more fsx news and screenshots

[wealthysoup]

some of you mightve seen these before but ill post anyway.

http://www.fsinsider.com/product/X_press_kit.htm

^screenshots of some new features

http://www.fsinsider.com/product/FSX_fact_sheet.htm

^fact sheet confirms 100,000ft upper limit has been removed "as they view the world from 100 to 1 million feet."

enjoy  ;)

[Airshow_lover]

nice find for the fact sheet.

[Katahu]

I noticed that they are using the term "game" to describe FS a little more often.

Oh well. I can assume M$ couldn't compete well against Laminar Research's X-Plane.

[JBaymore]

I noticed that they are using the term "game" to describe FS a little more often.

Katahu,

Yeah, I noticed that too.   :-/ :-/ :-/   It was all over the place.  In fact, after the mention of the "Flight Simulator Franchise" in the beginning of the piece.... I don't think the word "simulation" appeared again anywhere in the document.

There were some good hints in there about SOME stuff that sounded promisiing.  But the focus seems a lot on the word "game" and "the gaming experience".


We can cross our fingers.

best,

....................john

[BAW0343]

I feal sorry for the new pilots who come into FS fealing it is just, "another game to beat." In reality it is SO much more, its a place were people (like us here) can get togeather and talk, have fun, learn new things about what intrests us in aviation, and so much more. We just need to be shure to get any newcomers into the habbit of saying Sim instead of game.  ;)

[SilverFox441]

The use of "game" rather than "simulation" is quite intentional...and to our benefit.

MS is trying to stregthen the franchise by drawing in new blood. There are many who won't touch a simulation...they are afraid of the entire genre.

By opening things up to those folks MS is trying to show them that there is no reason to be afraid...except of the eventual insanity that overtakes all FS pilots.

[Katahu]

...except of the eventual insanity that overtakes all FS pilots.

Like facing the inevitable daily injections of marmal-aid here at the Psyciatric Institute of SimV?

[wagner55]

Stop crying about the term game, is gonna be a simulator anyway its gonna be good and improved. Finally they put missions to give more of a "objective feeling" to FS. God!! I'm tired of u people.

[Katahu]

Stop crying about the term game, is gonna be a simulator anyway its gonna be good and improved. Finally they put missions to give more of a "objective feeling" to FS. God!! I'm tired of u people.

Uh, hi and welcome to the forums?

[BAW0343]

...I'm tired of u people.

humm, wow, 4 posts and already tired of us...  thats got to be a record.

and um er... Welcome to Sim V? You will find we do get annoying, but youll keep comming back  ;)

[Airshow_lover]

Stop crying about the term game, is gonna be a simulator anyway its gonna be good and improved. Finally they put missions to give more of a "objective feeling" to FS. God!! I'm tired of u people.

Wow...what a post....

What a way to enter the Forums...

wow...

I'm actually speechless....literally speecheless at what to say to that...

oh well...

[Airshow_lover]

[quote]humm, wow, 4 posts and already tired of us...

[kipman725]

most people don't like flight simming untill there adictied.  I know that when I started I wasn't doing 4hr flights, I only found takeoff and landings interesting but eventualy...

[quote]Or was it a hint that we might be working on some new systems failures? The smart money says

[wealthysoup]

Stop crying about the term game, is gonna be a simulator anyway its gonna be good and improved. Finally they put missions to give more of a "objective feeling" to FS. God!! I'm tired of u people.

If your so tired of us then why did you actually take the time to read the thread then post Im tired of you people. The ones that complain on one of their first posts  :-/
You really havn't been round here long enough to know people and make comments like that.... oh and welcome to the forums  

On another note, sounds like fsx will be a real computer killer...moving cars animals updated scenery etc...quad sli time  ??? lol

SOme of the missions sound like they'll be making it a bit of a game but others will keep it  simulation like that congo relief mission they mention (will have to try that when fsx comes out)

[FSGT Gabe]

Hey guys, the quote kipman725 posted caught my eye as well.  I sure hope that they do work more on that stuff.  And, referring to the whole game thing, we obviously know that FSX isn't going to be WORSE than FS9.  I personally think I will enjoy some of the "games".  If you don't want them, don't play them.  I think they'll be fun.  Besides, the sim IS alot better.  We already know about a few great things (moving cars, boats, animals, 99,000 foot barrier being raised, etc.).  I think flight sim is doing a good job to put some "games" in.  They'll draw more buyers from that.

Anyway, there's my opinion.