Aircraft performance fall off with Win 7? last call for explanation

[IceFire]

Originally Posted by K_Freddie

I'm not sure how the physics are modeled but you might find that your new CPU/GPU has more 'maths options' (MMX/XMM/SSEx and whatever's on the GPU) to choose from, as compared to XP on the older laptop.

If the game is using these options for physics calculations, and its different to what it was on your old XP laptop.. the results will be different. What you getting now is probably what the devs intended the physics to be like.

A slight adjustment in your flying skills would help you re-enjoy the game again.

The physics might be calculated faster leading to faster frame rates only. You can't take shortcuts here with a slower or faster CPU... otherwise multiplayer would be a write-off. So no... not likely to be the case.

Some games benefit from having the extra GPU backing to produce visual effects related to physics (i.e. StarCraft II will show more debris being tossed around and interacting with the environment) but the gameplay physics have to be absolutely, 100%, identical. I'm not sure if there is a margin of error here but it would have to be small.