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4.0 stars
"outstanding product!"
Pros: great graphics, G1000 training, missions with VFR and IFR capabilities,
Cons: bit slow to load initially, inclinometer ball doesnt do anything
Summary: I am a private pilot now working on instrument rating and I have to say Microsoft has really set the bar on affordable flight sims for the PC. I live in Seattle where the weather is not always VFR and its great to fire up flight sim X and do a couple of runs.
With a none-too high end 2-year old Dell box (P4 3Gz, 2GB RAM, no graphics card), I am getting a pretty good experience with flight sim. Less memory may be problematic as I found when I tried this on another box with 1GB of memory.
My pro yoke and rudder pedals of course do make a significant difference in terms of making it feel real. If you dont have this, and are serious about a great flying experience, I strongly urge you to get it - i got mine new for about a couple of hundred bucks on ebay.
As mentioned, I am working towards my instrument rating, so I was thrilled to find the G1000 module in flight sim X, and several of the missions actually have a glass cockpit in the airplanes. You can build your own custom scenarios all the way from basic to adding weather, traffic,..
The one big thing is that the initial loading takes a bit long, but given the richness of the graphics something that doesnt bother me. One peeve is that the inclinometer ball doesnt do anything. In the real world, flying coordinated is critical. Also for simulating slips I found the response to be less than real. Still these are nits that I hope Microsoft will address in the next version.
Overall, I found Flight Simulator X to be an outstanding product if you have the right setup in terms of the PC and yoke/rudder combo.
Rikki
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X (PC):
$18.49 - $19.99
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