LevelUp recently announced the 737NG V2, which wholly revamps the visuals and sounds for X-Plane 12. The new platform’s rendering capabilities help push the overall fidelity even higher.

The polygonal resolution across major external features was doubled, and cylindrical elements of the visual model, such as engine cowlings, fuselage, and gear tyres, were upscaled to look substantially smoother. Furthermore, the scimitar and non-winglet wingtips got a makeover to look better. The texture department has also seen major upgrades, with 8K textures for the landing gear, fuselage, and tail, improving the model’s overall consistency.

The cabin didn’t escape the refurbishment either. Brand new modeling and 8K textures throughout allowed LevelUp to properly reflect how most modern cabins look.

The sound department saw a major revamp. It now uses FMOD 2.0, brings sounds with much more detail than before, and plays more sounds at once since X-Plane 12 doesn’t suffer from the same limitation that X-Plane 11 did, which limited the number of sounds you could play at the same time. The interior sounds also have their own sound set, greatly increasing the experience.

The deployment will happen in two stages, with the first stage bringing the new visuals and sounds, and the second stage bringing the new cockpit model and textures. They are not yet ready to reveal the progress on the flight deck, but “it’ll be worth the wait.”

There’s no release date yet, but they hope to have it out by the fourth quarter of this year.

They also hint that their V2 gives them a solid foundation for the 737MAX development since the visuals would meet the expected standards. 

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