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Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 12:19am

U4EA Ex Member

While on a late perusal of the local WallyWorld last nite, I saw something 'new'.....a flightsim titled "X-Plane 9".

From the outside it looked a bit interesting.....but a dress on a pig looks sorta interesting too! {NOT in "that" sorta way!}

Anyone seen or heard of this? My new pimped-out PC has more than adequate capability to accomodate something like that.....

But I wanna check with y'all experts first!

THANX!

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Reply #1 - Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 12:29am

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X-Plane's been around for ages. I only have v.7 but I hear the new one (v.9) is rather graphic intensive.

The sim's sole purpose is accurate flight dynamics.

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Reply #2 - Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 12:52am

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JSpahn could tell you all about XPlane, and from his screenshots the sim looks terrific, plus I've heard some good stuff about it. I won't get it just because I'm still learning and tweaking FSX and flying FS9...I don't have time for another flightsim Grin

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Reply #3 - Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 2:30am

U4EA Ex Member

Thanx! I got a bit left on a WW giftcard and was considering picking it up for something a bit different to occupy myself with next winter.

When I googled it earlier, it did look pretty cool.

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Reply #4 - Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 8:20am

Alejandro Rojas L. Ex Member
I Love Simviation.

That's Old new, in fact decades Old..

But who knows, Maybe X-plane (If MS won't work in FS anymore) Will rule in the next 5 years Cool

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Reply #5 - Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 9:50am

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Just saw this post, an avid fs9 user for years I deced to go with X-Plane due to a recent computer virus....feed up with windows vulerabilities Angry

Switched to Ubuntu Linux Wink

X-Plane is a great sim but lacking even to fs9...mostly because of the limited add-ons available & a much smaller design team then microsoft

Some of the highlights in my opinion are:

Great default terrain mesh and textures....

Silky smooth FPS....

Great flight dynamics....

But a few things really need improvment:

No AI aircraft Tongue

The weather engine needs work Tongue

By default none of the airports have buildings Tongue

ATC needs major work

No default flight planner....a good payware product called goodway is available

But overall its a great sim, although not a direct replacement for the MSFS series

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Reply #6 - Apr 23^rd, 2009 at 10:12am

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I've user X-Plane 5-8 and liked them. Their flight engine is much more realistic than FSs but graphically it isn't nearly as good.
I've got X8 and FS9 on my rig at home and fly them both.

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #7 - Apr 24^th, 2009 at 2:33am

U4EA Ex Member

Thanx for the opines! I knew I'd get a decent feel for what's up with it by asking the experts. Cool

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