Besides SH what's your all time favorite sim? (air, land or sea)

[speedbird]

Please, do not say The Sims...

[GoldenRivet]

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: you need a hell of a rig to run it, but if you have one... boy it is nice.

for combat sim

Janes World War Two Fighters. Came out in 1998, so its old, but it remains one of my favorite combat flight simulators

[THE_MASK]

I played the trainz games for a while . You really need to buy the razorback scenarios though .
http://razorbackrailway.com/forums/index.php?app=ccs&module=pages&section=pages&id=2
I am not really into flight sims , my son has model planes and i would rather watch him fly those .
SH5 will be my only game atm if they fix it and the modders hang around .

[Mav87th]

Without doubt:

Air:
Falcon 4.0 + BMS mod.

Land:
Steelbeasts Pro PE

Sea:
Silent Hunter IV + RFB & RSRDC

[Commie]

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, followed by European Air War, Their finest Hour, Hind and Il-2 for air sims.

Operation Flashpoint as an infantry simulator(if it's allowed) followed by M1 Tank Platoon(first one).

Aces of the Deep for sea.

I know more modern sims are better, more realistic blah blah, but SWOTL, EAW, M1, Op Flash, Aces etc. just had a magic at the time of release for me that meant spending countless hours on them that I haven't done with more modern titles.

[sergei]

Really enjoyed IL-2 for a few years.

Real tricky to fly a plane with a beer and a cigarette on the go though. :DL

So I always tend to come back to Subsims.

[Feuer Frei!]

Favourite sims, in no particular order:


Aces of the Deep
Silent Hunter 3 with or w/o GWX
T34 vs Tiger
Armored Fist 3
UBM (SH4 add-on)

[Lognoreng]

IL2, Even tho i´m totally crap at it. Its still fun. Back in the days i also played WW2 online, and was mostly flying stuka bombers. Tons of fun.

Flashpoint and ARMA series are the game that covers infantry/armored combat. (Only BIstudios, not the new dragon rising franchise ripoff)

I also enjoy racing sims like GTR / Richard burns rally..

I have a hard time playing arcade style games for some reason. The more "realistic" the game, the better. I guess its because i like games with steep learning curve, It gives alot of satisfaction once you learned to master them =)

I do enjoy to play MW2 online for some reason. Doesn't get more arcade :arrgh!:

[speedbird]

Operation Flashpoint as an infantry simulator(if it's allowed)


Glad to hear somebody appreciates Operation Flashpoint as what it is instead of saying Call of Duty is much better...

:up:

[Sammi79]

Air : Wings of Prey (funny title - bad translation I guess) on realistic mode it is really breathtaking + you can fly hurricanes and spitz aswell as me109s+JU87s

Land : Operation Flashpoint Resistance + WWII mods for that realistic infantry experience

Sea : Silent Hunter 4 + Op Monsun and full manual targetting 100% realism, always trying to recreate das boot (succeeding regularly)

anyway, those are my personal favourites :ping:

[sergei]

IL2, Even tho i´m totally crap at it.

Same here Lognoreng.
If I didn't get shot down, and managed to actually land rather than crash I considered it a successful mission. :DL

[Commie]

Glad to hear somebody appreciates Operation Flashpoint as what it is instead of saying Call of Duty is much better...

:up:


Don't get me started on Op Flash! :) The times I spent just crawling and hiding in the bushes, peering through binoculars for threats, just to make a dash for the next tree line....or the mad chaos of combat where you just open up in the general direction of the enemy and then run hell for leather with your squad for cover not knowing if the next whizzing bullet you hear will be the one that gets you. Even Arma II didn't have that feeling. It felt too Ghost Recon like. I just wanted to be a grunt(preferably Soviet/Russian ;)) and not the trend these days where you're always some uber-equipped SpecOps killer.

[BigBANGtheory]

Gunship by Microprose (on the 128k Spectrum)

[EAF274 Johan]

For me it has to be Rowan's Mig Alley (released in 1998 I believe).

It has pretty realistic flight models, good AI, but most of all it puts you "right there". It has some of the best AI radio communications I've ever seen in a sim (next to Falcon 4) and the campaign is simply a gem: it's really a strategy game inside a flight sim. And then there are those little details: if you destroy enough trucks the enemy will be using mule convoys, or if you destroy their depots they will start hiding supplies in the woods.

On the downside it is plagued by some serious bugs that were never fixed, and the software itself is also rather unstable. In fact I've put the game aside many times in frustration because of this, but I always find myself coming back. And still play it today...

[Westbroek]

It's pushing it to say it's actually a sim, but for history buffs who also enjoy gaming and have powerful pc's... I'd say Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is a must. The first one was great too, but a little aged now. The game is more of a tactical sim for infantry in WW2. Some moments are better than others and it has more COD influence than it needed, but still worth it. Oh, and some cheesy dialogue too. I give it an :salute:
As for true sim: I guess IL2 was the last one I really got into. Never was very good at combat flight sims though...

[meanstreak]

"Arma 2" wins hands down for me. :salute:

[tonyw]

Orbiter, And you think learning to drive a sub is hard, try hand flying a shuttle to the ISS and back without running out of fuel. :salute:

[java`s revenge]

Il2fb
rise of flight
DCS Blackshark

Redorchestra / Darkest hour

[Stormfly]

without words...

http://www.a2asimulations.com/FrontPage/b17gf.jpg (http://www.a2asimulations.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=39)

http://www.a2asimulations.com/

[John Channing]

For me it has to be Rowan's Mig Alley (released in 1998 I believe).

It has pretty realistic flight models, good AI, but most of all it puts you "right there". It has some of the best AI radio communications I've ever seen in a sim (next to Falcon 4) and the campaign is simply a gem: it's really a strategy game inside a flight sim. And then there are those little details: if you destroy enough trucks the enemy will be using mule convoys, or if you destroy their depots they will start hiding supplies in the woods.

On the downside it is plagued by some serious bugs that were never fixed, and the software itself is also rather unstable. In fact I've put the game aside many times in frustration because of this, but I always find myself coming back. And still play it today...

Gawd I Loved Mig Alley. Gunfighting at supersonic speeds! Dueling with a Honcho! And if you flew low over a crowd of enemy soldiers you could hear them cursing at you!

It really was the bugs that killed it though. Never could get through the campaign without crashing. Now I can even run it due to my widescreen monitor causing it to be so blocky it's unbearable.

Hotshot mode was amazing, though!


Oh... Favorite sim?

Naval = Fast Attack.

Air = Falcon 4.0 (but the "hardcore Falconeers" at Frugal's ruined it for me)

Land = Battlefield 1942 (so shoot me... multiplayer was a hoot)!

JCC

[severniae]

Land - Battlefield 1942 (I attended some awesome LANs playing that game!)

Sea - SH5 (heavily modded)

Air - Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory (Can't remember the name of the mod I'm using, but it adds a whole new level of realism. And still looks awesome for a 2005 game!

Space - X3:Reunion with the X-Tended mod

[Bilge_Rat]

land: combat mission line, mostly CMBB and CMSF.

air: tie between IL-2, F4AF and Jane's F-18.

naval: I would go with my first computer subsim, Jane's 688iHK.

[GerritJ9]

Apart from SH3 + GWX 3.0 and SH4 + TMO/SH4 + OM/SH4 +Battle for the Baltic (three separate installs), I also run IL2:1946 (with UP 2.01), Danger from the Deep, Jutland and Distant Guns. The DRM of the latter two, however, put me off ever buying ANY sim with DRM again, including SH5- no matter how good the sim might otherwise be.

[Topo65]

DCS BLACK SHARK (www.digitalcombatsimulator.com)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3322/screenshot043q.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3315/screenshot007q.jpg

[Uber Gruber]

Land: Battlefield 2 + Project Reality Mod (http://www.realitymod.com/)
excellent mod that, just can't mention it enough

Air: Red Baron

Sea: Silent Hunter 3

[Feuer Frei!]

DCS BLACK SHARK (http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com)

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3322/screenshot043q.jpg
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3315/screenshot007q.jpg



That looks cool, Win 7 Compatible?
Might have to invest in that, if so.

[Topo65]

That looks cool, Win 7 Compatible?
Might have to invest in that, if so.

Win 7 & Vista, 32 & 64 bits compatible. :03:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_1rXqKJ6fg&feature=related

[Egan]

Falcon 4 in all of it's guises.
Aces of the deep.
Over Flanders Field ( so what if it's a CFS3 mod? It's still better than many 'proper games I've bought and played.

[karamazovnew]

Flight Unlimited. Especially the second in the series.
Even in FSX with tons of quality addons and planes, I still can't reach the feeling that FU2 gave me.

[Feuer Frei!]

Win 7 & Vista, 32 & 64 bits compatible. :03:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_1rXqKJ6fg&feature=related
Thanks for the link, that looks seriously cool, how long did it take you to master the start-up?
I'm not even going to ask how long to get to a flying stage :O:
Looks awesome though.

[Topo65]

Thanks for the link, that looks seriously cool, how long did it take you to master the start-up?
I'm not even going to ask how long to get to a flying stage :O:
Looks awesome though.

Yes! This is a very real simulator. Has an extraordinary physical, and the feeling in flight is very comforting, and combat is great. You need a good joystick to operate and TIR to move the head as in the video. As you learn to start it, you can use an automatic method. The manual consists of 700 pages. The next release of DCS will be the A-10 Warthog. It promises to be another beauty simulation.

[Feuer Frei!]

Yes! This is a very real simulator. Has an extraordinary physical, and the feeling in flight is very comforting, and combat is great. You need a good joystick to operate and TIR to move the head as in the video. As you learn to start it, you can use an automatic method. The manual consists of 700 pages. The next release of DCS will be the A-10 Warthog. It promises to be another beauty simulation.
Will check their website out, thanks for posting the pics initially, a picture truly does tell a thousand words! :up: (and point them in the right direction)

[Kromus]

Old TFX, EF 2000 and F-22 Total Air War (real dynamic campaign) from DiD.

[robbo180265]

Air - FS9 , got FSX but my rig wont run it. Whereas FS9 I can run maxed out.

Also love Battle of Britain

Naval - SH3 + GWX and SH5 tied

[Thresher]

Orbiter.

http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

Outstanding space sim with mods that rival the entire Silent Hunter series.

Oh, and it's free. :up:

[Feuer Frei!]

@ Topo65
this is seriously funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQqllUGbOt8

:haha::haha::haha:

[Safe-Keeper]

Still waiting for that highly detailed, immersive, high end-graphics sports climbing simulator:O:, but until then, Falcon 4.0 Allied Force all the way.

Followed by Silent Hunter III, I suppose.

[Cap.Palla]

Anyone played Red baron 2 and 3D? This is my preferite simulator!
i remember epic dogfights online! :D

[Bothersome]

Hmm.. Best "real" airplane simulator I have ever flown was Flight Unlimited v3.0 from Looking Glass. It's a bit dated and the company no longer exists but it seemed to have the very best flight simulation physics that I have ever seen in a PC flight simulator. There may be other that I haven't tried yet that are better though. IL-2 is NOT a flight simulator but some kind of war simulator if you want a comparison.

The best helicopter simulator that I have tried has to be Real Flight 3.5 (there is a 4.0 but I don't have it). It is a model aircraft simulator. $200 for it. It HAS to be right or else you crash your real model (more often).

I've only tried SH3 and SH4 for subs/water. So I guess they are the best there is to offer. I never got into tanks much. And cars are usually so way off the mark they are just arcade games. Although I did like indycar and nascor simulators for a bit. And the Dirt Track racing felt sorta realish.

[The General]

Red Storm Rising on the C64 is tough to beat for me. It came on four cassette tapes (that's 8 sides of tape that had to load!), it was unbelievably immersive though.

People say that you can't expect a Sim to be polished and free of bugs. To them I say, 'DCS Blackshark'. It didn't have 12+ years of development like Silent Hunter 5 either.

[abbysinthe]

Il2 + forgotten battles + ace, by far.

[WarlordATF]

Simulations are my game of choice, the majority of the games i own would be considered sim of one type or another. Heres what i'm running right now on my hard drive...

Racing - Test Drive Unlimited (Modded)

Land - Battlefields 1942,Vietnam and BF2, All are setup for single player and i play em all depending on my mood.

Air - Wings over Europe (Modded 30+ gigs and growing!) and First Eagles (Modded w/ Ex Pack) MSFS 2004 (Modded)

Sea - Silent Hunter 3 & 4 (Modded)

RPG - Oblivion and Fallout 3

And if i get bored with that i have MAME,NES,SNES and ATARI 800 emulators.

[himlaviz]

This was a tough one :)

MMO: Ultima Online (preAoS) / Star Wars Galaxies (preCU) / EverQuest 2
Air modern: Falcon 4.0 (Allied Force) / Longbow 2
Air WW2: IL2 1946 / Secrets Weapon of Luftwaffe
Sub: SH3/GWX3 / Red Storm Rising
Space: Frontier: First Encounter

Fallout series, GTA4, Railroad Tycoon, Sim City 4, EVE Online, Darklands, Wizball, Pirates!, Gunship, Project Stealth Fighter, EF2000, Diablo, World in Conflict, Daggerfall, Morrowind, TiE Fighter, Motorhead, Pinball Dreams, Elite...

Difficult to choose one... but non simulator it would be Ultima Online, had some great experiences back in the days 98-02.

Other simulator would have to be Falcon 4.0 (Allied Force).

[IanC]

Must give a quick shout out to my first love, F-15 Strike Eagle from MicroProse.
I played a whole bunch of better, flashier flight sims after it. But I'll never forget how back in 1985, Strike Eagle made a 13 year old feel like he was a fighter pilot for the first time.
I miss you baby... sniff.

[col_Kurtz]

Land: Operation Flashpoint, Resistance... OFP with mods FFUR and... Vietnam, don`t remember title, but remember an author WarriorX, breath taking climate of Vietnam war - absolutely new big campaign, own islands and environments. Probably OMEGU for OFP ;) And of course ARMA2 - Fantastic series :salute:
Sea: SH4UBM + OMEGU
Air: IL-2 Sturmovik: The Forgotten Battles - Ace Expansion Pack
Bohemia Interactive Studio and now Bohemia Interactive... Hats off gentlemens :)

[kylania]

And of course ARMA2 - Fantastic series :salute:

Operation Arrowhead expansion comes out Jun 29th!

without words...
http://www.a2asimulations.com/

Stormfly, you owe me like $100, since I totally have to get that now! :)

[Sailor Steve]

Aces Of The Deep, Grand Prix 2, Great Naval Battles, Red Baron 3D, European Air War.

[Jimbuna]

More a strategy game but mine was Harpoon.

[scrapser]

Silent Service - Commodore 64 (the sub sim that started them all)
Gunship - Commodore 64
Red Storm Rising - Amiga 500
M1 Tank Platoon 2 - PC
European Air War
Silent Hunter 1 - PC-DOS
Operation Flashpoint
Silent Hunter 3
Falcon 4

[Iron Budokan]

Aces of the Deep and Red Baron are mine. Knights of the Sky was also and it was my first sim ever so it has a special place in my heart.

[Takeda Shingen]

My all-time favorite is Janes 688(i).

[col_Kurtz]

Operation Arrowhead expansion comes out Jun 29th!


:)

Yeah... I need to upgrade my machine ;) Power supply and CPU ;)

By the way. Mafia 2 is behind the corner too ;) And, hm... I know, it is not simulated games, but I`m waiting for Red Dead Redemption PC edition.

[Seeadler]

* Jutland - by Software Sorcery
* AEGIS: Guardian of the Fleet
* Apache Longbow
* Strike Fleet on C64
* JSF Joint Strike Fighter

[SabreHawk]

Well I've had many on this computer but most I dont play around with anymore and since replacing the HD a couple years ago I haven't reinstalled most.
But the MSFS series has always been a mainstay, and FSX now resides on it but outside of that and SH 5&3 thats it right now.

Flight is my first love, both sim and R/C. Never have been financially able to go full scale, and since it's now more expensive than ever and given my health I doubt I ever will.
But R/C flying is quite rewarding and challenging enough to keep my flyers heart beating.

[Task Force]

Air
Il2 1946
land
I liked the Theatre of War series, arma 2 was fun, till I lost my key.
sea
hmm, Jutland maby

[Lord Justice]

Spectrum = Spitfire 40, Aces Of The Deep, The Great Escape. PC = MS Combat Flight Sim, Flight Sim X.

[KiwiVenge]

without words...
http://www.a2asimulations.com/

Wow, I did not realize how good those were!
So that is all addon packs for Microsoft's Flight sim 10? Amazing, going to have buy that I think.
Any suggestions for decent joystick or rudder or whatever setup for controls for flight sims these days?

[Westbroek]

Alright, you guys have finally convinced me to check out Arma2. :salute:

[HundertzehnGustav]

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8682/screenww.jpg

[ReallyDedPoet]

Fast Attack was the first real sim I played. Loved that game at the time.

http://www.subsim.com/ssr/fastpic4.jpg

http://www.subsim.com/ssr/fastcrew1.jpg

[Ross59]

Air: Janes Longbow, Janes USNF97
DCS Blackshark (Step learning curve though - the forums are a must read)
Racing: GrandPrix3, GTR2, Colin Mcrea 2
Sea: SH2,3
Ground: Battlefield 2, Crysis

Trainz Series 2004, 2009 & 2010

[krashkart]

Hrm...

Free Enterprise
Capitalism
Ocean Trader
Orbiter Space Flight Simulator (w/ Buran-T, Space Tugs, SSBB and Mir 2 addons)
Space Station Simulator
X-Plane 7
Dangerous Waters
Superpower 2
Floor 13
HoI 2: Doomsday
DEFCON
Strike Fighters (heavily modded, of course)
Operation Flashpoint w/ FDF Mod

and to a lesser extent, Battlecruiser Millenium Gold

:smug:

[mobucks]

richard burns rally!!!!!

[TieJustice]

air:Janes F18 & Longbow FSX
sea:Janes Fleet commander
space: Elite & X3
land :none :down: sim but did like Delta force 2 but that's not a sim

[Mauser KAR98K]

Land: Battlefield 2 + Project Reality Mod (http://www.realitymod.com/)
excellent mod that, just can't mention it enough


That makes two of us. Just wish they would tighten the groups for the weapons on the infantry side.

Air: Combat Flight Simulator. Bomb runs were the best (at the time). Followed by CFS2--best plane I flew was the P-61 Black Widow.

Land: Project Reality for BF2. Before: Desert Combat for BF1942. Way Before: Rogue Spear.

Space: X2. Looking for X3 Gold edition with the CD soundtrack.

Racing: Sports Car GT, followed by 24 Hours Le Mans.

Sea: SHIII with Grey Wolves.

[Powerthighs]

Project Stealth Fighter - C64
http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/p/project_stealth_fighter_01.gif


Red Storm Rising - C64
http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/r/red_storm_rising_02.gif

MSFS 1.0 WWI Ace - IBM PC
http://www.volny.cz/havlikjosef/galery/amiga_fsII_3.gif

Airborne Ranger - C64
http://www.classicamiga.com/images/stories/jreviews/games/A/Airborne%20Ranger(screenshot)(5).png

[jwilliams]

The games that i play ATM.

MS FSX
SH3 GWX3
GTR2

And possibly SH5 (if it ever gets fixed):-? not played it for 2 weeks now... waiting for the 1.2 patch before i get into it.

But all time favorite sim is FSX. spent many hours playing it.

[loerelau]

Airborn Ranger, brilliant game!

[Sonarman]

Airborn Ranger, brilliant game!

Yes, especially on the C64 with those damn mini-tanks!

[Keelbuster]

Air:

1) Janes AH64D Longbow
2) US Navy Fighters
3) IL2
4) Combat Flight Simulator

Sea:

1) SH3 + GWX3.0
2) SH4 + TMO (might take #1 in a few weeks)
3) Pirates!:)

Land:

1) Combat Mission: Barbarosa to Berlin / Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
2) Operation Flashpoint
3) Jagged Alliance 2 + mod (forget name)
4) Close Combat 5 + Der Kessel mod

[Keef Kavannah]

superior
http://www.diochan.com/v/src/127094753726.jpg

& CFS3+MAW+ETO

[Takeda Shingen]

superior
http://www.diochan.com/v/src/127094753726.jpg


YES!

[Cap.Palla]

Anyone played Lost Patrol?? A strategic game for Amiga... That was amazing! you were lost in the middle on the jungle with your platoon ( in Vietnam of course)

have a look here :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GHmI5ioLUg

[robbo180265]

Anyone played Lost Patrol?? A strategic game for Amiga... That was amazing! you were lost in the middle on the jungle with your platoon ( in Vietnam of course)

have a look here :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GHmI5ioLUg



I do remember many hours playing that one lol. Thought it was amazing at the time.

[Westbroek]

USNF97...the joy of my youth :) warm fuzzy feelings. I still sing the music to it sometimes.

[Ragtag]

My favs are:

Janes Longbow 2
Janes F/A-18
IL2/pacific Fighters
DCS: Black Shark
Lock On Flaming Cliffs 1.0/2.0
Op. Flashpoint/ArmA/ArmA 2
B17 The Mighty eight 2
Silent Hunter 3

I definatly used most of the time with Janes F/A-18 and IL2 :)

[Adriatico]

Flight Unlimited. Especially the second in the series.
Even in FSX with tons of quality addons and planes, I still can't reach the feeling that FU2 gave me.

Geee... Flight unlimited :up::yeah::up: Don't tell me you play it on Win 7...?
Since my Dumbasters on Commodore... it was first "great and underestimated" flight sim.

***

Of course... ARMA2 after 1.05 patch with mods, missions and add-ons:yep:.

Real "homework" for Ubi hooligans how you protect your work (never cracked "fade") with gentleman relations and interaction with clients... instead of DRM handcuffing by UBI securitate "primates"...
:dead: