MS Flight Simulator X

[jling6]

Anyone tried it yet?

Also, which joystick would you recommend? Using the keyboard to fly is a pain.

[cheap_Deal]

yes using hte keyboard is really terrible as the flight stick does not come back to center, so i can never fly smoothly
a decent joystick which is not too expensive wud be good. any recommendations?

[dell]

I'm using an old Logitech Wingman and it works fine. Everyone seems to be complaining about the graphics even on a monster machine which I agree with but the game is made with the future in mind (Vista/DX10) so we'll see how it turns out. The 14-15 gigs of hard drive space required is pretty massive and very few of the FS9 custom made planes will work properly with FSX. I hope the FSX community starts pumping out planes that work with FSX.

[Evil Techie]

i tried the demo
seems pretty good
but then i start to desire real simulation joysticks and throttle control
...

for sure the community will pump out lots of planes
they always have for every Flight Sim MS brings out

[Evil Techie]

omg im so happy that i finished the Tokyo Executive mission
not just taking the execs to the airport but i also did the extra mission attached to it
i flew the jet to the islands and landed on that weird floating runway

heck of a mission
really tough, glad im done with it

landing a heli on a helipad on top of a building was tough
using a jet to follow another jet wasnt easy either with their jet speeding up and slowing down and i had to stay behind them always...
but i finally got my knighthood badge :D

anyways, these interesting missions made the game a lot more addictive

this game is so memory intensive, i think 2GB is necessary for a decent level of details

good job MS

[dell]

Ya I heard about that mission but I know I'm not good enough to try it yet. People are starting to make their own missions and uploading them to thebig sim community sites.

[eelfliw]

I'm a big FS9 fan and have tonnes of scenery & planes for FS9.

But FSX fails to impress. It is very slow compared to FS9. And if I turn down the details, I don't see any big diff between FSX & FS9.

[silentio]

When even the 8800gtx dx10 card refuses to gun this game at highest resolution with maximum details and settings, then I know the game programmers at MS just plain sucks.

[HammerJoe]

Where did you read that review?

I am interested about it.

Thanks

[jling6]

Any links to a good site with planes/missions?

[Evil Techie]

I'm a big FS9 fan and have tonnes of scenery & planes for FS9.

But FSX fails to impress. It is very slow compared to FS9. And if I turn down the details, I don't see any big diff between FSX & FS9.

yeah true

but FSX is made for high end comps eh

how come it wont work with 8800GTX though?
thats strange
maybe a new patch is coming out, after all, the game came out before the card came out right?

[Evil Techie]

i finished the amazon trek mission
that was tough, be aware of the cursed idol if u are attempting it soon
;)

how are you guys doing with ur missions?

[jling6]

Still doing the beginner missions.

I am currently flying with a gamepad so controlling the throttle is fairly tough as I have to switch hands in order to use the F1-F4 keys. I miss having a joystick with throttle control.

[Evil Techie]

yeah having a joystick definately helps a lot!

i finished the oil rig transport a couple of days ago
that was so hard, had to land on a catwalk under time constraint!

by far the toughest mission i had to do
except the landing on a school bus one...

good thing about it is that u can use the slowest simulation rate if ur hands are too full or if your controls are finicky

[jling6]

yeah having a joystick definately helps a lot!

I bound Throttle up and Throttle down to keys on the gamepad so it's semi-playable now.

I just finished the Innsbruck Approach mission, it was tough!