedoesWT]

@ last I flew it was 2 weeks ago.

[@desmodromic4586]

I have to agree with you the SWS PC12 is deception especially compared to the Kodiak, they tried to fix it with numerous updates but it still isn’t right

[@FPSOlaf]

@@FlyingMaxFrits still really bad

[@Scarebus_Driver]

Excellent summary thanks for putting it together. Only mention ill make is no discussion on the Fenix’s complete lack of modelling of the autopilot G limits which give it highly unrealistic behaviour while configuring and using expedite and speedbrake. Likewise when flying any 2D approach its handling is very much on rails something im sure every real world Airbus Pilot knows is unrealistic. Fenix to me flies how every Airbus pilot wishes the real aircraft would fly as opposed to how it does. In fact id describe Fenix’s AP modelling more akin to how Boeings fly on AP ie on the money as opposed to the g limited autopilot issues every Airbus pilot is familiar with. Anyway just my opinion after 15 years in the Bus but an excellent over view of some great products and wonderful to have some lovely choices to fly.

[@kdfw3686]

a good list of top addons. underrated is the gks f-111b, one of the top models for vr flying fast and down low. and best freeware would be the fbw a380 and the b787s.

[@mikecoffee100]

Happy New Year and look forward to your content in 2025

[@drumbum353]

The Got Friends Wilga certainly deserves a place on this list.

[@barthvapour]

I have just bought the Just Flight Tomahawk, and absolutely love it. Good choice .

[@liam-ed2ty]

Thanks very much🙏🏻

[@pilotjcm]

Great video 🎉

[@panthros7395]

It would be interesting to add a bush plane section.

[@mastermachetier5594]

man I wish there was a trainer jet section.

[@pinkfloyd7572]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@vonKleist]

Inibuilds A330???

[@flightdirectorr]

Love it! Thank You

[@incar95678]

Thanks very much for your latest 'Best of' video. It's always the big special I look forward to every 12 months. One question - (Apologies if you already covered it) I missed your pick for the year's overall Winner... Was it the Comanche 250 again? Cheers and all the best for 2025. 🙂 👍

[@jay-rus4437]

Most looking forward to the TBM 850 being compatible in 2024. I have no sounds still.

[@197jm]

If you still have 2020 installed, you can copy the asobo-tbm-930 from the official folders to your 2024 community folder. There is a brief guide on the Just Flight forums. I've been flying the TBM in 2024 for a few weeks so far (with sounds)

[@andrenertz1685]

Copy the tbm930 asobo package from the msfs2020 official folder to the 2024 community. Then you´ll have sounds because in 2020 the tbm850 by bsq used the default sounds from the 930.

[@jay-rus4437]

@ ….I dont have 2020 installed. Is there a way to use the sounds from tbm 930 from 2024? Can I rename a folder or something

[@andrenertz1685]

@@jay-rus4437 not as far as I know unfortunatelly

[@amaydayhaha2413]

Hope to see the glider category next year

[@notfreshey]

Would love to see a rotorcraft version 🙏

[@_._._._X]

very professional video

[@TheBullethead]

For the most part, I agree with this list. EXCEPT for 1 thing. I can't believe you didn't mention the Red Wing Constellation at all when, IMHO, it should definitely take the top spot in the propliner category. IIRC, you reviewed it upon first release, which was a beta and far from feature-complete, let alone debugged, and weren't very impressed. However, in the time since, this product has REALLY been improved and now is better in almost every way than the PMDG DC-6, with the single exception of internal textures, which don't look very good at all. But as far as systems depth, failures, visual evidence of failures, assistance of AI crew, flight model, and all the important things, the Connie is far and away better than the DC-6. I think you should give it another look.

[@alexs6885]

It often feels like it's a forgotten, hidden gem.

[@SonofthewindsInc]

You sound like an experienced Pilot.

[@userSchlonsch]

I love the SWS PC-12 but it is definitely not in a finished state. The Flight model has some significant issues and weird behavior. The devs are working on it and it’s been steadily getting better but there are also significant delays on every update they announce. Everything else is fantastic about the plane and I fly it regularly but never for a prolonged time due to the flight model issues. I think in time the SWS PC-12 will be one of the best Addons for the sim but I don’t like that SWS aren’t very foreword with the state of the addon when buying (I’m sure there is no ill intent from them but they aren’t very good at communication) and I would not recommend the PC-12 to anyone without a significant warning.

[@Marc-AndréHarvey]

Where do I go if I want to purchase one!????

[@geirrosset]

Excellent summary video for 2024. But I just can't get passed the performance/hardware cost ratio of the Fenix. It is by far the most resource intensive addon I own. With a 7950X3D and a 4070 Super flying in VR (in MSFS2020) it is just barely enjoyable (usually hovering around 20fps maxing out at about 25), while the PMDG 737(-600) and the A300-600 are butter (high 20s or around 30). And that is with barely any traffic (FSLTL: 0 flying and max 10 on the ground, no multiplayer aircraft and very little as far as boats/ships or vehicles). Now maybe someone can explaining why the Fenix is so demanding compared to the other two, but the way I fly, and with not being a pilot so I can't comment on the flight model accuracy, there is nothing that justifies it. And if you fly in VR and have anything less than a 4080 Super or 4090 I would not recommend it.

[@quint60watson62]

Funny that the best “feeling” flight model is on the fly by wire aircraft… with computer generated “feel”.

[@vpatc]

Great list! I think I-fly is better than PMDG 737 but Fenix is no doubt #1. Best plane and devs in the business

[@dogsbd]

Where is the F-104 in the thumbnail?

[@ryannash2536]

What Was The Last Flight Over The Years

[@TazziedoesWT]

Just Flight- Yes

[@iconcity]

I want the T1 Hawk in 2024 ASAP!!!! - best aircraft ever -- after the Cows DA42 !!

[@antebellum45]

No helicopters?

[@stefanblackadder5236]

TBM850 was excellent on Xbox SX.

[@JohnVanderbeck]

It's a shame you don't have/use VR. It really changes this list in several ways based on what I know, though my knowledge of addons isn't as wide as yours

[@ChrisJames-pq6gg]

Fenix are the best 😍

[@michaelheely]

thx you for the great guide. i am in with all picks but 1. you give a semi-good plane a medal and to obtian that medal you need another addon. so basically the others in your list dont need another addon to be good and as such i tihnk its unfair to make a best of list and give a spot to a "bad" plane but hey with an update it very good. i dont see the point telling people to buy a "bad" plane in a best of all video. that somehow doenst fit together for me and its unfair for those devs that dont need an addon to be good.

[@luckykev1]

JSX Pro doesn't work

[@ProjectDavixd]

The FSlabs A321 is not as good as the Fenix A321. Only thing the FSlab A321 is good at is bringing malware systems to your computer.

[@leedove7255]

1. Agree with the Comanche - moved over to 2024 no problems at all 2. Agree on the Dukes - Turbine moved to 2024 but not the Piston version . I am sure it will but I am missing flying it. 3. I love using the Corsair- not 2024 yet? 4. Vulcan great but not in 2024 yet.

[@doctordoom7047]

Looking back on the very best MSFS20 had to offer, it was only ever A2A that ever got anywhere close to a decent flight model. Everything else in this list flew with flight characteristics that were very much resembling light weight toys, yet I fully agree with all of the choices in this video representing the best in their class.

[@filipesiegrist]

FSLabs was told to have a better flight model by an A320 pilot but I cannot stand their unethical practices until they officially apologize.

[@kurohone]

The only way I can make your 'radial' category make any sense in my mind is that you really wanted to give PMDG a gold somehow, so you put two med-fidelity planes on the list (justifying one with a MOD, which is hysterical)l, and then said that the abandoned P3D port was the best.

[@batterby7675]

You've obviously never flown the hawk t1. CG is way out front from where it should be, fuel flow and burn are way off the numbers, woefully under powered and the sounds are not of that engine type either freshly serviced or well run in. And for 35% of the audience it does not function correctly with a 3 position throttle. (Off, 78%, 108%) Not even sure your a real pilot to be fair.

[@quint60watson62]

Such a sad showing for business jet category. So many amazing planes in real life- at the front of technology…. Terrible showing from developers. Number 1 is a 40 yr old plane. No 2 & 3 are mini jets. Sad…

[@OhTrappyTrap]

You said they’re on console and as of 5min before this comment, there’s not a single one of these available on console lol

[@RJ-lh8vm]

I do regret paying $70 for the TFDI MD-11😂. For me it passes as a default aircraft at this moment.

[@slizzy418]

The tfdi and ini didn’t is there any mentioning at all they should be ridiculed for what they are they both perform poorly and they both are short in system depth not to mention they’re horrible supporting absolutely 0 out of 10

[@Garfie1d73]

It's the 5th of January ... what is this video? Thumbs down.

[@trgitw]

No way PMDG is above Just Flight, as good as they are, Just Flight are quite above PMDG's level. Strange how other irl pilots really rate the flight model and you don't, not having flown 146/RJ how can you comment it's not right?!

[@sili780]

After I own the FF777v2, I don't like the flight model of the p777.

[@LifeEarthandBeyond-Science]

in which way is the Just Flight outperforming PMDG?