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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
I think that technology-wise Xplane is probably the closest one can get to having a wind tunnel emulator running on a PC (as long as the individual flyable is also done to a high standard to take advantage of the sim's engine in full), but sadly it will be some time before we see such technology in combat sims: it's so taxing that with full multi-core support in Xplane 10, a current PC can not run more than 4-6 AI aircraft with the same FM accuracy at the same time without noticeable performance loss. In fact, there are people who take Xplane flyables, simplify their FMs and reissue them as AI-only aircraft to populate the game world. 
P.S. Very interesting topic  |
I don't understand why X-Plane is so "hyped" - or have I missed to un-tick some default "arcade" setting?
Look at the clip below where I do my regular test of the FM in X-Plane (latest version 10). Some barrel rolls right after take off.
I'm sorry for being a bit evil in my comments
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Last edited by mazex; 02-27-2012 at 08:08 PM.
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02-27-2012, 07:53 PM
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