Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's new Flight Simulator 2020? I bought it when it came out. I've seen some people say the accuracy/realism of flying the planes isn't as good as other flight sims, but I don't mind. And I think the graphics are really great. The graphics are very realistic for most things, and it's pretty cool that it can draw buildings & landmarks & things around the world (using data from Bing Maps).

Nightfox

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:45 am

Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2020? I bought it when it came out. I've seen some people say the accuracy/realism of flying the planes isn't as good as other flight sims, but I don't mind. And I think the graphics are really great. The graphics are very realistic for most things, and it's pretty cool that it ca draw buildings & landmarks & things around the world (using data from Bing Maps).

Nightfox

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:45 am

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:45 am

Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's new Flight Simulator 2020? I bought it when it came out. I've seen some

I really like flight simulators, and i was waiting for the new version to come out, but i forgot about it :)

I will defintely go and get it now ! (If i can stop playing with my new BBS :))

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulato
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:45 am

Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's d. And I think the graphics are really great. The graphics are very realis

Nightfox

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Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's new Flight Simulator 2020? I bought it when it came out.
I've seen some people say the accuracy/realism of flying the planes
isn't as good as other flight sims, but I don't mind.

I prefer flight sims where the other planes shoot back. :) I've been
playing War Thunder the past few years.



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Re: Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 2020 07:03 am

I prefer flight sims where the other planes shoot back. :) I've been playing War Thunder the past few years.

:) I haven't played an air fighting game in a long time.. One thing I like about a flight simulator (and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 in particular) is being able to virtually see different parts of the world. Microsoft Flight Simulator is unique in that it uses Bing Maps data to reproduce scenery (including land scenery and buildings) for the whole world. It's not 100% accurate, but it's still pretty cool.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Sep 24 2020 08:17 am

Re: Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Sep 23 2020 07:03 am

I prefer flight sims where the other planes shoot back. :) I've been
playing War Thunder the past few years.

:) I haven't played an air fighting game in a long time.. One thing I like about a flight simulator (and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 in particular) is being able to virtually see different parts of the world. Microsoft Flight Simulator is unique in that it uses Bing Maps data to reproduce scenery (including land scenery and buildings) for the whole world. It's not 100% accurate, but it's still pretty cool.

i heard the recent flight sim actually uses real weather and real air traffic

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:45 am

Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's new Flight Simulator 2020? I bought it when it came out. I've seen some

I've been playing with Flight Simulator since FS4, on a 386 if I remember correctly.

I'd give FS2020 a try but seems like you really need a good setup to have it run smoothly. Not ready to drop a few hundred dollars on a new graphics card...

Apparently you can use it with Vatsim and talk to real people who'll do air traffic control for you. Never tried it. I believe this has been available in previous versions of Flight Simulator as well.

The graphics look phenomenal though. Not sure about the realism though. Seems pretty realistic to me!

JF

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: JF to Nightfox on Thu Oct 15 2020 08:54 pm

I've been playing with Flight Simulator since FS4, on a 386 if I remember correctly.

Same here - I've played Microsoft Flight Simulator since FS4, and I started playing it on a 286.

I'd give FS2020 a try but seems like you really need a good setup to have it run smoothly. Not ready to drop a few hundred dollars on a new graphics card...

Yeah, you need a good PC.. Also I've heard it's more CPU-bound right now, so it's good to have a powerful multi-core CPU for it as well.

Apparently you can use it with Vatsim and talk to real people who'll do air traffic control for you. Never tried it. I believe this has been available in previous versions of Flight Simulator as well.

I've heard that about FS2020. I hadn't heard about Vatsim until recently, but it sounds interesting.

The graphics look phenomenal though. Not sure about the realism though. Seems pretty realistic to me!

I'm more of a casual flyer. So far I've been enjoying flying planes with it while viewing the external views so I can look mainly at the scenery. I've seen some people say they think X-Plane 11 has more realistic flight.

Nightfox

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to JF on Thu Oct 15 2020 09:47 pm

Yeah, you need a good PC.. Also I've heard it's more CPU-bound right now, so it's good to have a powerful multi-core CPU for it as well.

Just curious... Are you running it on a 4k monitor?

it while viewing the external views so I can look mainly at the scenery.

I've seen people with a thing on their head which tracks the movements and moves the camera along. From what I hear it seems to work well. Probably beats hitting the keyboard to change views everytime.

I'm more of a casual flyer. So far I've been enjoying flying planes with

For the time being guess I'll stick to watching Youtube videos but it's probably just a matter of time before I join the club. :)

JF

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: JF to Nightfox on Fri Oct 16 2020 08:38 pm

Yeah, you need a good PC.. Also I've heard it's more CPU-bound right
now, so it's good to have a powerful multi-core CPU for it as well.

Just curious... Are you running it on a 4k monitor?

Yes, I am.

it while viewing the external views so I can look mainly at the
scenery.

I've seen people with a thing on their head which tracks the movements and moves the camera along. From what I hear it seems to work well. Probably beats hitting the keyboard to change views everytime.

A VR headset? I've heard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is supposed to support VR at some point, but I don't think it does yet.

Nightfox

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to JF on Fri Oct 16 2020 09:10 pm

A VR headset? I've heard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is supposed to

Not quite... It's purpose is only to track your head movement. If you Google TrackIR you'll see what I mean. Probably a much cheaper alternative than going with a full-blown VR headset.

JF

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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: JF to Nightfox on Sat Oct 17 2020 09:19 am

A VR headset? I've heard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is supposed
to

Not quite... It's purpose is only to track your head movement. If you Google TrackIR you'll see what I mean. Probably a much cheaper alternative than going with a full-blown VR headset.

What's the point of that? If you move your head to look away from the PC monitor, you won't be able see what's on the monitor..

Nightfox

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What's the point of that? If you move your head to look away from the PC monitor, you won't be able see what's on the monitor..

Nightfox

I've got a Tobii eye tracker... it tracks your eyes (and your head)...


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Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
By: Nightfox to JF on Sat Oct 17 2020 08:37 am

What's the point of that? If you move your head to look away from the PC monitor, you won't be able see what's on the monitor..

That's exactly what I was thinking too, until I actually saw a video of it being used. It's not as bad as you think, and I'd even go as far as saying that it looks convenient and seems to work well. :)

JF

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