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FS2002 Standard VS. FS2002 Professional (Read 1035 times)
May 6th, 2012 at 6:06pm

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What are all the differences?
 

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Reply #1 - May 9th, 2012 at 11:09am

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OK, here's my take on this, having had both in the past:

The Pro edition has a few extra aircraft, and also contains Image Tool and maybe some other program, Image Tool enables viewing of texture files in formats that some photo editors and viewers cannot.  You don't need Image Tool unless you repaint.  The extra aircraft, well, there's tons of stuff everywhere as we know, so that's no big deal.

As far as any appearance differences, I did not notice any.

So in summary, they are identical.  In my opinion, MS should have just come out with one edition.  As usual, it may have been a marketing ploy.

If you've already got the standard running, don't waste time with the Pro.  The fact that it's called "Pro" makes it sound better, in reality, they are exactly the same.  I would have noticed differences if the Pro edition was a step up.

You might consider FS9 (FS2004) if your computer will run it at decent frames, there are visual improvements there over FS2002, but it takes more resources. 

I don't know anything about FSX, so cannot comment on that.
 
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Reply #2 - May 9th, 2012 at 11:46am

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Good advice from Apex... Wink...!

I have progressed from FS '98 to FS 2000, to FS 2002, to FS 2004, and FSX...!

FS 2002 (and Pro) is an excellent Flight Sim, and will suit most "low end" hardware...with lots of Freeware scenery, objects, etc Smiley...!
The step up to FS 2004 brings much better default scenery, again with lots of add-on, freeware scenery, objects, etc, and is very slightly more demanding on computer hardware than FS 2002, but is well worth obtaining, and will give hours of pleasure, generally with no problems!

FS 2004 is still available in certain stores (do a search) and well worth snapping up!

...I thoroughly enjoy mine!.. Smiley..!

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Reply #3 - Jun 14th, 2012 at 12:14am

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Thanks for everything.  I'm thinking one day I may just buy a cheap used version and just use it to grab the aircraft off of.

Thanks,

Mike
 

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