Vancouver International Airport is world-renowned, recieving Skytrax's best airport in North America award 12 years in a row. This stunning airport has been brought to life in Microsoft Flight Simulator with Project YVR, a freeware mod, featuring custom models, new taxiway, runway, and apron textures and lines, corrected gate and parking numbers, correct taxiway names and signage (VATSIM ready), full airport night lighting, and more!
Project YVR is available in an early access state. This means that while the airport is functional, features are missing, like custom modelled buildings, interior modelling, or ground textures, to name a few. These will be implemented in future updates.
Performance was a major consideration when creating Project YVR, including optimization of textures and lighting. However, it is recommended to have a modern 10 series graphics card from NVIDIA or an AMD equivalent, with at least 16GB of RAM, and a modern 4-core processor for the best experience. Project YVR may run on systems below these specs, however, you may encounter performance issues, especially at night, which is heavier on frame rate.
To install Project YVR, unzip the zipped folder that you downloaded from flightsim.to, open the unzipped folder, and copy and paste the folder named 'joelster-airport-cyvr-vancouver' into your community folder. Installation size is approximately 280MB, subject to change with future updates.
Project YVR is made possible by free textures from AmbientCG and is driven by community feedback. If you would like to see a feature or a specific building's modelling priortitized, please add it to #suggestions on my Discord server: discord.gg/Dwtz6eCDNr
For my other projects to enhance your experience in the Vancouver area, check out my website here: https://projectvanformsfs.wixsite.com/vancouver/project-list
For a list of ILS frequencies and IDENTS: https://projectvanformsfs.wixsite.com/vancouver/yvr
Project YVR is non-commercial user generated content. For any copyright/legal concerns, or general inquiries, please contact me immediately at [email protected]