REAL ENVIRONMENT XTREME - REVIEWS, TESTIMONIALS & AWARDS
Reviews
"I am stunned by this product. It is a marvelous piece of programming that many graphical packages should aspire to. I feel it is the benchmark for which all graphics packages for FSX should be judged by." - Aaron Graham
"There are currently no other environmental products on the market which even come close to the level of quality and professionalism REX brings to FS2004. I highly recommend this product as it will give you breathtaking and realistic environments." - Philip Wilson
"Sometimes we know it simply from the moment we experience it, this moment in which we just know there will be days, if not weeks until the grin on your face disppears. That's when you've done something right. This feeling I had with Real Environment Xtreme." - Sales Wick
"VFR Reviews is pleased to announce that REX 2.0 has earned the distinction of being the first product ever to be awarded the VFR Reviews’ Blue Award." - Kevin Glover
"It brings quite a smile to your face when you materialize at your chosen location, ready to fly, and after waiting a few minutes for the REX weather engine to do its thing, you find yourself confronted by rain, wind, and skies like you’ve never seen in FSX before." - Martin Wilby
"I have absolutely no doubt that Real Environment Xtreme is the best addon for FSX for the money. You can purchase one airport addon that drastically improves that area, or even a mesh that improves that region… But I would recommend spending the same amount and drastically improve the entire world using Real Environment Xtreme." - Eric McClintock
"Well the reason anyone is really buying REX is to gain the most realistic appearance they can manage from the simulator, and if you do it right REX will show you what love is. REX is capable of running what it says." - Fergie
Customer Testimonials
"This piece of software is a must if you want a stunning visual while you are flying day or night. Very easy to setup. It will bring a NEW dimension to FSX and you will not believe it until you take off and see the 3D clouds, sunsets and the water effects on inland waters and ocean corral!!
It is a sin that this company didn't origonally write FSX because if they did it would had been written like a flight simulator should had been writen."
Lester Hesley - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This is a MUST have if you want the most of your FSX. It really gives you a superb experience, and it doesn't even impact your computer performance. The details, scenarios and possibilities that REX gives you are very very cool, and the program is very easy to use.
Also remember to download updates from REX's webpage! app. 9Gb free of charge at the moment!"
Richardt Raymond Andersen - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Excellent product. Brought a whole new perspective to flight simulator. Worth every penny."
Mark Greer - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I bought this product on a recommendation and it has not disappointed me. I absolutely think REX v2 is worth every penny. The detailed placed in this program is second to none."
Rodney Antoine - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Had this a while now and wrote a review when I first got it, got some helpfull tips on setting up. By far the best addon I've bought and well worth every penny (or cent) does exactly what it says, changed tha whole sim and never ceases to amaze me even on my crappy HP slimline"
Mallacai Wolfe - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Definitely the best enviornment add-on ever developed for any Flight Simulator title.. even in areas of just plain default ground texturing, this product changes the whole scene! and the icing and turbulence simulation is excellent!"
Ross Aldrich - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Well I've had other enviroment programs in the past but this one puts them in the shade its a true must for any flyer with so many themes to choose from a stunning piece of work i wont fly without this it makes everything so much better."
Iain Emms - 5 of 5 Stars!
"REX plus any of the ORBX stuff. You can't do any better than that. REX is a must buy for FSX and FSpilotshop is the place to buy it."
Carl Byers - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Definitely worth every penny. No noticeable FPS loss, it's brilliant."
Jesse Casserly - 5 of 5 Stars!
"For the ultimate money for detail flight experience this is a must buy. Just add GEX USA and Canada plus FS Global Ultimate The Americas and it'll take your whole flight sim experience to a different dimension. The most boring and tedious areas are brought to life, you'll find yourself taking a wide outside view of your aeroplane and just watch the scenery go by from low altitude to 35000+ feet. I've had many add ons from FS9 to FSX an these three are by far the best well worth the money. The weather models, Textures and lighting effects are all top class."
Mark Fenemer - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Real Environment Xtreme v2 will transform your clouds into full 4096 X 4096 textures. This means that clouds will come to life and will look High Definition. A built in weather tool allows you to avoid stormy weather when flying or when creating a flight plan. It can be used during flight. The REX GPS will also show major roads and with a payware add-on like UTX, it will match up exactly. The theme feature allows users to create their own sky's to their liking or change water effects. A nice feature from the REX team, is REX Overdrive, which is FREE and add's even more textures for the FSX sky's. It's a must have add-on."
Thomas Becker - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Worth every penny! If you are running Windows 7 it will run smooth as silk! The cloud, water (rivers, streams,lakes, oceans) are perfect. It totally takes place of Active Sky. REX includes additional grass, water and other texture packs as free additional addons. "
James Martin - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Absolutely positively and beyond a doubt THE best product I have ever bought for FSX. Buy it IMMEDIATELY before you talk yourself out of it. It is worth every penny as it will transform your simulation experience."
Andrei Knight - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This addon is truly amazing. It drastically changes the look of Flightsim so much. The textures of the clouds are so sharp and realistic. As well as the water, which has very realistic appearance. I enjoy how many options of clouds, water, dawn/dusk textures sets there are to choose from."
Eric Stevens - 5 of 5 Stars!
"The more I use this, the better it gets. This is as close to real flying as it gets. I simply cannot say enough good things about this product. The only thing better... is the fantasitc customer support when you need it!"
Gary Watson - 5 of 5 Stars!
"IF you have ever flown in a commerical airliner over 30000 feet, you will notice that atmosphere appears differently as it does in flight simulator. All the MS Flight Simulators have never seemed to place effort into the environment. Sure the clouds look great and you can download the weather. That's awesome. But it never translated right when actually simulating a true visual environment. REX v2 creates an unbelievable environmental simulation. The Atmosphere appears as it would if you actually flying at 30000. The Visual is all the way to the horizon. I can't say enought about this product if you want to infuse a true environment simulation. The step Microsoft never took."
Eric Kelley - 5 of 5 Stars!
"REX textures have improved my FSX tremendously. The texture theme possibilities are endless and the sample pictures on the website just cannot demonstrate the outstanding visuals one can expect during actual game play. As a plus, I have also seen a substantial increase in FPS along with a massive decrease it the "stutters" using the REX textures. The customer support after purchase is exceptional. Unbeknownst to me, I had installed REX incorrectly. The REX customer support (thanks Tim) worked with me until the problem was corrected. I highly recommend REX both due to the performance/visual improvements and the customer support after the purchase."
Greg M - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Fantastic product! One of the best flight simulator addons out there, adds a whole new dimension to FS2004 and the realism improves a lot! I truly recommend this product to anybody!"
Thomas Emms - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Firstly I want to say I do not normally write reviews about anything, because I am a cranky git....But having just installed REX into my Flight Sim I am really really happy and smiling broadly... It is like having a new sim, after the disappointment of not being able to run FSX (due to my computer specs) REX makes up for this more than enough...Buy it! it transforms a dull sim into a "As Real As It Gets" for sure..."
John Colohan - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This addon is a definate buy. With this and a good texture pack for your ground, you could have the perfect flight sim. Don't think twice about this one."
David Jule - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Fine product for a fine price. REX for FS2004 may potentially change your flightsimming experience forever. As one who has been continually tweaking FS2004 since the early days when it first came out, and trying to get the old classic sim to be as close as possible to a real-life flight experience, REX certainly came as a welcoming surprise and have taken my FS2004 to new levels.
This package comes bundled with loads of textures that the user can customize to his or her heart's desire. It comes with new sky colors, water textures and waves, airport environments such as taxiways and runways, runway lights and strobe lights, and perhaps most dazzling of all, high-definition clouds. Due to the limitations of FS2004, you won't see the huge 4000 square pixel textures found in the FSX version of REX, but these textures look good enough, and chances are you won't see much of a difference when you put some screenshots up side-to-side.
In addition to textures, this package also comes bundled with its own weather engine and flight planner. Furthermore, the developers are still improving this product, so there should be more to come in the future. Not a bad deal for $34.95, considering the competition that is out there, and trust me, REX delivers much more.
So, if you are like me who have stuck with FS2004 after all these years, I would highly recommend this product for enthusiasts who are interested in improving the visual quality of their sim. Being once a pilot who have flown in the skies in real life, I would say that this product definitely deserves its title of "real environment," for it certainly brings back the breathtaking feel of the environment several thousands of feet in the air."
Andy Yiu - 5 of 5 Stars!
"THANKS for making my flying time more fun... I am 55 and people like you make this hobby more enjoyable!"
Dave Leaf - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I've been flying flight simulator since 1995. In 2000 I started flying in the real world. I have spent untold amounts of money on my simulator and I must say that your software is the best money I have ever spent. The similarity between your scenery, weather and sky details and the real world are amazing. I have been flying all weekend and have been exploring REX and I love it. I've been playing around with making my own schemes, its wonderful. Well I'm going back to flying and I think I've ran out of expressions to describe how I feel about REX. Thank you and keep up the good work."
Tony Carroll - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I'm reallyyyyy enjoying my REX2.0/overdrive HD with FSX, GEX and terrain mesh mapping. Really awesome product you're making. First class! As another happy REX2.0 customer, I want to say thank you for all the hard work you and your team are continuing to put into this product."
Jesse Nichols - Commerical/IFR pilot - 5 of 5 Stars!
"It takes a while to load different themes but the wait is worth it. I will never fly a sim without REX+Overdrive ever again it's that good."
Charles Artis - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This is a really cool add on for FSX and well worth the money. Try flying around a thunderstorm at dusk for some really incredible views.
Be sure and read the whole manual. There is a lot in this program that could easily be overlooked."
Peter Tulloch - 5 of 5 Stars!
"THE best software i have ever put into flight sim, buy it, it's fab the weather is amazing looks real, if you have a bad day at work load this with a good sunset and relax!"
Anthony Radford - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I have purchased a number of graphics enhancements for FSX over the years, and most make an improvement. However, REX almost totally remakes FSX into something new. Seeing a realistic sky for the first time in all my years of flight simming blew me away. I have uninstalled XGraphics and now let REX do all of the special effects. The first thing I noticed was how nice it was to see the clouds reaching all of the way to the horizon instead of that stupid adjustable circle of clouds that surrounds your plane otherwise. There are also no more of those constant redraws of the clouds. I give REX 2 w/Overdrive 5 stars, 2 thumbs up and a laurel and hearty handshake (stole that from the movie Blazing Saddles)."
Woon-kyung Seo - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This add on is amazing and is certainly worth the money. REX 2.0 completely changes the way you look at FSX and has no effect on fps. A month after purchasing this product I wonder what I would do with out REX.
This is definitely a must have for any flight Sim enthusiast whether your'e experienced or just a beginner and effectively changes Flight Simulator 10 into Flight Simulator 10.9!!!"
Christine Connor - 5 of 5 Stars!
"GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Oleg Generalov - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Well worth the price. Now I get real overcast skies. My FSX visuals have really transformed."
Jayson Ng - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Everybody involved in the REX program are the best of the best. No exceptions. The Real Environment Xtreme v.2.0 program took a LOT of time work and money to produce. Nothing will prepare you for the awesome change that REX performs to FSX. This is the best there is. If you have not bought this yet, your really blowing it big time. The best money you ever will spend on FSX. Just get it!"
Gary Johnson - 5 of 5 Stars!
"So nice add-on. I do really appreciate all the features of that great product. A new way to be in the sky and back on the earth!"
Marc Montouchet - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I bought and installed the FS9 and FSX versions on the same day. Both sims now look absolutely, unbelievably good. The sky and water colours together with the textures installed by REX are just straight from the real world. Installation was effortless in both sims. FSX performance seems to be unaffected; no loss of FPS or major stutters.
If you're thinking of REX; buy it. You won't look back."
Ian Harrison - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This program makes your flight sim shine. Literaly. A very good buy."
Charles Artis - 5 of 5 Stars!
"All I have to say is WOW!.... go buy this. It will transform your sim flying forever."
Andrew Myles - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I bought REXv2 the day it came out I think. I run a very high end machine. I downloaded it, ran the installer, configured the correct paths (all default), set it to all HIGHEST settings, ran the back-up, restarted my machine for the heck of it, started the program, pressed "Fly Now", waited for it to load, (about 6 minutes) , and haven't stopped screenshoting ever since! AMAZING!!."
Cameron Nelson - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I have been seeing so many shots on the net for people publishing their REX work, was very impressed but hesitant, I finally had the guts to move on and purchase it, only two days back, was so excited, it took ages to download, and considerable time to install, had couple of program errors, then magic began, it is simply unbelievable and a really step ahead in graphics and capabilities, now you can design your world, to me it is like a dream come true."
Alaa Riad - 5 of 5 Stars!
"This is one of the most worthy addons I've ever bought. Galaxy of options. Choose your own theme and even adjust the hue of those colorful textures. The shallow water looks real when I compare real world videos, and framerate friendly. It will be a landmark of FS afer some bugs are resolved."
Bin Xi - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I like REX, because it's the first add-on which shows clouds as in nature. It's beautiful to fly in the sky with all the clouds and the sun reflecting seawater under."
Michael Brehmer - 5 of 5 Stars!
A must have for every serious computer pilot. The most fun I have ever had with FSX is with this add-on."
Simon Schrooder- 5 of 5 Stars!
"There are two things that I have purchased to date that have truly exponentialy increased the immersion of Microsoft's Flight Simulator; the first is trackIR, and the second is Real Environment Xtreme. This is the best software add-on for FSX. Absolutely worth every penny of the price."
Chip Mills- 5 of 5 Stars!
"If you like FSX then this is a must!!! I wont fly without REX turned off. Cloud formations are so real, and it's great to see the coral reefs in the oceans when you fly over them."
Ian Hirsti - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I bumped into this add on via Vimeo.com, it's an epic experience you can't miss. REX truly changes the FSX experience. Real time weather, high res clouds, gorgeous water effect (tropical reefs), high altitude smoke effects (contrails), grass textures etc. SP1 is being released soon adding better visuals and some fixes. And the fs9 version is being released soon. rex fsx=A+"
Ryan Wong-Chung - 5 of 5 Stars!
"The clouds, water and weather effects are simply gorgeous and I'm getting better framerates with the REX clouds over the default FSX clouds - and that's with the best textures loaded. The only drawback is that the improved water and sky textures are making the default FSX ground textures look really crappy by comparison. However, used with Megascenery's photoreal ground textures, the effect is stunning. Excellent product!"
Matthew Duren - 5 of 5 Stars!
"It raised my fps up 10 fps. With my PC (Q6600 2,4 GHz @ 3,6 Ghz , GTX 280, 4 GB Ram Raptor 300 GB) I have nice FPS (between 20 at big Airports and over 120 over the sea). You have to read and test a lot to run FSX fine. The textures are great and it's fun to fly with nice clouds around. The ground textures are also nice work!"
Sebastian Schroeter - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I flew the "Sitka approach" mission in FSX and man it was beautiful. Now I got it working well its an easy 5 out of 5, it may take some time to get it running well but when you do it's simply amazing!"
Jared Parker - 5 of 5 Stars!
"I bought REX several days ago. It truly has changed my flight sim experience. It looks way.... more real now. It would take me too long to describe all the things this program improves but let me say the clouds a water effects are amazing. My frame rates are as good or better than the MSFS default. The guys and gals that programed this must love what they do, because they did it right other than the instillation. I hope there are many updates to come. "
William Vick - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Sit back and enjoy!!! The graphics will blow your mind. It's like purchasing a new flight sim. Mind you, you have to have a pretty good multi-quad core machine, but I found myself just aimlessly flying at all times of the day in awe. Wow! Great job developers!"
Gregorio McKoy - 5 of 5 Stars!
"It's one of the best products out here on the Flight Sim market. The clouds are beautiful, the water = too realistic!!!!! Sunsets, skies, sunrises, your choice form a variety of different choices to make this the best Flight SIm experience!
5/5\, it's a must have to get rid of the boring FSX default weather!"
Sanjam A. - 5 of 5 Stars!
"One of the best addons for FSX. Excellent frame rates and jaw dropping eye candy combined!"
Pekka Kallasaari - 5 of 5 Stars!
"Great Product!! No complaints. Very realistic weather and water."
Mike Culver - 5 of 5 Stars!
"By far the best add-on software for FSX. Well worth the money."
Luke Collins- 5 of 5 Stars!
"REX has transformed my FSX experience. The incredible realism of the cloud formations and water effects has to be seen to be believed. I thought Active Sky and Xgraphics were good until now. I particulary like the tropical "haze" effect towards the horizon when flying out of my old favourite location of St Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles. My FPS have actually improved with the 4096 cloud resolution and DXT5 setting recommended to start with. In 25 years of flight simming REX is probably the best add-on I have purchased."
Christopher Duncani - 5 of 5 Stars!
