Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt (Post 395340)

Actually, FSX is not that bad a choice if you don't mind certain FM weaknesses in default FMs and you've got the wallet for a few add-ons that circumvent them. Not everything there is though, just some well done stuff and you'll have a good enough time. For example, getting a weather add-on along with some terrain add-on for the continent you mostly fly, plus a couple of aircraft you like. Plus, today's PCs can actually run it well enough.

I've tried some very good WWII birds on a friend's PC and they have the individual aircraft systems down to a rivet sometimes.
The rest can differ depending on the add-on makers: you may easily see freeware aircraft done to a higher standard than payware add-on.

The thing with civie flight sims is that it's very modular, so individual designers can decide how much to push the envelope. That means you need to do some research before deciding what to buy.

I could easily suggest all A2A products that contain the enhanced accusim module, the FW190s from classics hangar and aerosoft's PBY Catalina. I've flown all of those on various occasions when visiting that buddy of mine and that's how i happened to know enough CEM and then some to transition smoothly to CoD :grin:

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper (Post 395335)

Wow, thanks for posting this, especially all the pics. I had been thinking of buying FS + A2A Power 3 Spitfire + effects addons which would easily havevset me back $100+.

I think I'll just redirect that cash towards a new monitor instead and just wait for the upcoming CoD patch (which I know will fix every broken/missing feature mentioned in this forum).

I'm puzzled though. None of your pics had any Barbie fashions -- not even a Spitgirl! Very disappointing. ;)

Originally Posted by Ailantd (Post 395196)

After 10 minutes trying the new released Microsoft Flight the only thing I could thought was to come here and say... THANK YOU devs, seriously... THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH !

I promise never again criticize your landscape, FM, shadows, lighting, colors, whatever... none at all! ( This is not true... but almost XD )

A corporation like Microsoft only released such a indescriptible thing that looks even more outdated than FS9. Horrible plastic sea, extremeley low resolution terrain textures, no smooth transitions between terrains, horrible cross trees from 10 years ago games, 3Dish colors and look in everything with no realistic lighting (not even good looking) at all. Even the clouds are badly ordered and you can see far clouds over closer ones... OMG! Planes and cockpits completely outdated when compared with COD ones and what a flight dinamics with zero sense of being flying. All that in a very small terrain with only 4 planes. And at least in my system, when maxed it provides less fps than CoD, wich is amazing.

So people... seriously... CoD devs, wich are a very smaller team than microsoft one with lot less budget, have achieved something far (very very far) superior product. So, even with the buggy and incomplete CoD, devs deserve our most sincere admiration.

Now... bring us the pach so we can fly it! XD

Originally Posted by TomVolume4 (Post 395207)

Really? It's that bad?

Originally Posted by Chivas (Post 395372)

I really though MS might raise the bar on the graphics, but its the same old crap.

Originally Posted by Bewolf (Post 395302)

Funny. I just downloaded a Demo and now have to slowly purchase the rest of the game around it.
Tried it. There are some things I like, the weather is not at all bad, better what we have in IL2 right now (which is no achievement, given we frankly do not have any weather at all).

That aside I have to agree to some other posters here. FM feels incredible lush and forgiving. Maybe IL2 made us all too good pilots to really appreciate what MS got us here, but I do not think it will have much future on my drive.

Originally Posted by bw_wolverine (Post 395363)

The accusim Spitfire is the best plane I've flown on a computer. Obviously no guns, but I have no doubt that at this point in time, it's the closest I'll ever get to knowing what it's like to fly a Spitfire.

Originally Posted by banned (Post 395445)

I've purchased the accusim Spitfire as well. I agree with everyone with how terrible graphics are etc but I love the Spitfire. If that Spitfire, with all its detail, were in CoD it would be the ultimate.

I've bought a few extra sims whilst waiting for 'the patch' to come out. The Spitty and KA-50 Black Shark are awesome in how everything in the cockpits work. They don't hold a candle to CoD in other aspects though.

The one that I don't fly a lot because it bores me a bit is RoF. I think I just like lots of buttons and levers.

After buying and trying a few sims I can see, even now, CoD is miles and miles ahead.

Originally Posted by SlipBall (Post 395365)

Consider a 120hz monitor before you buy a monitor (read small print and reviews, some 120hz units exaggerate, and true 120 hz may depend on certain factors), there is a nice difference in the viewing quality though, with the 120hz.:)