Saturday, September 10, 2011

How to Find a Great Flight Simulator Program

By James Smith


The best PC flight simulator is quite possibly going to be one you have never heard about. Flight sim packages are rather a specialist bit of software. As a result you may regularly find that most of the finest flight sims are only available online instead of as a shrink wrapped product to be purchased in your nearby computer shop. So you have got to do a little bit of reading to find out what is out there.

Flight simulator developers need to find a balance between making their product fun and feeling like a game and being realistic enough to feel just like you are flying a genuine aircraft. The difficulty with making things too realistic is you can lose the fun component and the experience can be tedious for all but the most dedicated pilots.

The steep learning curve often linked with flight simulators tends to limit their appeal to people apart from those who are terribly enthusiastic about recreating the piloting experience as accurately as possible. Many flight simulators available will do nothing apart from make you curse with disappointment at their difficulty. You need to find the correct balance of realism and pleasure. For this reason I think Pro Flight Simulator to be the best PC flight simulator available. It's is both stunningly realistic and is superb fun too.

It's all well and good having a realistic flight simulator but if the graphics are poor then you aren't going to get much enjoyment from admiring the scenery. For me the best PC flight simulator is all about exploration as much as it is about flying. I love to feel just like I have the freedom to go where I like and explore the surface of the earth from the air. I like to fly over realistic landscapes, and if they're based on real world geography then so much the better.

A good flight simulation should be created with a forgiving learning process that rewards you for your progression instead of penalising you for your lack of it. Variety is crucial. Pro Flight Simulator as an example has over 120 aircraft and over 20,000 airfields. There is not any end of varied flying experiences and locations to fly to.

It's important for a simulator package to include a comprehensive manual, demos and help texts. The best flight simulations are expandable with additional add-ons that can be bought that add yet further variety to the simulation experience.

To select the best PC flight sumulation for your wishes you want to decide on whether it is amusement you are after or realism. The other thing to search for is whether you just need to fly or are you wanting to engage in combat by flying fighter aircraft. Some flight simulations such as Pro Flight Simulator even allow you to fly choppers.




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