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I've been using FSX for a couple of years now. I'd originally downloaded it from Microsoft.
Over time I lost the information needed to download it again when I wanted to reinstall it. Now that I have the physical disks from Amazon I won't have to worry about a repeat of the problem.
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FSX was officially released to the US market on October 17, 2006. It's no longer under development BY MICROSOFT, but that hasn't stopped it from selling and being popular.
Even though Microsoft has stopped working on it, that hasn't stopped other companies from creating add-ons and improvements to the point where it's practically a new flight simulation.
And because it's been around for a while there's thousands of FREEWARE downloads available. Everything from planes and helicopters to scenery and airports.
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At the time the it was released in 2006, it needed a very high powered PC. The good news is that just about any desktop computer made today will far exceed the *minimums* from back then. But even today, the more power you have, the better it'll work. Laptops are the exception. Most just aren't made for high demand games.
You can buy software that purports to "tune" your computer to run FSX faster. But most of that info is available for free, you just have to look for it.
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If you're new to gaming, you'll you want to order a joystick. Everyone has their own idea of what makes a great joystick. You can spend a lot of money, or just a little. I bought the
Logitech Attack 3 Joystick
when it was only about $20 or $25. But I wouldn't buy it at the current price now. Get it used for only $10 to $15. The
Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick (Silver/Black)
is similar, and much cheaper.
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If you're interested in helicopters some people suggest the
Saitek Aviator Flightstick for PC and Playstation 3
as a good starter joystick for helicopters.
For more money some strongly recommend the
Saitek X52 Flight Control System
.
That or the
Saitek X52 Pro Flight System Controller
.
And if you really like flying helicopters in FSX another item that you'll want is a rudder set. I have the
Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals
, but I've also used the
CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals ( 300-111 )
. The CH pedals would look more like what you would have in a helicopter.
I would be willing to buy any of them used from Amazon.
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As you can see, one of the "CONs" is that if you like FSX you'll probably start buying all sorts of add-on hardware :). Just check my Amazon reviews to see how far I've gone. Look on Google for - The poor mans sim pit - (it's on SimViation) to see how I'm doing now.
And THAT is only a starting point for some. There are a number of people have used FSX as a base to build full scale cockpits in their home. Type "Home Cockpit" in to YouTube. You'll be amazed.
Don't underestimate this "old" program. For the right type of person this can become a really great flight simulator, so don't confuse it with a shoot-um up game where you fly around dropping bombs and shooting at stuff.
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What FSX gives you.
1) The world. You can fly to or from just about every city in the world. The airfields (even the tiny grass airfields) are pretty much laid out as they were in 2006. Take off in a seaplane somewhere and land by a small island if you want to.
2) Spring, summer, fall and winter. Sunup, sundown. Daytime, night. Mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Snow, rain, fog. It's all there.
3) Planes!!! Whatever you want to fly. This version only has 24 different planes, but you can buy, or download free versions, of *literally* thousands more. Historical or futuristic planes, take you pick.
4) Topography. Want to fly up the Grand Canyons, or along one of Hawaii's volcanoes? Go ahead.
5) Scenery. The scenery is computer generated. The roads and highways are accurate, but the houses and buildings are simulated for the most part.
What you'll want.
1) A joystick AT THE VERY LEAST! You can use just a mouse and keyboard, but you REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want to do that if you can avoid it. After that and depending on what you want to fly, you may decide on a better joystick or a conventional yoke. From there you can go on to everything else that a real plane has. Again, if you want to. Many people have a good time flying with just a joystick.
2) Better scenery. Lets face it, FSX was released in 2006. It went beyond what many computers of the day were capable of. And even today it would take an incredibly amount of hard disk space to have realistic scenery of the whole world. The good news is that there are a lot of freeware airports and other scenery available. On top of that, there's fantastic payware scenery available for people who are interested in certain areas. ***I can HIGHLY recommend Orbx FTX Global***. If FSX were made today it would look like FTX Global does.
Two plus years later I'm still having a blast. So go ahead, buy it.
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The Best Flight Sim......EVER!
This is a great sim and by great i mean.I have no other words to express how well this sim looks,flys,and operates on my PC.(My PC: Phenom 9600 AM2+, ATI 4800 Vid Card with 1GB of GDR 5 RAM,an old Soundblaster audigy zs 2 plat sound card, and 4 GB of PC 6400 DDR2 RAM.h BTW the rig I had when this game came out was a MSI motherbord with SLI(1st gen) with PCIe 1.0 with 2 Evga 6800GT 256 Vid cards,2GBs of 533 Mhz DDR2 RAM,and an AMD 3800 (2.6 Ghz) scockett 939 single core processor,oh yeah,and the above mentioned sound card all runing on XP pro with SP2.The sim worked well on that system too.As you can see,neither system was nowhere near the top of the line system but I can have my aircraft models on ultra high,global graphics set on ultra and my FPS set at a constant 24FPS even going into KLAX. I haven't tried Tokyo yet but I'm sure it'll be flyable. As for all you people having install problems;I had the budget version of FSX installed with service pk 2 since they were available.I had the budget version of FSX and I was very excited to get all the extra aircraft that FSX Gold edition has in them...so in anticipation of the delivery of this excellent combo pk I did a complete uninstall of FSX and saved all my screens. When the great little package with the smiley face appeared at my door,I rushed back to my computer room and opened everything like it was a Christmas present and installed FSX delux first...long install as both disks are DVDs packed with flightsiming goodness.I excepted the EULA and did one intro flight in the Goose,which the budget version doesn't have.I landed the goose off of Redondo Beach and shut down FSX and and installed the Acceleration pk.The add on that makes this flight better.Acceleration not only gives you New aircraft,Missions,Air Races,Red Bull Aerobatic competition,Aircraft carriers that move,excellent graphics,every airport in the world and ,all the service pk and fixes but,also has one of the most vibrant,helpful and friendly, active communities on the internet,such as sim-outhouse .The folks who are having problems would be well served by checking out the forums on the community sites,like the one mentioned above,or google FSX,you'll be amazed at the amount of info out there. All this in one package for fifty bucks makes,Flight Simulator X Gold Edition.....The Best Flight Sim ever. BTW I posted some screens on the main page...check em out.
Top reviews from other countries
Josieq
Doesn’t run on windows 10
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2021
しんきち
よいです！
Reviewed in Japan on April 8, 2014
しんきち
Reviewed in Japan on April 8, 2014
このシリーズのシミュレーターは 2000 が最後の購入でした。
youtubeのレビュー等で 映像の綺麗さが非常に気になり、この輸入版を見つけて購入しました。
当初は日本語版を探していましたが、余りの価格の違いで、駄目もとで購入しました。
購入額は2599円でイギリスからの発送でした。
現在はwindows10（64bit） GTX960 サイドワインダーフォースフィードバック2 で稼働中
サイドワインダーは古いジョイスティックですが、USB接続だけで使用できています。
当方の環境では、ACCELERATIONのインストール時にアクティベーション不能のメッセージが表示されましたが、ネットの情報を基にレジストリの一時的な書き換えでクリアできています。
現在問題なく動作中です。
すべて英語ですが、他のMicrosoft製の日本語版フライトシミュレータを使い込んだことがある方なら
操作面ではそこまで気にすることはないと思います。
ミッションイベントは、何とかかんとか出来ています。
１点だけ、ヘリコプターと戦闘機のエンジン始動に苦戦しています。
それを差し引いても、
水の質感、バーチャルコクピットの操作感（以前のFSは凸レンズのような感じでしたが、この製品ではとてもリアルです)、全体の仕上がりは一流です。本物のような感覚に浸りながら、毎晩空の旅をたのしんでいます。
追記：
エンジン始動は Ctrl+E でおおむね可能。
その他のやり方は、ミッションの初期画面中に ボタンの説明があるので
それを参考にすれば大体理解できてきます。
ヘリでのスリング（荷吊り）ミッションは。。。。。難しいです。
現在３画面で運用中。5画面ぐらいにするとリアル感が凄くなるでしょうね
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marcus welby
Microsoft Flight Simulator X Gold
Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 2014