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Manufacturer: Microsoft Part number: JH7-00044
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- From award winning game developer ACES comes Flight Simulator X. The latest installment will include the usual genre leading realism that continues to awe real pilots and will serve as the graphical benchmark for games on Windows Vista. Additionally, Flight Simulator X will deliver for the first time structured game play with more than 55 missions to choose from which ... Read more
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Gamespot editors' review
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (PC) price range: $18.34 - $24.99
- Reviewed by: Jeff Lackey
- Reviewed on: 10/16/2006
- Released on: 10/17/2006
User reviews
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After a long wait, very disapointing.
by jkevin on February 3, 2007
Pros: Microsoft has't dicontinued the product.
Cons: Poor performance. Bad sound. "Toy looking" graphics
Summary: I've been a fan of FS for 18 years. I'm totally addicted and have owned every version. So it pains me to say this, but this is the ...
Summary: I've been a fan of FS for 18 years. I'm totally addicted and have owned every version. So it pains me to say this, but this is the first version since FS3, I've seen, that looks that a toy. X is an absolute disaster! I simply can't find anything positive to say about it and am very disapointed!
1. Even with the graphic res dialed way down, the animation looks like crap. To achieve the same performance as FS2004, you must remove almost all on the scenery, and FS2004 still looks better!. I don't even know how to process that. How do you go backwards in performance such that FS2004 looks better and performs better than the "latest and greatest"?
2. The sound output is nonsense, like a random collection of junk sounds that, more often than not, don't match the scene. I also get loud, distorted electronic noise from my speakers, suddenly and unpredictably.
I've gone back to FS2004 and have uninstalled X. I don't think I could get my money back at this point. So I'll put the DVDs on the shelf and wait a few years for the technology to come along. I'm not going to buy a new machine just to run the app.5 out of 6 users found this user opinion helpful.
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One of the best of 2006
by rjrocks32 on February 10, 2007
Pros: Big jump in realism over FS2004
Cons: Big resource hogger, "backward compaitability" does not look so promising.
Summary: To the majority of you people thinking that the game requires many resources are not thinking out of the box, the reason that Microsoft made this game to use so ...
Summary: To the majority of you people thinking that the game requires many resources are not thinking out of the box, the reason that Microsoft made this game to use so many resources is so PC's in the future can run this game using DirectX 10's new promising features. They assume that because Vista uses so many features itself along with FSX that pc's in the future would be perfect for running FSX on.
As for the game: This game has brought new features to the game, new aircraft, new interface and just revamped the whole Flight Simulator series.3 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Professional pilots couldn't afford a PC to run this joke.
by Fastfiddler on January 27, 2007
Pros: Great visuals, great sound. ATC is better.
Cons: Extremely demanding on your system.
Summary: My computer: Homebuilt. XP PRO. Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2GHz with hyper threading (OCed to 3.52GHz). 2GB of DDR 400 RAM. Audigy 2ZS sound card. GeForce 7800GS 256MB from ...
Summary: My computer: Homebuilt. XP PRO. Pentium 4 Prescott 3.2GHz with hyper threading (OCed to 3.52GHz). 2GB of DDR 400 RAM. Audigy 2ZS sound card. GeForce 7800GS 256MB from BFG so it is OCed. Running on SATA hard drive. This isn't the best gaming system out there, but it is certainly better than your average PC. I can run ANY other game on full graphics and get at least 40FPS. I'm honestly happy with at least 20-30 because above that, your eyes can't tell the difference. I landed the beech baron with the G1000 at minneapolis st paul with heavy snow. I had traffic up to 100% because I want realism. Everything else was slimmed down, no autogen, no water effects, low terrain detail. With scenery complexity off, when I landed I got about 8 FPS. When I put it on full, I got 5 FPS. You also have to have scenery up in order to see taxi way lights. Aside from performance, there are other things. FS still doesn't have a very good terrain map. I have several updates I bought for FS9, and it honestly looks better overall at a much higher framerate than FSX. I am also disappointed that they got rid of the vintage planes from FS9, along with the amphib caravan, and cessna 183. I paid more for deluxe and I cant even really enjoy the added features like city detail because it won't run. The G1000 they got very lazy on. Half the features of the real one aren't there. In the real one, when tuned into a VOR you can hit DME on the PFD and it will show you distance, not there... You also can't access the engine screen to adjust mixture using EGT. I suppose that since it won't run as is, more detail wouldnt help. I've heard that it would run better on Vista, but I've heard just as strongly that that is not true. I must say, in rare occurences when it's not lagging and I have autogen up all the way, it's pretty spectacular, the trees actually look like they make a forest, rather than a few scattered trees over forest ground textures. I can run it pretty well with limited weather and all traffic disabled, and scenery trimmed down a bit, but um that brings up the question, why did i spend 70 bucks on it when FS9 that has many aircraft that I bought (much better detail and 90%+ funtional cockpits and FMSs), ASv6 weather engine, flight environment, and also Ultimate Terrain (yes i spent a little too much money on it but was worth it) and therefor looks just as good as, has more realistic aircraft, and 100% detailed surface streets and land/water features throughout the US and Canada, all running at higher FPS than FSX raw? (yes I know that was one of the most ridiculous sentences in history, but I think it makes my point). I have heard Microsoft is taking it back for refunds because of these performance issues, but I'm having trouble justifying it for the times it does run well and looks awsome, and also the red bull flying course, I'm down to a time of 1:40, it's fun. Anyways, moral of the story is, if you have a system about equal to mine or BETTER go for it, but if you're running your cheap $400 HP desktop that you bought at Best Buy so that you can write papers and play solitaire on, um, while you might make the 256MB RAM 1.0GHz processor and 32MB video card requirement, I would highly recommend you NOT try this. One more thought, If this brings MY system to its knees, how do they figure those minimums? That's probably what u need to run it on all lowest settings at at least 1 FPS. Hey, you can technically "run" it, but you'll be catchin part of your favorite TV show waiting for the next frame to happen.
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Did anyone see the TV commercial for FSX? Anyone who saw this notice that what they showed was extremely laggy. Jet flybys at about 6 FPS. I laughed when I saw that, literally, I laughed out loud.2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Disappointing and Frustrating
by gplpark92 on January 25, 2007
Pros: slightly better than FS2004, more aircraft selection
Cons: runs like crap on even the fastest system, not much better than FS2004, same crappy scenery, overhyped, and problematic
Summary: 1) It's so demanding that even the nicest PC's won't play it.
2) The graphics are not much better than FS2004.
3) It's overall exactly the ...Summary: 1) It's so demanding that even the nicest PC's won't play it.
2) The graphics are not much better than FS2004.
3) It's overall exactly the same interface as FS2004.
4) Overall gameplay improvements are minimal.
FSX is extremely overhyped, and extremely disappointing.
Looking for something new? Keep FS2004 and buy some modifications. Just don't buy FSX!2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Extremely Disappointed
by Davidbiz on April 2, 2007
Pros: None that I can see
Cons: Too many to mention
Summary: I also am an avid FS fan and have owned every version. This is an embarrassment to Microsoft. It absolutely doesn't compare to FS 2004 and all the wonderfully ...
Summary: I also am an avid FS fan and have owned every version. This is an embarrassment to Microsoft. It absolutely doesn't compare to FS 2004 and all the wonderfully generous add-ons people post on Avsim, FlightSim etc. Not only is the framerate terrible but the external detail of the models is unforgivable on my system. And the trim guage on the Airbus and 737 is so blurred, it's totally unreadable.
I'm running a Pentium 3 Dual Core with 2GBs Ram, 500GBs hard drive, Two GeForce 6800s in SLI config and everything stutters. I find the graphics amateur hour. When you think of something like George Grimshaw's Boston Logan International scenery for FS2004, it make FS X look like something devised by a kid of three! (Sorry kids of three!) The sounds have been thrown together from left over files going back to FS98, or so it sounds. Again, people on Avsim etc have worked so hard to produce real recorded sounds that knock your socks off, how come a massive corporation like Microsoft couldn't have pulled their fingers out and taken a little more effort over the things that actually matter to Simmers! Uninstalled it and looking forward to re-installing FS2004...not looking forward to having to download all those goody files again though!1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Beautiful, but slow
by alabs56 on March 4, 2007
Pros: The graphics are absolutley amazing, the planes realistic, and you can even see famous places like Las Vegas as they really are (The casinos are accurate, the roads alive). An excellent product
Cons: The game runs slowly, even on a new computer, and it costs about eighty dollars for the deluxe after tax.
Summary: It is an amizing experience!
Summary: It is an amizing experience!
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Disappointed and Disillusioned!
by terrynconnct on February 18, 2007
Pros: Better Landscapes
Cons: Graphics performance is the worst I've seen
Summary: Microsoft put a lot of effort into building a better simulator but I'd really like to know what they were using for a PC platform when they compared this ...
Summary: Microsoft put a lot of effort into building a better simulator but I'd really like to know what they were using for a PC platform when they compared this to their previous product, Flight Simulator 2004. I put a more powerful graphics card, more memory, and Windows Vista, but it's still been a disappointment. I've tweaked the graphics to the lowest I could and it still won't perform as well as 2004.
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Here's a tip though; Try decreasing the display resolution to the lowest possible in the display settings. You may see an improvement in performance.Updated
With the release of SP1, perforamance has improved dramitically. My machine still can handle all the "top end" features, but the performance deserves kudos to the folks on continuing to enhance the product.Updated
With the release of SP1, perforamance has improved dramitically. My machine still can handle all the "top end" features, but the performance deserves kudos to the folks on continuing to enhance the product.1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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outstanding product!
by rikkib on February 8, 2007
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 ...
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.
Rikki1 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.
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Not what expected over all
by lesc1 on January 21, 2012
Pros: I love the aircraft,locations and missions those are fun and challanging as well. love the new atc and seeing what was said makes IFR flight easier in the long run. DO the glider lessons or missions thats challanging,i've yet to get throu a window.
Cons: Hate the cockpit views .. love the Fs 2004 look better but i'll get use to it as i play more i hope. dont like that it only displays windows7 basic colors even after adjusting display but that may be me not knowing win 7 well enough yet.
Summary: I feel its a good program but needs lots of tweeking but you will like it . it will take time to adjust to the look and feel of it .. so ...
Summary: I feel its a good program but needs lots of tweeking but you will like it . it will take time to adjust to the look and feel of it .. so play with it and give it time
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Flight Simulator
by mati_B on August 26, 2011
Pros: - Extremely realistic
-Really fun (for who likes flight sims)
-It's a simulator, not an arcade game, YOU HAVE TO LEARN A REAL PLANES CONTROLS, that will take several hours of studying and taking flying lessons (Included in the game)Cons: -REALLY BAD ATC!!!! (had to download a really good add on called Radar Contact v4)
-Has several bad little problems that have to be solved one by one.
Specifications
- Manufacturer: Microsoft
- Part number: JH7-00044
- Description: From award winning game developer ACES comes Flight Simulator X. The latest installment will include the usual genre leading realism that continues to awe real pilots and will serve as the graphical benchmark for games on Windows Vista. Additionally, Flight Simulator X will deliver for the first time structured game play with more than 55 missions to choose from which will test the skills of players of all levels.
Product Basic Spec
- Platform PC
- ESRB rating Everyone -
- Genre Simulation
- Elements Simulation - civilian plane flight
- Context Realistic
- Number of players 1 Player
- Difficulty Medium
- Learning curve About 3 hours
- DirectX version v9.0
- Operating system Windows XP
- Customization Editing Tools
Game
- Developer Microsoft Game Studios
- ESRB Everyone
- Release date 10/17/2006
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