I've been reading some interesting post concerning peoples view on different sims, and it occurred to me that we have a situation of the "
Blind men and an elephant".
We each "see" something and think that the others have it wrong.
What I'm pretty sure of is that WE,
the people who like sims, are after is something that people who are in search for the "best" game never see.
What do I find, and want, in flight sims.I've traveled a great deal when I was younger. Now, married and older, I can't travel as much as I would want.
EXCEPT in a sim.
I can fly the planes that meant something to me half a century ago. I can "see" and travel to lands that I'll never see in this life.
What I want in a sim is the
Suspension of disbelief that only a sim can give me.
I want a connection between me and the aircraft - the controllers, switches, and boxes give me that connection. I can turn on the fuel, start up the plane, navigate to where I want, land and shut off the plane.
For me, using a mouse and keyboard breaks that connection to the aircraft.
I also want the scenery in the sim to convince me that "this part of the world"
COULD look like what I see on the screen.
If I had t break it down, I'd say that the aircraft is only 35-40% of my enjoyment.
WHERE I fly, and what I "SEE", is the more important part to me.
Anyone want to add their thoughts? You CAN'T be wrong, and you can't be doing it wrong either.
So what interests YOU in flight sims?