When Parallel 42 confirmed that SimFX and the Immersion Packs would not be making the jump to MSFS 2024, airliner simmers in the new simulator were left without a native atmospheric effects solution. Those add-ons had become a staple for many in MSFS 2020, covering the kind of visual detail, wing condensation, wet runway spray, engine vortices, that the base sim simply doesn’t replicate.
Answering directly to that call, TriTriSim has launched GFX Airliner today, for both MSFS 2020 and MSFS 2024, at an introductory price of $14.99.
The effect set is quite comprehensive. Engine Cold Start produces initial smoke and unburnt vapor burn-off during spool-up, which is one of those details that lands differently than you might expect. Thrust-on-Rain blows water dynamically across the tarmac from jet blast. Water Trails creates visible displacement trails carved by landing gear on wet runways. Vortices appear from flaps, wingtips, and trailing edges. Engine and Wing Condensation react to AoA, speed, and humidity. Wing Fade simulates the aircraft slicing through dense cloud coverage. Contrails stretch volumetrically at cruise altitude. And AI Contrails extend the effect to traffic aircraft, filling the sky with the kind of persistent trails you’d see out a window at 37,000 feet.
TriTriSim says every effect was created from scratch, with physics computed directly from raw simulator variables like ambient pressure, air density, and aircraft velocity vectors, rather than relying on pre-baked in-sim data. True Angle of Attack, for instance, is calculated from the aircraft’s 3D velocity vectors and pitch. The developer also includes a Cinematic Mode that lets you manually adjust humidity and AoA on the fly for screenshots or video.
Performance claims
The developer reports a maximum performance drop of 1fps in testing, with an overall impact described as under 5%. GFX runs on WebAssembly, outside the main simulator thread, which is why TriTriSim is able to make these claims. It’s the kind of number that will get tested quickly by the community, but it’s an encouraging baseline for an effects add-on covering this many visual systems simultaneously.
Supported aircraft
At launch, GFX supports 27 aircraft across six developers. That covers the Asobo A320neo, FlyByWire A320neo and A380, the full Fenix A3xx family (six variants), iniBuilds A300-600R, A330-300, A340-300, A350-900/ULRA/1000, and the Tristar, the PMDG 737 family (600 through 900) and the full PMDG 777 family (200ER, 200LR, 300ER, and 777F), TFDi Design MD-11 and MD-11F, ToLiss A340-600, and iFly 737 MAX 8. It’s a lineup that covers most of the serious payware airliner traffic currently flying in MSFS 2024.
For aircraft not on the list, TriTriSim says a generic effects layer attaches automatically. Installation is drag-and-drop into the Community folder, with no background apps required.
Who is TriTriSim?
If you haven’t followed TriTriSim before, they previously released TFX, a freeware emergency effects add-on that we covered in July 2025. TFX tackled the dramatic end of the spectrum, engine fires, sparks, smoke trails, crash animations. GFX targets the opposite end: the quiet, atmospheric detail of a normal, uneventful flight. It’s their first paid product.
Pricing and availability
GFX Airliner is available now at tritrisim.com at the $14.99 launch price, which is set to rise to $19.99 approximately 36 hours after release. Installation options include the Hub App for automatic setup or a manual ZIP file for the Community folder. The add-on is fully compatible with both third-party and Marketplace aircraft.
