I was an early user of the flight simulator back in the day.<p>I logged over 2000 hours on the original flight simulator. I kept my flight hours in a log book. I used actual physical maps. I visited every airport within 500 miles of Meigs Field. I flew in all kinds of weather. I bought every extra option. I visited local pro shops and bought a dozen flying books.<p>I highly recommend "Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche". Best book ever.<p>I took private pilot flying lessons and knew exactly how to fly.<p>I pre-paid for the new MS Flight Simulator. I bought pedals and a yoke. I bought a new, high-end laptop that exceeded the specs. Once the flight simulator arrived I flew it every day for 2 weeks.<p>Half of every day was spent downloading updates. I spent 5 hours talking to a pleasant fellow in India trying to correct errors. I spent hours talking to other MS support people. In fact, for those 2 weeks I spent more hours on the phone with MS support than I did flying the plane.<p>When it worked it was truly an amazing program. Mostly it didn't work. Constant updates broke everything.<p>I sent back the pedals and yoke hardware.<p>I cancelled the flight simulator. MS kept my money.<p>Your (flying) miles might vary but I would not suggest buying this program.
These activities remind me a lot of playing SimCopter. Nothing quite beets the anxiety of getting shot at by some baddies in the city I built while trying to drop a rope ladder on a train. Great times.<p>Generally, I really appreciate them putting stuff like this in the game though. Even though I’ve played flight simulator since the early days, I’ve always had a hard time engaging because I don’t enjoy flying for flying’s sake. It’s also part of the reason why I prefer the Forza games or other arcade racers over pure simulators. Obviously I’m not cultured enough but then again, I’m also a very casual gamer.
Having worked as a professional pilot for many years… the visuals in this video look… I don’t know, more real than real?<p>Ad hoc medevac in a caravan is something I’ve done a time or two… this is kind of surreal.<p>Very cool.
Can it please run at least reasonably well in VR without requiring two RTX 4090's?<p>I feel like VR is the next big thing for this game if only more people could run it