FS98 Concorde SST

[cheesegrater]

I got this add-on free for signing up to a flightsim newsletter. Yep, thats how great the community was in the days of FS98 - free paywere addons.

http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/review/conc.htm
http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main ... eeconc.htm

I saved it on a CD-RW like I did all my downloaded stuff, however once I upgraded my computer for some reason I couldn't access the files on the CD. Today I tried a program to recover "lost" data and I was reunited with this great add-on!



Cleared for takeoff.



Climbing out of KJFK.





Working afterburners.



A hardcore analog panel at 52000 feet and Mach 2. A cool feature is that when you lower the nose the visor disappears out of the 2D panel.

A lot of work has been put into the flight dynamics. Many aircraft in FS98 have seizures when flown this fast. The aircraft is stable at all altitudes and speeds - hand flown or autopilot. The flight dynamics were tested by a Concorde pilot. To create accurate flight dynamics for FS98 is truly an art. I missed this add-on for a few years.

[Nexus]

Damn...I've completely forgotten how rotten the graphics were for FS98  8)
But hey, it's nostalgia and retro  ;D

[jrpilot]

The scenery is second to none...great shots.

[Hai Perso Coyone?]

Woo....FS98 was my first sim...and when compared to FS9....that scenery looks crap....

Nice pics though

[cspyro21]

And to think we all marveled at this scenery once

Still, a great flight sim nonetheless, and cool shots of a freepayware aircraft!

[simonmd]

That must have seemed AWSOME in '98! Mind you, the panel is a very good effort for the time.

[Katahu]

I can't believe we once called that scenery New York!

[cheesegrater]

Compared to X-Plane 7 I think FS98 scenery has more accurate airport and building placement. X-Plane 7 scenery is really random - there are buildings on the water, airports located on water (even the major ones such as KJFK). X-Plane 7 has more accurate terrain however, the things that are placed on the terrain are very random. For example a mountain has a lake texture, a runway has a helipad and a radio tower in the middle of it. Also most of the airports in X-Plane have no buildings. I want to fly, not edit scenery. FS98 graphics may be poor by today's standards but at least most of the stuff appears where it is supposed to be.

X-Plane 8 has much updated scenery though.

[krigl]

Wow, looks really hardcore....I bet back in those days "flying to take screenshots" didn't really exist as a hobby.... the people who flew were all serious sim pilots...

Nicely composed shots, and an interesting post, thanks!!

[Mees]

wow! ugly