What we wish: Realism + Weather

[Steve M]

As for realism, I would like fly out of my local airport, turn and fly along the Grand River and 10 miles out actually see my neighborhood below. The airport, river and town are so unrecognisable in FSX. Parts of Canada were sorely passed by in previous sims.   

[machineman9]

[quote]As for realism, I would like fly out of my local airport, turn and fly along the Grand River and 10 miles out actually see my neighborhood below. The airport, river and town are so unrecognisable in FSX. Parts of Canada were sorely passed by in previous sims.

[patchz]

[color=#000000]It's not any better down south, maybe even worse.

[olderndirt]

Much as I hate to say it, my suspicion is that this new 'Flight' will be more or less what Microsoft calls it - a game.  From a purely business point of view, they can't be faulted - making money for the shareholders but, for those who still hold a dream, look to others.  There's a groundswell of enterprise out there so don't be surprised at what happens next.

[XxRazgrizxX]

im also afraid that Microsucks  will end up turning this into more of a game than a simulator but i hope that they werent dumb enough to do that

[patchz]

[quote]im also afraid that Microsucks

[SeanTK]

There "FAQ" section on the "Flight" website says that this new program will still be a "full fidelity simulation".

More things I'm hopeful for:

Continued refinement of helicopter physics and the general rotary wing experience in the simulator.

Most people forget that a class of aircraft called "helicopters" exist (and I've even heard requests for their elimination on other forums!), but I hope that they are retained and expanded upon in this new program.

[Fozzer]

[quote][quote]As for realism, I would like fly out of my local airport, turn and fly along the Grand River and 10 miles out actually see my neighborhood below. The airport, river and town are so unrecognisable in FSX. Parts of Canada were sorely passed by in previous sims.

[machineman9]

[quote][quote]im also afraid that Microsucks

[ShaneG_old]

[quote][quote][quote]im also afraid that Microsucks

[Fozzer]

[quote]

.....But just like my friend with Win98, and you with Vista, I'll probably stick with XP until it's useless. OS are like best friends, once you have them figured out, and you get comfortable with them, you really don't want to have to start over with a new one.

[SeanTK]

Darn it, I completely forgot that it's highly likely that this new sim won't work on XP.

Sean....still with XP SP3....and loving it.

[machineman9]

Which brings up the question...

Will the new "Flight" even run on older OS?

W3 statistics for August, compared to January, of the OS population who visited their website:

22% Windows 7 (+11%)
11% Vista (-5%)
53% XP (-7%)
x% other

There is still a huge population running XP (I don't understand why... It's ancient!) so I would imagine there is some possibility of it running on XP, but people seriously need to consider upgrading. Support is running out. It's like running a car which will be refused any future servicing.

Microsoft want people to upgrade so a lot of incentive will be with the two Aero operating systems, but XP support will probably still exist. But in this turn of the decade the fanbase should really consider upgrading - Not just to play games, but to keep their computer secure in the first place.

[Travis]

I run Win XP as well, and won't be upgrading this rig I have EVER, since it's already older than damn near anyone else's I know of.

Anyway, getting back on topic:

Most of the world (with the exception of California and the largest cities) was half-cooked in both of the last two sim installments, mostly because the designers couldn't spend five years creating it and refining it to map out each town in the world.

Although that is a bit strange, since most (non-commercial) pilots tend to utilize ground-based waypoints as their guides when not using GPS or frequency locators.

[machineman9]

[quote]Flying over your neighborhood and seeing the houses?