AVIAJAM PRODUCTION - SAINT-PETERSBURG LANDMARKS - MSFS

George

(note: I am from St. Petersburg myself) So, I am giving this a very optimistic 4 stars for now - and that comes with the disclaimer that this will hold if the developer's promise to expand the pack more comes true. Improvements to the city were sorely needed, and this pack absolutely does fix the most glaring problems (I am so thankful it removed the horrible "skyscrapers" that were there instead of the Petropavlovka's cathedral spire and the Admiralty!) The buildings added are very welcome also, with a number of the most prominent landmarks now present and visible. However... I also have trouble recommending this one for what's currently there, even at the low price. The number of new landmark is very, very small - and so many important ones are missing. I can understand why the developer released this early but in its current state, but in my view they should have waited a bit more; at the moment, this city does not compare favourably to many other commercial city add-ons out there, even at this lower price. But again - what is there is very welcome, and if the developer simply continues to add more buildings, even at the same exact level of quality as now, it will become worth it. But it needs maybe 3 times more buildings than it has now, and could really use a few other fixes (if the current SDK allows it), especially when it comes to some of the terrain (there are "hills" in many places where Bing Maps falsely recognizes building elevation as ground elevation, resulting in some truly ugly street and buildings sticking out of hills). PS - I hate that skyscraper at Lakhta with a passion, but that is not the developer's fault at all :)