Best Flight simulator?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by mapuc

Skybird.

Of course I could chose one of them, but many say that FS2004 is the best and many say that FSX is the best.

But I guess I have to chose one of them either way

Markus

i was one of those saying fs2004 is better for ifr and fsx better for vfr. that reflected stability and availability of complex aircraft addons. however, the situation i based on when thinking like that, no longer exists in that way. mind you, we are living in year 7 after after fsx release. it has addons that simply do not exist for fs2004 but exceed fs2004 addons in quality and complexity. i stiuck with fs2004 until two years ago or so. but i then realised that fsx simply has moved beyond fs2004 then.

you should consider an alternatice. if you buy both sims anyway, you should use that money instead and buy Prepar3d by Lockheed. They have bought the rights from Microsoft for FSX, and develope it further. It looks like FSX, but performs like FS2004 on todays hardware, meaning you get more frames (most people report that) and greater stability. P3D is the future. FSX are mostly compatible, and most major developers support it anyway now. Cost is 50 euros for student license.

Google it. I also posted and had threads about it in fs forum of subsim. When i do my next manual system reinstallation, i will migrate myself to p3d, too.

[Red October1984]

Originally Posted by Skybird

i was one of those saying fs2004 is better for ifr and fsx better for vfr. that reflected stability and availability of complex aircraft addons. however, the situation i based on when thinking like that, no longer exists in that way. mind you, we are living in year 7 after after fsx release. it has addons that simply do not exist for fs2004 but exceed fs2004 addons in quality and complexity. i stiuck with fs2004 until two years ago or so. but i then realised that fsx simply has moved beyond fs2004 then.

you should consider an alternatice. if you buy both sims anyway, you should use that money instead and buy Prepar3d by Lockheed. They have bought the rights from Microsoft for FSX, and develope it further. It looks like FSX, but performs like FS2004 on todays hardware, meaning you get more frames (most people report that) and greater stability. P3D is the future. FSX are mostly compatible, and most major developers support it anyway now. Cost is 50 euros for student license.

Google it. I also posted and had threads about it in fs forum of subsim. When i do my next manual system reinstallation, i will migrate myself to p3d, too.

I can agree with P3D.

The Aerostar Yak-52 pilots had a trailer with P3D Simulators at the air show last weekend.

P3D is awesome.