MSFS scenery

MSFS City of Dallas, Texas (Enhanced) Scenery Pack

Dallas, Texas transforms into a sharper VFR playground with this enhanced citywide scenery for Microsoft Flight Simulator, replacing default ground imagery with updated satellite photoreal tiles, refined edge blending, and denser autogen guided by 5 m height maps. Upgraded 3D buildings and a Globe Life Field landmark bring the skyline to life.

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United States of America

Flight Simulator 2020 Flight Simulator 2024

Images & Screenshots

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A small high-wing aircraft flies above a dense downtown area with numerous tall skyscrapers and sprawling highways below.

A high-altitude top-down view shows a sprawling city with dense road networks, scattered clouds, and several green park areas.

Aerial view shows a sprawling urban landscape with a river winding through city blocks, highways, and patches of green under cloudy skies.

Aerial view shows a large domed stadium, an adjacent baseball field, and surrounding parking lots within a sprawling urban landscape.

A cockpit window view shows a dense downtown cityscape with numerous tall skyscrapers and sprawling suburbs in the distance.

A sprawling urban skyline with high-rise buildings stands beyond a network of highways and a large arched bridge, with a rainbow visible under cloudy skies.

A dense downtown skyline with tall office buildings rises behind a large convention center and multiple intersecting highways under scattered clouds.

A large football stadium and adjacent sports fields are surrounded by urban neighborhoods, with a distant city skyline under partly cloudy skies.

A large domed arena stands near the center of a downtown area, surrounded by high-rise buildings, parking lots, and highways.

A silver ICON A5 aircraft flies above a dense city center, passing directly over tall skyscrapers and a circular rooftop.

Dense yellow clouds partially obscure a sprawling downtown cityscape with numerous high-rise buildings and intersecting highways at sunset.

A cityscape with a dense downtown cluster of tall skyscrapers is seen under orange-tinged clouds at sunset, surrounded by sprawling neighborhoods.

A large illuminated stadium with a green field sits in the foreground, while a city skyline appears under a dramatic sunset sky.

A nighttime aerial view shows a city with illuminated streets, a brightly lit domed arena, and a nearby stadium with visible seating.

A cluster of tall office buildings rises above parking lots and green spaces, with a multilane highway curving in the foreground.

A network of elevated highways converges in the foreground with a cluster of downtown skyscrapers and scattered clouds in the background.

A nighttime cityscape features illuminated skyscrapers with colorful lights and a network of highways filled with red and white vehicle lights.

A city skyline with tall office buildings is shown at sunset, with orange clouds filling the sky above the urban landscape.

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Expert Overview

This enhanced City of Dallas, Texas Scenery Pack for Microsoft Flight Simulator delivers a complete visual overhaul of the default environment, showcasing highly detailed photogrammetry and precise ground imagery. Having tested it firsthand, I appreciate how it enriches both VFR circuits and airliner routes around Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas Love Field, and other nearby airports. The 3D building models, roads, and landmarks have also been expertly refined, bringing every part of the city’s sprawling skyline and surrounding areas to life.

Key updates, such as better blending at scenery boundaries, improved autogen (including more realistic trees and building heights), and the inclusion of the Globe Life Field stadium, build upon the developer’s original release to elevate the entire region. Whether you prefer longer jetliner flights or short scenic hops, this mod provides a captivating perspective on Dallas’s urban landscape that will keep you returning for more virtual adventures.

A brand new, version 2 (enhanced) scenery pack covering the entire area of the City of Dallas (USA) for the Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 release. Developed by Thalixte who is known for these photoreal/photogrammetry packs for MSFS. This pack, like all previous releases, does not disappoint.

Dallas is located in the Southern region of the USA in the state of Texas with a bustling cityscape and skyline which can be experienced in the sim but also close to the coast (in aviation terms) should you wish to fly south after taking off from the scenery area covered. This makes for some beautiful flights in MSFS and with a selection of airports in and around the scenery area covered.

This scenery pack is a complete replacement of the default Microsoft offering within the sim. The ground photoreal scenery is replaced by a third-party source along with 3D buildings and objects that have been brought up to a higher detail than the default Microsoft install. While this is a large download, if you frequent the skies of Dallas you will appreciate this add-on and spend hours flying around the scenery area.

The ground imagery uses the latest satellite data and the 3D building textures and models are also based on recent surveys.

This scenery is a new enhanced version of the original Dallas pack released by the developer and they have noted these changes;

A more accurate a precise (better) blending with the default Microsoft/Asobo (essentially Bing) ground terrain at the scenery area coverage extremities.
The inclusion of more autogen such as trees, vegetation, and buildings with more accurate height maps (5m precision) brings the scenery mod to life.
The scenery tiles have been "laser cut" to keep only the roads and buildings in the replacement scenery.
Addition of the 3D model of the Globe Life Field building/attraction which is located next to the AT&T Stadium.

Essentially, this is a complete overhaul of the default Dallas scenery that will really bring your virtual flights to life in and around the area. Whether flying out of major airports such as Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) in heavies or taking off via VFR from Terrell Municipal Airport (TRL) - this complete freeware scenery pack has you covered.

Complete Pack

The freeware release available from Fly Away Simulation includes all packs needed to experience the whole scenery area of Dallas City, USA as envisioned by the developer. Some other sites that list this file release it in parts. The one you download from here will include all parts (1-2) and is a complete, single download pack with no need to source or search for additional files or releases. It's a complete package with a single download. The developer originally released this scenery in 2 parts - they are all included.

This is a very large download and while it's easy to download (all in one pack), we recommend a download manager should your connection get interrupted.

Finding the scenery

If using simply GPS, the coordinates for the center of Dallas are: 32.7767° N, 96.7970° W

Best Airports to Fly From/To

If you're wanting to start/stop flights at airports in and around the scenery coverage area, the best places to take off from and land at are below.

These airports are inside the Dallas region. Instead of listing everything nearby, we chose this selection because they are inside (or almost inside) the scenery area covered. ICAO codes along with runway lengths have been included.

Airports including major and smaller airfields are (in order of size):

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (KDFW) - Runway length: 13,401 feet
Dallas Love Field (KDAL) - Runway length: 8,800 feet
Dallas Executive Airport (KRBD) - Runway length: 6,451 feet
Addison Airport – Addison (KADS) - Runway length: 7,202 feet
Mesquite Metro Airport – Mesquite (KHQZ) - Runway length: 5,999 feet
Terrell Municipal Airport – Terrell (KTRL) - Runway length: 5,006 feet

Installation

Installation is easy. Simply extract the downloaded archive and move the folder thalixte-dallas which is located inside the Scenery folder into your Microsoft Flight Simulator community folder.

If you have a previous version of this scenery, it's important to remove it first by deleting it from your MSFS community folder.

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File information

Filename

dallas-enhanced-msfs-release.zip

File size

2.92 GB

Virus scan

Clean (scanned with ClamAV)

Access

Freeware

Content rating

Everyone

Download speed: Free tier is capped at 2 Mbps (this file takes approximately 3h 29m at the cap). PRO members download at full line speed.

This is a freeware file — use is subject to our freeware copyright terms.

How to install this mod

MSFS scenery

Extract the downloaded archive

Use 7-Zip (free) or WinRAR to extract the ZIP to a temporary folder. Don't install while still zipped — the simulator can't read inside ZIP files.
Locate your MSFS Community folder

All MSFS add-ons live in the Community folder. Microsoft Store / Game Pass version: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community\. Steam version: %APPDATA%\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community\. Tip: enable Developer Mode in MSFS to see your exact Community folder path.
Copy the scenery package into Community

Drag the extracted scenery folder into your Community folder. Photogrammetry and large mesh packs can be 1GB+ — ensure you have disk space.
Restart MSFS

Close MSFS completely and relaunch. The new content appears in the Content Manager, on the World Map, or in the aircraft/livery selector.
Always read the included readme

Every mod ships with a readme.txt or README file. It tells you exactly where files go, what dependencies are needed, and any quirks specific to this add-on.

About the developer

Thalixte

Thalixte is a developer that has focused on creating photogrammetry and scenery packs for the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator (MSFS) 2020 release. All of this developer's releases have received fantastic feedback from many users on various flight sim websites including Fly Away Simulation.

Based in France, the developer tends to focus on creation of European packs however some "further afield" packs have also been created.

Enjoyed this mod? Thalixte released it as freeware. Consider donating to support future projects.