Being forever conscious of the fact that that what I am viewing in front of me every day, is merely an image on a computer monitor, and my joystick is merely arranging pixels in various colours, and configurations on the monitor screen in front of me, and bears little, or no resemblance whatsoever, to flying a real aeroplane, I am tempted to spend as little money as possible on my computer "Game", and reserve it for real flights in my local flying clubs real Cessna 150/152 instead!
At present I have a 13-year old Intel Pentium P4 2.8 GHz, with a nVidia GF 9500 GT video card, on my Dell Tower Computer, a 17 inch LCD monitor, and a useful Saitek Evo Force Joystick, enabling me to pretend that I am "flying" around the World with my copy of FS 2004, and exploring different places, with the aid of Google Street Maps and Wikipedia, for local information...
When the warning signs of smoke from my kitchen reminds me that my Dinner is burning in my oven, I am reminded that I am actually playing a computer game, and not flying a real aeroplane!
...the rest is all in the mind...trust me...
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Like most things in life, I tend NOT take things too seriously!...
Paul..little boys and toys!...
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Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.