What's your favorite simulators?
 

As topic says! I get the impression a lot of people here seem to play simulators.

My picks would be:

Silent Hunter III. Many sleepless nights with this one, whether it be infiltrating english harbors or cruising the atlantic. I like how sub sims are not as stressful as many other simulations (unless you are feeling heroic), but rely more on tactics and patience instead of controls.

Red Orchestra: Ostfront. It's by far the best FPS I've played. Some people would probably just call it "realistic shooter", but I think it's pretty "simmy".
Good ballistics/damage modeling, all gameplay aspects are solid, and for a game the out-of-box historical accuracy is pretty damn good. Looking forward to the sequel (that will be published by 1C if i'm not mistaken).

I've also played a lot of tank sims (whose names I cant remember). Tried a little IL-2 and jet sims as well, but I never sank my teeth into them (because lack of a good controller and not much time to learn).

Besides BoP I've not played many proper sims for a long time (RacePro on xbox can probably be reguarded a sim in the similar vein to BoP is I suppose).

Going by hours played my most used sim is most probably Gunship so long ago I can hardly remember. I probably should play more sims but as with everything now I have kids time and money are both major limiting factors.

I'd like to think of Rainbowsix & Rogue Spear as "simulators" but I'm sure the hardcore would disagree.

i guess before bop the sim i played the most would be janes AH-64D Longbow
for the pc i loved the fact you could be a blackhawk pilot on spec opps missions drop the spec opps guys down in enemy lines under heavy fire then bug out and circle and then go back in to pick em up really tence missions :grin:

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers that game.:)I had it for the PS1 and sunk a lott of hours into it.

If not limited to flight:

SWAT4
Wings Over Europe
Over G
IL2 BOP of course ;)
AA:ROAS
Op Flashpoint DR (yes, it's a great game despite a few bugs)

Yeah, any simulator or very realistic games will do. I agree with SWAT 4, because its awesome. Very similar to Rainbow Six' finest moments. I like how you always have to think twice before shooting (the game punishes you severely for shooting innocents or unarmed suspects).

Has anyone tried "T-34 vs Tiger"? I heard it has its flaws but it sure looks immersive. The tanks in Red Orchestra were great fun so I'm interested in picking this game up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_fAG2MGyyE

Thats it Dazz, next time we're both on OFDR we're getting in an MP game and you're taking the Seahawk for a spin :grin:.


Not tried any dedicated tank sims, I should as they sound good.
I did try playing DCS-Blackshark but I swear I heard my ageing graphics card cry.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q_XNf4elAI

I think I'll try DCS after they bring in the A-10 and the Apache.
The Enemy Engaged games are pretty good and some mods out there for the older ones and they can be had CHEAP on gog.com.

Apart from BOP, MS Combat Flight Sim 1 (battle for Europe) as its the only one that I could ever load on my PC and I acquired hundreds of missions, campaigns, landable Carriers, etc over the years. Landing on the aircraft Carriers is a hoot without a tail hook.....getting dusty now I have BOP but occaisionaly may give it a go...

lol @ jareth i better brush up my skills then lol

dcs Black shark is on my to get list i hope the av8r is up to the job on my pc tho been watching that game for a while now :grin: