Which one is the best flight simulator available for public demonstration? What are some of the best combat flight simulator games for PC that can be played using a flight stick? Which flight simulator (on PC) is best suited for a beginner in flight sims? Not all flight simulators work on Mac. In case you have only a mac and want to use a simulator that isn’t compatible, your only option would be to partition the hard drive, install Windows on the new partition and install the simulator on the Windows partition. ![]() It all comes down to what you want. Realism ( which to a lot of people can be boring.daily piloting is a very routine job until things go wrong ) or a game. X-Plane is in my humble opinion, the best at realism.It's accurate, looks fantastic, and the more scenery packs you get, the better the experience is.However.It's not a cheap hobby. I guess my current setup which is modest compared to many peoples has cost me around £500 or $850. FSX for Windows comes with a large selection of aircraft, and has a more 'gamey' feel to it, although it too can be made fairly realistic. I don't regard my time spent using X-Plane as gaming.Calculate fuel loads according to weight, allow for weather in route planning, and allow failures to show up in a random or pre-programmed fashion. I think there is a version of FSX which is combat based, but I'm not certain. If you want to get serious about it, then an investment is required. Click to expand.Agreed. Though they still need to work on a few things. They still need to get the hydroplaning physics right. I find it reduces braking capability a bit too much( so much that I run off the runway at KDCA with a 727 in the rain). Also the ability to land a 737 on an aircraft carrier. Though they may have fixed that since I haven't been able to do that since X-Plane 8 I believe it was( or was it 9? I can't remember. X-Plane 9 was out for so long can't remember when I did that ). Click to expand.It is certainly a handful. It took me about a year to understand enough about what I'm doing to be effective. It is a completely different type of game(sim). I believe its complexity keeps the short attention span types from joining in and mucking up the 'fun'. I completely get that 'fun' is VERY relative. I can appreciate most don't enjoy taking 20 minutes just to click all the dials and switches to get the jet cranked up, then wait 5 minutes for ATC, take off and join up with 4 other human beings to then fly over boring water during the night only to arrive at your target 2 hours later. Complete your attack and return to a safe lane, refuel and return home to a rising sun. I enjoy it because none of it is scripted. There are impossible missions or circumstances that you have to make the right decisions on and return to base with your weapons still on board and wingy still alive. Sometimes the intel is not very intelligent and the target isn't exactly where you think it is, sometimes the skies are cloudy and you can't get a clean laser target, there are so many variables that it really never gets boring. This post concerns flight sticks. I thought this would be a good thread to ask. If you've noticed Ive been talking up Elite Dangeroue in another thread. ![]() Working on getting a working flight stick for it. I've got several all ready, but I've not used them for years. I've got an older Saitek Cyborg 3D USB stick. I was psyched to use this stick cause of its twist 3D action, but there does not seem to be software for it that runs on Windows 7.
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