Review: Stripr by Parallel42. Could this be better? Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

This video showcases Microsoft Flight Simulator MSFS 2020 and Stripr, produced by Parallel42. Stripr is a standalone app that looks to streamline the sim loading experience, give the splash screens greater interest, and link with SimBrief in particular to show your flightplan as you load your aircraft to your start point. This is a complete workthrough of the process involved, right from downloading and installing the software through to final testing. In my case Stripr struggled to connect with my Simbrief account - but even then my experience of the displayed flight plan, having entered this manually, was underwhelming. (I stand to be corrected if I am doing something wrong - please do comment in the comments section for the sake of other users. Other aspects of Stripr were positives, but there is room for improvement and simple changes that would be a significant asset to simmers. This is an in depth review, looking to explore and resolve issues in real-time - hence the timestamps below should you wish to view the closing critique.

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0:00 Introduction to watching paint dry - the MSFS loading process
2:00 Detail on what Parallel42.com offer - Stripr, Flow, and Skypark
5:15 What Stripr offers
8:30 Download and launch process
10:00 Interface options - and differences (I am distracted as the sim starts with a new format.)
17:00 A look at the sim on restart with options on to remove splash screens etc. The one think I would say is that whilst the logos do not appear, there appears to be no significant reduction in terms of the loading time.
19:00 New overhead photographs of airports appear, with some (reduced) cinematic zoom. Loading bar shows a 1/1000% increase at one point!
24:00 Not confident with SimBrief integration - a walkthrough of the options I have tried, but no route on splashscreen whilst start location loads.
29:00 Workaround to manually load in the flightplan from SimBrief and she if this shows through Stripr - answer - yes - but there is not much detail.
33:00 Final critique of Stripr 'highlights' as detailed on Orbx.
38:00 How does this fit within the pricing structure for Parallel42 - what other things could you spend your money on?
45:00 Final comments

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