MSFS Downtown Los Angeles Missing Buildings & Landmarks Scenery

Enhance your Microsoft Flight Simulator experience with the Downtown Los Angeles Missing Buildings & Landmarks Scenery add-on. This freeware mod brings back a multitude of iconic structures and landmarks that are absent in the default simulator, providing a more immersive and accurate depiction of Los Angeles.

Key Features

• Reintroduced High-Rise Buildings: Adds several prominent skyscrapers missing from the downtown LA skyline, such as the Wilshire Grand Center and Metropolis Towers.
• Authentic Night Lighting: Buildings like the Wilshire Grand Center feature realistic night illumination, enhancing nocturnal flights over the city.
• Landmark Enhancements: Incorporates well-known sites like the Hollywood Sign—now with a functional helipad—and the Venice Pier.
• Operational Helipads: Introduces new helipads at strategic locations, including the Ritz Carlton DTLA and the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

Detailed Additions

This add-on meticulously restores key buildings to the Los Angeles area, ensuring pilots can navigate using real-world visual references. The high-rise buildings added include:

• Wilshire Grand Center
• 801 S Grand
• 825 S Hill
• 888 S Hope
• 1000 Grand
• Apex the One
• Atelier
• Aven Apartments
• Circa LA
• Evo South
• G12
• Hope and Flower
• Level Los Angeles
• Met Lofts
• Metropolis Towers
• Various other South Park district buildings

Enhanced Navigation Landmarks

With the inclusion of the Hollywood Sign—complete with a helipad—pilots can enjoy VFR (Visual Flight Rules) navigation with greater confidence. The Venice Pier is also added, serving as a crucial coastal reference point.

New Helipad Locations

The add-on introduces multiple helipads, expanding rotary-wing operations within the simulator:

• Hollywood Sign Parking Lot
• Ritz Carlton Downtown LA
• Westin Bonaventure Hotel
• Wilshire Grand Center

Technical Details

Designed with performance in mind, this mod seamlessly integrates into the simulator without significant impact on frame rates. The buildings are modeled with optimized textures and levels of detail (LOD) to ensure smooth rendering during flight.

Installation Instructions

1. Download the add-on package and extract the contents of the archive.
2. Locate the 'senecadriver-los-angeles' folder within the extracted files.
3. Copy this folder into your MSFS Community directory.
4. Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator and enjoy the enhanced Los Angeles scenery.

Conclusion

This add-on is a must-have for pilots seeking a more realistic flying experience over Los Angeles. By reinstating missing buildings and landmarks, it provides accurate visual cues essential for both VFR and IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) navigation. Whether you're flying a commercial airliner into LAX or piloting a helicopter over the city, this mod enriches your virtual skies.

Finding the Scenery

MSFS Format:

34.05223500,-118.24368300 Copy to Clipboard
You can copy and paste these coordinates into Microsoft Flight Simulator's search bar when starting a flight or the Developer Mode "Teleport" window to navigate directly to the center of this scenery area, airport, or landmark after you have installed this addon.

Decimal Degrees (DD):

Latitude: 34.052235°
Longitude: -118.243683°

Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS):

Latitude: 34° 03' 08.046" N
Longitude: 118° 14' 37.259" W

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