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The graphics of this game is so realistic and unimaginable. Highly recommended game for the development of intellectual skills.
True, it does require a higher end PC but it is a great game.Most of the 1's should add memory or upgrade. If you have a decent computer but it.
The game is fairly realistic in terms of all the options you can set including weather and plane confirguations. However, if you are planning on practicing to obtain your instrument pilot license, there are better products out there.
The graphics are very dated so you should NOT purchase for entertainment purposes, but I found to be a very good training tool as you are more concerned about learning how to fly instruments rather than the graphics anyway. In addition, the key instruments are fairly small and hard to read.
With the precision needed on an instrument flights, this simulator becomes difficult as it more or less floats to a turned direction but is not very easy to make minor heading corrections. For around $80 found online, you'll get the software and instrument text book.
I have a private pilots license in which I spend almost all of my time flying the 4 seat Cessna 172. I would highly recommend if you plan on just flying for fun, whether you are a real pilot or not.
That said, a better software for real pilots to get instrument rated is to go with the IP Trainer 7 software.
On the expensive side. But that means no traffic or very little.To totally max this game out, you would need a 3.2 Ghz quad-core machine, 4 GB memory (3.2 or which can be used in Windows XP, all in Windows 7 coming up). It ran pretty well on the single-core 3.2 Ghz processor on my old computer.By the way, the Deluxe version doesn't cost much more than the Regular version, and has a lot of airports, worldwide (some huge, and several dirt runways also). My computer can get most details, but things like dust, snow particles, rain, slow it down unless I downgrade the detail. I have not tried the fighter jet version. That machine used to be $1600, maybe still.
There is also one that comes with an expansion, for fighter jets. I have a 2.0+ Ghz quad-core processor, and up to 4 GB of working memory. The glass has reflections at the highest level, and buildings in cities are in sharp detail (houses, not as much farther away). If the machine is a dual-core machine, or less, I would recommend MS Flight Simulator 2004.
The flying is very realistic and fun--------it's hard to believe how detailed the aircraft, instruments, airports and navaids are. I'm a retired pilot with lots of flight time along with full scale simulator time and feel that FSX could be a great addition for keeping instrument currency.
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