FS 2004 - Every bit as good!

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In searching for something at work, I came across this product for a company here in Salt Lake.  These guys are serious sim developers, but imho they have nothing on FS2004, go to the link and hit the video link for the EP1000CT and then comment on what you see! http://www.es.com/Products/index.asp

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I think you'll find that theirs is a tactical simulator as removed from a flight simulator. The objective is to concentrate on the tactical part of a military pilot's job. Imagine driving your car at high speed on the freeway and trying to operate your navigational system to avoid freeway congestion and dump the cop from your tail at the same time. Well a military pilot has that same scenario in the worst way. So, the tactical simulator allows the pilot to concentrate on the systems rather than flying the 'plane. What I liked about this is the way battle stress can be introduced gradually so that the level of competence under pressure can be learned without getting killed.

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well, of course, that was what I meant to say  I guess that I was more interested in what people think about the fact that we are all playing a $30 flight sim program with add ons, etc. that makes it comparable to a program that costs hundred of thousands of dollars.