Reddit reviews Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition
We found 13 Reddit comments about Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Choose from more than 80 missions that will show you the world with fun assignments from around the globeExperience the day change from afternoon sun to evening dusk while flying at 32,000 feetKeep track of how you have done on each mission and improve your skill levels until your ready for the next challengeFly from your local airport during the winter and then experience the change as you fly from the same airport in summer
It's definitely cheaper than my other hobbies, flight simming and photography. Diverting my attention to vaping actually ended up saving me a bunch of cash.
In fact... DON'T take up flight simming
You first need this OR this
Then you're all like, wtf? Why doesn't it look anything like this
Then you buy one of these and realize that FSX doesn't support hyper threading since it's a POS software from 2006 when Microsoft stopped developing it. So you actually need one of these, overclocked of course.
Then you need realistic controls, your keyboard and mouse just won't do so you get a cheap joystick which is ok for the first few months, till you come to the conclusion that what you really need is a HOTAS controller.
Which is about the time you buy TrackIR, which tracks your head movement for added "realism"
This is of course precisely when you realize that you would rather fly general aviation aircrafts, like Cessnas and Boeings and military aviation is just not right for you, and you get a different controller, something like this.
That lasts you all of two months before you're sick and tired of the plasticky build quality and erroneous "null" zone so you go and buy one of these.
Now that you're comfortable spending money on your "hobby" you get into serious money territory and go ahead and buy instrumentation. Your setup now looks something like this
By this time you would have spent roughly $5000 or more on hardware and a whole bunch of software plug-ins and add-ons, because FSX by itself it's pretty basic.
You're now completely committed and have dreams of being a real pilot, you start to think about how you will justify buying a properly kitted out sim and actually "charge" people money to come sim at your home. And you buy something like this which of course comes without a yoke which you have to buy separately. And then add an overhead panel.
By now you are running FSX on multiple fast computers and have connected your iPad and other devices to your setup.
There are folks who have spent many hundreds of thousands of dollars on this "hobby".
Stick to vaping. It's just a whole lot cheaper.
if you ever get a chance to bring in your favorite computer game
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-X-Edition-Pc/dp/B001DPZE84/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1347590103&sr=8-1&keywords=microsoft+flight+simulator+x
You can get it on Amazon for about $30.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X is hands down the best one out there. Microsoft Flight just plain sucks. You have to pay for EVERYTHING.
Amazon
You can get the student version, there is no verification. What are your computer specs?
You can get FSX:Gold for $24 from Amazon so adding it to your collection isnt going to break the bank if you decide to go with P3D. Currently there is a lot more addons for FSX then P3D so FSX would be my vote if you have a computer that can handle HD planes and scenery.
The game: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-X-Edition-Pc/dp/B001DPZE84
The plane (not bought through the game): http://www.precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/777LRF.html
Whoops, wrong version, all fixed.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-X-Edition-Pc/dp/B001DPZE84
Looks like the gold edition got a bit of a price increase.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-X-Edition-Pc/dp/B001DPZE84/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409629347&sr=8-1&keywords=fsx+gold
I'm a fan of combat flight sims.
Il-2 Sturmovik:
What's cool about it:
Includes the original IL-2 Sturmovik™ and all four of its addon packs
Flight mechanics so realistic, they made the game famous
Plenty of authentic scenarios and historically accurate airplanes
Good Old Games
Microsoft Flight Simulator X
FSX is less than 30 dollars on Amazon, and it is a great IFR trainer. For your PPL, it's okay, but that's a lot of maneuvers, which a simulator isn't great at teaching. When you do your IFR, it's worth it's price several times over. If you're comfortable with using a simulator and have a computer that can run it, which I guess you are/do, then for sure pick up FSX and have some fun. Here's the top of the line silver platinum gold irridium version for $24.
You can get the gold edition for $22 on Amazon. If you like flight sims it's worth every penny.
If you want something downloadable you could go with Prepar3d but it is significantly more expensive and many add ons are not yet compatible.
http://www.amazon.com/X-Plane-10-Global-Flight-Simulator-MAC/product-reviews/B006RJ373K/ref=cm_cr_dp_see_all_btm?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
vs.
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-X-Edition-Pc/product-reviews/B001DPZE84/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Flightgear obviously doesn't have any listing on Amazon, because it is a free download and open source.
Look at the ratio of 5 vs 1 stars on both programs, not the amount of reviews.
Would you want to spend the money on a program that almost half the people despise?