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Originally Posted by ElAurens
Oh.
Joy.
I can fly around in a plane that has essentially no FM and absolutely no DM and wait for clearance to land, and stuff.
FSX was the most boring piece of software I've ever installed. Horrible ground textures, unless you spend big money for hi res stuff that only covered limited areas. Every plane pretty much flew like every other plane, within a specified type. No indications of the onset of airframe failure do to "overstressing". Just fly along, pull up and *boink* black screen, end of "mission".
FSX was a flight procedure simulator and nothing more.
But then I guess some people enjoy pretending to be ATCs and telling other people what to do.
I'll pass.
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So true, I cant stand it when I change views in FsX and all the textures go blank, and then reload for a split second, the graphics engine seemed soo old, no matter how nice it looked. I found it helpful for actual procedures training, like VORs etc. and it was a nice tool to help fly circuits, but the only view that is useful is the big old 2d panel for that kind of stuff. That being said I'm glad MS Flight Simulator exists because I think it was a good (and remarkably complex) product to get people interested in aviation, and it was available nearly everywhere. As for what you do when you are done "flying around" in FsX, well thats what Il2 is for!