The Best Flight Sim

[ZK-MADMAX]

This is an interesting question, and I think we will get some very mixed answers.
But I thought I would ask it anyway.

Which do you think is the best Flight Simulator?
Out of....
FSX
and the rest don't really matter.
ahahahahhaha

Kidding, kidding, calm down guys.

But seriously, why do you think the flight simulator you chose is the best?

Personally, FSX is the best.
I have FS2004 installed aswell and my graphics settings for that are ALL on full.
On FSX however, my graphics settings are only on Medium Low and it still looks a hell of alot better than FS2004!!!!!

I think its the virtual cockpit detail, but I just love FSX.

Also, I love the joint cockpit option in FSX multiplayer. That is awesome! So is Tower Controll.

There are so many fantastic repaints for FSX. I don't really know many good sites for nz add-ons for FS2004, but ARNZ is awesome. Not sure if I should post a link to it, but seen as how this is a New Zealand Flight Sim forum, I don't see why not. ARNZ

So whats your opinion?

[Mattnz]

I'm pretty sure there are a few of these type of threads around already...?

Anyway...for me, there is no question really - FS2004. Mainly because FSX is so resource intensive, and requires a really good computer to get decent results. Then, with FSX, there is the huge problem of the Great New Zealand Desert, which definately does not occur in FS2004.

Even with my very poor specs, I can run FS2004 on almost max settings, and still get around 20-25FPS; only problem is a few jaggies here and there. However, same specs, FSX on almost minimum settings, I can still only get around 5FPS, which is totally unflyable.

With the amount of addons that are available, and that are continuing to be produced for FS2004, you can get it looking much better than FSX. Though I don't deny that certain FSX addons are amazing.

There was a fantasic phrase that HardCorePawn used in a previous thread that I can't for the life of me find...that summed up the differences between the two perfectly

[ZK-MADMAX]

and that phrase was.......

[Charl]

Been chewed over before...

[creator2003]

well i brought number 2 copy of FSX today ,yes you were right i was wrong ..
im getting pulled into fsx as fs2004 is slowly losing life for "me "
the best sim to me is 2004 still but im going to box that and push forward with the others now

[Alex]

FSX default is of course better than FS9 default (at least outside of New Zealand ), but with all the add-ons available for FS9 (and now at rock-bottom prices), they are really comparable.

I use FS9 better because of those add-ons, and also I'm not keen on setting up a whole new sim the way I want it (i.e. I can't be bothered) as I haven't been doing much simming recently.

Alex

[greenlight711]

I own FSX but in Auckland on very low settings it was like slowly watching a slideshow.

Whereas with FS2004 i can fly into JFK with very heavy AI and good graphics and get bearable frame rates. Plus i've got it all set up just the way i like it.

[ardypilot]

QUOTE (Mattnz @ Dec 27 2007, 03:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There was a fantasic phrase that HardCorePawn used in a previous thread that I can't for the life of me find...that summed up the differences between the two perfectly

QUOTE (ZK-MADMAX @ Dec 27 2007, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

and that phrase was.......

from this post... in response to the question "Can someone tell me what FS9 is?"

QUOTE

FS9 is a fairly realistic Flight Simulator, also known as "FS2004: A Century of Flight"

FSX is a slide show presentation of the effects of global warming (ie. NZ is a desert) [/quote]

I will however qualify this by saying that this was back in September before Acceleration and SP2... on a rig that was about 12 months old... I am yet to try it with the SP2 enhancements... or some of the newer scenery tweaks.

FYI, my rig is:

Intel C2D E6400 on a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 mobo
4 Gigs Corsair TwinX DDR2-800 matched pair in dual channel interleaved mode
Asus 7600GT 256Meg GPU
WinXP SP2

I could probably bump up the performance on FSX by buying a new 8x00 series card, but I'm not spending $300-400 just so I can go and play FSX at 30FPS with pretty pictures... especially now that MS have announced they will not be putting any further work in FSX.

Last edited by HardCorePawn on Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[victor_alpha_charlie]

Haha that quote's going in my sig if u dont mind.

[Syncop8r]

As boring as it must be for most members I am glad this topic keeps cropping up, as I am new and don't yet have a "proper" flightsim game.
Nearly bought X today but decided to go for 2004, hard to find! Had to order it.

[ardypilot]

See here: http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=942

[SUBS17]

Out of all the versions of FS so far I'd take FSX over the rest I think its much better overal than FS2004 and as for the best flight simulator ever made so far it would have to be Falcon 4 with open falcon being the best mod.

[Peppermint]

Until I make a few thousand dollers to get a decent machine that can run FSX at medium-full at a solid 20-25fps, it's FS9 for me.

I had a we go at an xplane demo, but never got my joystick to work, couldn't find how to change the time of day/location/weather/aircraft etc.

[jastheace]

i cannot run fsx on my current hardware (asus amd semperon laptop with built in graphics) and i can run fs2004 at around 10-15fps, so i am happy with fs2004, and with the likes of AES and other addons like that i cannot see me moving to fsx, i might wait till the next version is out, i cannot afford to build from scratch a new computer, and there is one add on that keeps me to fs2004, FSPassengers!!!! i can't do with out that add on

[ZK-MADMAX]

Well, I think the verdict is that FSX is the best if you have a good computer....

Actually FSX is the best anyway mwahahahahaahaa

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