Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe DVD
Flight Simulator X will awe flight simulator fans and real pilots alike. All-new eye-popping graphics, actual missions to accomplish and a wider range of airports to visit recreate the experience of being a pilot, right down to the smallest detail. Complete point-to-point objectives and skill-based tests, or just fly around the world if you'd prefer that to ferrying passengers or cargo. Whatever you choose to do as a pilot, it's available here in Flight Simulator X Deluxe.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe DVD Accessories
 CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB ( 200-615 )
CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals ( 300-111 )
Saitek X52 Flight Control System
Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots Real World Training
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration Expansion
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick (963290-0403)
Saitek Pro flight Rudder Pedals
Saitek Pro Flight Yoke with Three Lever Throttle (PZ44)
Microsoft Flight Simulator as a Training Aid: A Guide for Pilots, Instructors, and Virtual Aviators
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe DVD Reviews
I am taking flying lessons in a Cessna 172, and this simulator is on spot to practice procedures-aka fly by the numbers (which I learned is very important). However, using a joystick and keyboard is not the same as the real cockpit of course, and the details are not nearly as breathtaking in a real plane.
I would hastily disagree. If I turn the display up to 1600x1050 I start getting the jitters, so I keep it 1200x 768. I'll bet it would run even better under XP though, as Vista sucks up 1/3 of my memory at idle. One thing I REALLY like is being able to see the small hills the highways follow, and they're where they are in real life. I don't play the XPlane sim much. I've been flying Microsoft for several years now, since FS2000 Pro. The terrain is similar to 2000 and 2004 but the trees and water are dramatically better.
It's just better. It's too twitchy. Yech. FSX is far more like what I experienced in real life vs Xplane. When I fly, I FSX. Nice.
I think the flight dynamics are far, far better than any previous version. This version is a huge improvement over FS2000, Large improvement over FS2002, good improvement over FS2004. I'm running an HP quad core 2.2, Vista home premium-yum, 3 gigs of RAM and an 8500 video card w/ 256 megs of ram. Not state of the art, not overclocked at all, and I can run the sim on high, ultra high, with quite a bit of traffic, and some weather, and see FPS in the high 20's low 30's. I also bought X-Plane based on the blade-element theory that the flight dynamics are as accurate as possible.
However as negative as this review might sound, for those that have an awesome state of the art system, this game can't be beat. Although the interior cockpits of this game have been greatly improved to look and perform much like the real thing, this game is a complete waste of money unless you have a PC with at least 3.5 Ghz and around 3 GB of RAM. There is a lot more eye candy apparently than the 2004 version and if you get the deluxe edition you can even play online as an ATC controller or use a headset as a virtual pilot so it's not all bad. I was completely disappointed after paying $50 for the deluxe edition and finding out that the graphical quality didn't even work with the system specs written on the box. I will never buy another one of Microsofts products again. If you have a pre-2007 system I recommend FS 2004 but if you will be buying a new computer soon I'd get MSFS X.
SO REALISTIC IT IS DISGUSTING (and im a 1st person shooting gamer). 150% recommended BEST GAME EVER. So now you know how great this game is.
a well done product but the previous version was a little sharper in the glass cockpit instruments. nice array of aircraft and places to fly them in and out of.
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