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Playing in 4K and HDR, having come from my own modest PC with its 1080p screen, I'm being wowed all over again.Īfter a few days solid flying - and after dozens of hours with the PC version over the past year - I'm still catching my breath at regular intervals, staring wistfully out at the sun setting over the mouth of the Thames estuary, or that glorious moment when you break through thick, stormy cloud cover into the heavens above in a smooth, controlled airliner ascent.
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It looks absolutely splendid, too - just browse the screenshots here if you've any lingering doubts, all of them captured on a Series X where the framerate sticks to 30fps for the most part (don't worry, Digital Foundry will be along with a proper analysis in due course), and where the fidelity is just extraordinary.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator arrives on console as very much the full-fledged PC experience, with the same features, the same planes, the same whole planet and the exact same sense of wonder as you spin the map and figure out where to explore next.
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For those who have high end PCs, however, install the game and play to your heart's content. I would recommend that you try FS9: A Century of Flight, instead. The frame rate is going to be a real problem and expect the graphics to be very dull. If you have a PC that is only on par with mine, this is not a recommended game for you. As I said before, when doing the missions the frame rate is still a major problem. The missions look like they could be fun, and there are unique challenges that would make the most seasoned pilot sweat, but I was unable to run them as they should be run and so could not comment on how they actually play out when their hull potential is realized. Twenty of the 50 are beginner missions, 14 intermediate, 10 advanced and 7 for experts. There are more than 50 missions in the game which includes rescue missions and cargo runs. The minimum setting is the only way I can play the game on the PC that I have.īut I decided not to give up on FSX yet, and that I would at least give it a chance. I have noted that if I set it at Ultra-high, the game turns into a slide show presentation. It occurred to me though, that some of the improvement promised were lacking because I had the settings on minimum, but that's the only viable option. Some changes are mostly on the background effects, such as the cloud and water features. There was nothing substantial that added or improved on the planes. Much to my disappointment, and most likely yours too, when you get your hands on it, the so-called new graphics are not at all new but just the same as in FS9. This is why I still have my FS9 multiple third party add-on packs installed, to enhance several features such as weather, the cockpit, and other AI planes. And on this note, let me emphasize that FS9 runs on the highest settings on the PC I described earlier, with no problem whatsoever when it comes to frame rates. I discovered that by minimizing the graphic settings I could improve on this a little, but it's still worse than the FS9. The frame rate even at this stage isn't good. Next, you get a clearance from the Air Traffic Control to taxi into an active runway.
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There is a chase plane view which can be accessed by pressing the S key and this view allows you to see outside the plane and view the surroundings. The controls are rather simple, except for the frame rate, and at this point you may want to set your settings at medium low. The game default places you in a virtual cockpit, however, you may still choose the 2D instrument view. When you have chosen and your selection has loaded, you then see a cockpit. The game offers 24 planes from which to choose. After the screen appeared there was a menu that looked like the menu in Flight Simulator 9, along with a sweeping musical score which could have come straight from an Indiana Jones movie.
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It took a full 30 minutes to install and once it finished loading there were a few minutes of waiting before the menu finally showed on screen. You might be wondering why, but the capabilities of the machine are crucial to the quality or even the basic playing of the simulation.įlight Simulator X comes on 2 DVDs and which represents quite a lot of information even by today's standards. It has a Pentium 3.0 GHz processor with 2GB of RAM and an ATI Raedeon X 850 with 256MB RAM graphics card.
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It is important for me give the specifications of the PC on which I ran the game.