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0 pointsbeardedscotsman3y ago0 comments

That’s not entirely true. They gameafy some aspects for sure, but that’s just about accessibility. You can run it like a full sim and there are great videos of real Boeing pilots talking about it.

Even the old flight sim was so advanced MSFT had contracts with the French military for their mapping tech from the game specifically. This is back in the day now.

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asciimike3y ago

Here's a great example of why the flight model is... lacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GX9lTvKuqU

It's perfectly fine for most things, but _really_ bad with things that could actually kill you.

Meanwhile, in X-Plane land: https://developer.x-plane.com/2022/02/x-plane-12-flight-mode...

daviding3y ago

Fans are tribal. Recent reviews shows practically no difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzokcKkEyuE

mrguyorama3y ago

"The flight model" is kind of inaccurate when it comes to MSFS. They've always used a system that allows the aircraft developer significant authority to make their aircraft as simulated or gamified as they want.

IE, a pmdg boeing will be hugely better simulated than the built in boeing.

asciimike3y ago

This is true in X-Plane as well though, right? I would kinda expect a better default Cessna model, though I admit that most people probably aren't going to either flight sim for lots of time in a Cessna (though I'd actually be really curious to know what % of planes are flown what what amount of time).

cypress663y ago

Not only that video is very old (there have been multiple improvements), people that are even remotely serious don't use the default aircraft which are always awful, they buy payware aircraft that are much better modeled.

Applejinx3y ago

There is no comparison to X-Plane land <3

GekkePrutser3y ago

To be fair, you do have to buy some expensive addons to make it that realistic. Most of the buttons in the included boeing don't work at all.

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0 pointsbeardedscotsman3y ago0 comments

Even the old flight sim was so advanced MSFT had contracts with the French military for their mapping tech from the game specifically. This is back in the day now.

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asciimike3y ago

Here's a great example of why the flight model is... lacking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GX9lTvKuqU

It's perfectly fine for most things, but _really_ bad with things that could actually kill you.

Meanwhile, in X-Plane land: https://developer.x-plane.com/2022/02/x-plane-12-flight-mode...

daviding3y ago

Fans are tribal. Recent reviews shows practically no difference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzokcKkEyuE

mrguyorama3y ago

IE, a pmdg boeing will be hugely better simulated than the built in boeing.

asciimike3y ago

cypress663y ago

Applejinx3y ago

There is no comparison to X-Plane land <3

GekkePrutser3y ago

To be fair, you do have to buy some expensive addons to make it that realistic. Most of the buttons in the included boeing don't work at all.

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