• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

    From JF@VERT/TIME/BATTLEST to Nightfox on Thu Oct 15 20:54:04 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: Nightfox to All on Tue Sep 22 2020 08:45 am

    Does anyone here like flight simulators? Has anyone here tried Microsoft's new Flight Simulator 2020? I bought it when it came out. I've seen some

    I've been playing with Flight Simulator since FS4, on a 386 if I remember correctly.

    I'd give FS2020 a try but seems like you really need a good setup to have it run smoothly. Not ready to drop a few hundred dollars on a new graphics card...

    Apparently you can use it with Vatsim and talk to real people who'll do air traffic control for you. Never tried it. I believe this has been available in previous versions of Flight Simulator as well.

    The graphics look phenomenal though. Not sure about the realism though. Seems pretty realistic to me!

    JF

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to JF on Thu Oct 15 21:47:40 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: JF to Nightfox on Thu Oct 15 2020 08:54 pm

    I've been playing with Flight Simulator since FS4, on a 386 if I remember correctly.

    Same here - I've played Microsoft Flight Simulator since FS4, and I started playing it on a 286.

    I'd give FS2020 a try but seems like you really need a good setup to have it run smoothly. Not ready to drop a few hundred dollars on a new graphics card...

    Yeah, you need a good PC.. Also I've heard it's more CPU-bound right now, so it's good to have a powerful multi-core CPU for it as well.

    Apparently you can use it with Vatsim and talk to real people who'll do air traffic control for you. Never tried it. I believe this has been available in previous versions of Flight Simulator as well.

    I've heard that about FS2020. I hadn't heard about Vatsim until recently, but it sounds interesting.

    The graphics look phenomenal though. Not sure about the realism though. Seems pretty realistic to me!

    I'm more of a casual flyer. So far I've been enjoying flying planes with it while viewing the external views so I can look mainly at the scenery. I've seen some people say they think X-Plane 11 has more realistic flight.

    Nightfox

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  • From JF@VERT/TIME/BATTLEST to Nightfox on Fri Oct 16 20:38:04 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: Nightfox to JF on Thu Oct 15 2020 09:47 pm

    Yeah, you need a good PC.. Also I've heard it's more CPU-bound right now, so it's good to have a powerful multi-core CPU for it as well.

    Just curious... Are you running it on a 4k monitor?

    it while viewing the external views so I can look mainly at the scenery.

    I've seen people with a thing on their head which tracks the movements and moves the camera along. From what I hear it seems to work well. Probably beats hitting the keyboard to change views everytime.

    I'm more of a casual flyer. So far I've been enjoying flying planes with

    For the time being guess I'll stick to watching Youtube videos but it's probably just a matter of time before I join the club. :)

    JF

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to JF on Fri Oct 16 21:10:49 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: JF to Nightfox on Fri Oct 16 2020 08:38 pm

    Yeah, you need a good PC.. Also I've heard it's more CPU-bound right
    now, so it's good to have a powerful multi-core CPU for it as well.

    Just curious... Are you running it on a 4k monitor?

    Yes, I am.

    it while viewing the external views so I can look mainly at the
    scenery.

    I've seen people with a thing on their head which tracks the movements and moves the camera along. From what I hear it seems to work well. Probably beats hitting the keyboard to change views everytime.

    A VR headset? I've heard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is supposed to support VR at some point, but I don't think it does yet.

    Nightfox

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  • From JF@VERT/TIME/BATTLEST to Nightfox on Sat Oct 17 09:19:28 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: Nightfox to JF on Fri Oct 16 2020 09:10 pm

    A VR headset? I've heard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is supposed to

    Not quite... It's purpose is only to track your head movement. If you Google TrackIR you'll see what I mean. Probably a much cheaper alternative than going with a full-blown VR headset.

    JF

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to JF on Sat Oct 17 08:37:40 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: JF to Nightfox on Sat Oct 17 2020 09:19 am

    A VR headset? I've heard Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is supposed
    to

    Not quite... It's purpose is only to track your head movement. If you Google TrackIR you'll see what I mean. Probably a much cheaper alternative than going with a full-blown VR headset.

    What's the point of that? If you move your head to look away from the PC monitor, you won't be able see what's on the monitor..

    Nightfox

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  • From JF@VERT/TIME/BATTLEST to Nightfox on Sat Oct 17 15:24:32 2020
    Re: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
    By: Nightfox to JF on Sat Oct 17 2020 08:37 am

    What's the point of that? If you move your head to look away from the PC monitor, you won't be able see what's on the monitor..

    That's exactly what I was thinking too, until I actually saw a video of it being used. It's not as bad as you think, and I'd even go as far as saying that it looks convenient and seems to work well. :)

    JF

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