With the recent UK scenery updates (July 2024), other than the newly updated photogrammetry areas I was wondering if there had been any other updates that have been sneaked in and not mentioned in the release notes.
I took a number of screenshots of melty scenery back in 2020 shortly after the release that I was going to share but just remained in my screenshots folder. Let’s go back and see if there’s been any changes.
August 2020: Flying west near the mouth of the Thames estuary, there were some interesting water formations in the Thames:
August 2020: London before the recent updates, looking rather sparse:
… but after World Update XVII London is now looking incredible, and the water level glitches are fixed (actually I think they were fixed a while ago, not just in this most recent World Update):
September 2020: McLaren’s headquarters near Woking decided they needed to expand and build houses on their roof:
… looking good after recent updates:
August 2020: rather sparse looking Colchester Castle in Essex:
November 2021: Colchester Castle with some updates, but still being rendered as if it is an office building:
… September 2024: looks like the castle model has slightly more detail again, but still not great, it still is rendered with office building textures. This really deserves it’s own POI model:
October 2020: similarly even sparser Needles at the Isle of Wight:
May 2021: some of favorite melted scenery I’ve found so far in game is around Southampton docks, like these melted tractors and trucks:
and similar looking melted cars:
May 2021: Southampton docks melted ships:
… September 2024: I couldn’t find this same ship again, but this one in 2024 is even better:
May 2021: one of my favorites, a melted car park structure near Southampton docks:
and more melted farm equipment:
Parked cars draped over the side of a building:
… September 2024: still here, still melty:
May 2021: trees growing on cruise ships at Southampton docks:
… in Sept 2024, this same ship is oddly looking worse, like it’s taken on some water:
May 2021: Cardington Airfield hangers rendered as just large stock scenery buildings:
… updated recently in World Update XVII in July 2024:
May 2021: the rather impressive Milford Proving Ground in Bedfordshire:
