Custom Search

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Finding the Best Flight Simulator Software

By James Smith


The best PC flight simulator is quite probably one you have never heard of. Flight simulator software is rather a niche piece of software. As a consequence you will frequently find that some of the best flight simulators are only sold online rather than as a packaged product to be found in your local software store. So you have to do a bit of research to discover what is available.

Flight sim programmers have to strike a equilibrium between making the software fun and feeling like a computer game and being real enough to feel enough like you are flying a real aeroplane. The issue with making things too lifelike is you can abandon the enjoyment element and the simulation can be boring for all but the most enthusiastic flyers.

The steep learning process regularly associated with flight sims has a tendency to restrict their appeal to folks aside from those that are extraordinarily keen about recreating the flying experience as credibly as possible. Many flight sims available will do nothing but make you curse with frustration at their complexity. You want to find the right balance of authenticity and enjoyment. For that reason I believe Pro Flight Simulator to be the best personal computer flight sim available. It's is both superbly realistic and is good fun too.

It's all very well having a realistic flight sim but if the visuals are unrealistic then you are not going to get much pleasure from admiring the views. For me the best personal computer flight sim is all about exploring as much as it is about flight. I really like to feel a bit like I have the liberty to travel where I like and explore the geography of the earth from the air. I really like to fly over realistic landscapes, and if they are based mostly on real world geography then so much the better.

A good flight simulator should be developed with a delicate learning curve that rewards you for your progress rather than punishing you for your lack of it. Variety is critical. Pro Flight Simulator for example has over 120 planes and over 20,000 airports. There is no end of varied flying experiences and places to fly to.

It is vital for a simulator package to incorporate an all-embracing manual, demos and tutorials. The best flight simulators are expandable with extra add-ons that may be purchased that add yet further variety to the simulation experience.

So as to choose the best computer flight simulator for your needs you need to decide on if it is fun you are after or realism. The next thing to look for is whether you wish to fly or do you want to become involved in combat by flying military aircraft. Some flight simulators like Pro Flight Simulator even permit you to fly helicopters.




About the Author:



No comments:

Post a Comment

Under Construction

Web Pages Under Construction..
Thanks for Visiting

Blog Archive

Supreme Destiny

Supreme Destiny

Cabal

Cabal

02 Jam

02 Jam

Ran Online

Ran Online

Grand Chase

Grand Chase

Need for SPEED Undercover