SamYeager wrote on Oct 13^th, 2011 at 3:28pm:




Helping to plan a beta? More insurance that Flight won't be released this year, since they are just now hiring someone to 'plan' a beta. (and set up a website)
I went through the 10 provided screen shots and although they are nice, they still don't seem to far surpass anything that can't be done with FSX or even FS9. The first shot of 10 is the Missourri which was 'leaked' last June.

Solid wrote on Oct 14^th, 2011 at 10:19am:

Actually, here is the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/flight/
Just click on NEWS to see both new articles.

Steve M wrote on Oct 13^th, 2011 at 6:48pm:


Exactly. They don't surpass what CAN BE DONE with FSX. Sure FSX can be made to look sort of like Flight, but after you spend a load of $$$ on add-ons. Flight has the look of loads of add-ons out of the box, plus the rewritten engine and new shading technology.

Oh no, here I go sounding like a salesman again. 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/351018-oktober-news/page__view__findpost__p__213464...

Steve M wrote on Oct 15^th, 2011 at 6:26pm:


Maybe, but would a $70 game be more appealing to a wider audience? I wouldn't think so.  Then again, it's cheaper than taking flying lessons. 

Fozzer wrote on Oct 15^th, 2011 at 7:14pm:


Fozzer's buying!!!!!! 

best,

.............john
 

JBaymore wrote on Oct 15^th, 2011 at 7:32pm:


... ... ...!

I'm a terror for buying things... ...

....but only after careful consideration... ....!

Over the intervening years since FS '98 I have only purchased a few "things" specially for the Flight Sims..

Obviously the Flight Sims themselves, and suitable Joysticks, followed by carefully selected Software, mainly to enrich the enjoyment of the Scenery each time.
Apart from the original FS Navigator and LAGO Flight Sim Scenery Enhancer, my only other purchased products over the years have been GE Pro for FS 2004, REX for FS 2004, FS Panel Studio, FS Global, and EZ Scenery, just to brighten up my scenery day...

All my aircraft (nothing wrong with default!), and add-on scenery have always been Freeware (many thanks scenery designers!).

Its always fun trying out each new Flight Sim version, and finding out whether my existing hardware can cope with it...
....(with the latest version, mostly NOT, nowadays!)... ... ...!
I must admit, I'm still firmly welded to my trusty FS 2004 with my various scenery enhancements, etc, for various reasons, but the Sims that followed it are always fun to try out, just to see what they are like!
..and Mr Loadsamoney can add them to his ever-growing collection!... ...!

Paul... ...!

Keep It Simple wrote on Oct 16^th, 2011 at 1:35pm:


Who.

FSX was in ST Marteen. FS9 Was in Seattle. FS2002 and predecessors around Chicago (before the American mafia closed Meigs)...

Who is SO familiar with Hawaii in FS? Beside Hawaiian people, mind?


Keep It Simple wrote on Oct 16^th, 2011 at 1:35pm:


Right you are. Who can ever being interested about those small, insignificant places lost in the sticks like New York, London, Paris, Tokyo, Rome and so on...

Its just the shots for marketing.

Who cares where they put it.

BrandonF wrote on Oct 17^th, 2011 at 10:04pm:


I swear, some people are looking for things to complain about.

Flight Simulator always has areas more detailed than others. In FSX it was Las Vegas, Rio, St. Maarten and Oshkosh. And more with Acceleration. In Flight, one of the locations is probably Hawaii. It makes sense they would advertise using this area. Not saying it's right or wrong that they advertise using this area even though 99.99% of the world doesn't look as good... the rest of the world might not even be finished. Why choose Hawaii? 8 million people visit each year.


I look at these screenshots for engine improvements. Not things I could just add by downloading mods from simv like better landclass, mesh and so forth. There are soft shadows, slightly better clouds, slightly better autogen, internal cockpit soft shadows. Nothing huge. I'm hoping that better weather and flight dynamics will be revealed as time goes on. But I have my doubts.

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Rome and Paris have MORE yearly visits, and so do London, Jerusalem and Mecca too, AFAIK. That's not an explanation nor a likely excuse.

Flight Simulator has always shown a predilection in having the USA territory more completed end detailed than the rest of the world. That's not, though, the only reason why choose one of the States. Think about it. FSX on St Marteen... a small island on which the severely impaired engine of this sim version managed to thread water (only to sink catastrophically in any other part of the world) on the hardware of the time... and before that, be it only because at the time Internet was not as mainstream or maybe fast as today... FS2004 did not have a Demo, that I remember (though I could be wrong... at the time internet hereabout was still mainly a misspelled Italian soccer team), so didn't FS2002 nor other FS before...

So, why choose a SMALL ISLAND for a demo?

AGAIN!!!

Call me Mr Suspicious, if you want, but since they have gone through this very same process once already and managed to obtain less than adequate end results... better be cautious next time.

Fr. Bill wrote on Oct 19^th, 2011 at 1:27pm:


+1