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Summary: It's better than Flight Simulator 2000, well worth it...
Review: I first got Microsoft Flight Simulator 95, Always used it until now, I got Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. It is very fun, and realistic. If you use MSN's ...game network, you can join online sessions, fly with others, if you also get Roger Wilco, you can participate in live ATC, (air traffic control) and that is also alot of fun, and realistic. I suggest that anyone who wants a flight simulator, get this one, it's the best, also, if you can get yoke, and rudder pedals for your PC, it would be even more fun and realistic.
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Summary: Honestly, THE BEST OF THE BEST
Review: I give Flight Simulator 2000 one star because it works. It only crashes my system after I exit the game and try to play something else. I am outraged at the poor quality of the game. Realism? Who ever heard of flying anything with the fuel pump turned off and instruments working with the Pitot Heat switch in off position? Graphics detail? Where is the Mississippi River? I can't find it and it should be 3 miles from the main runway at St. Charles County Smartt Field. It's trash and I am going to mutilate the CDs and ship the game box back to Bill Gates. I have my pride.Sierra Software pioneered the flight simulator and for many years was quite successful with it. It's unbelievable that this product put Sierra out of the flight simulator business. Sierra's Pro Pilot 98 is miles ahead of Flight Simulator 2000. If you can find a copy of Pro Pilot 98, Pro Pilot 99 or any flight simulator other than this one, buy it.
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Summary: Where is the Mississippi River?
Review: I give Flight Simulator 2000 one star because it works. It only crashes my system after I exit the game and try to play something else. I am outraged at the poor quality of the game. Realism? Who ever heard of flying anything with the fuel pump turned off and instruments working with the Pitot Heat switch in off position? Graphics detail? Where is the Mississippi River? I can't find it and it should be 3 miles from the main runway at St. Charles County Smartt Field. It's trash and I am going to mutilate the CDs and ship the game box back to Bill Gates. I have my pride. Sierra Software pioneered the flight simulator and for many years was quite successful with it. It's unbelievable that this product put Sierra out of the flight simulator business. Sierra's Pro Pilot 98 is miles ahead of Flight Simulator 2000. If you can find a copy of Pro Pilot 98, Pro Pilot 99 or any flight simulator other than this one, buy it.
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Summary: Not a review - just a heads-up
Review: I got this game a few years back as a steal, thinking that my P4 wouldn't satisfactorily run "FS 2002", or that the differences between the two were minor enough to obviate the higher price of the "newer" game. With the release of the even newer version (ACOF), I got a bargain price on '02, and found it ran at least as nice as FS 2000, and had more fluid atmospheric effects (including - at last - movable waves). Add-On aircraft are more easily sorted on 2002 than 2000, and the old game gains less in of an edge in framerate on 2002 than it lost over FS 98. In short, by now any decent machine will run 2002 without hiccups. You don't need FS 2000 anymore.
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Summary: This is the bast game ever!
Review: I got this game and it is the best flight simulation game. It has so many airports. The planes and the scenery are so realistic. The sound is like the real plane. The textures of the planes are so realistic they look like hte real ones. And the scenery is not like the big blocks of Green marking hte ground or a repeating pattern. It is always changing like the real landscape in real life. This is a game you can never get sick of. It is always changing. This is a my favorite game and perfect for rainy days.
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Summary: Excellent Flight simulator game........but with a 500 PIII
Review: I got this game because Microsoft's is suppose to be the best and it probably most certainly is! I have a Pentium II 233mhz system and it does drag but the 8mb ATI video card really helps but I can only get framerates around 10 max, and that's where there is no complex scenery. When flying over Chicago or Mt. Rainior it ran at about 3-5 but only when the detail is at max. I wouldn't recommend anything lower than a 233 PII or a 500 athlon as this sim needs power, but when it's got it- it's just like real flying!
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Summary: Looks Neat!
Review: I have a Dell 266 PentiumII with 64mb of ram, a 4mb video card and 3d graphic card. This game works horrible! It takes about 10 minutes to load an airplane! But, now I have a 600 PentiumIII, 128mb ram, a 32mb 3d video card and it works great! The graphics are amazing! I recomend at least a PentiumIII chip with a good video card and at least 96mb ram.
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Summary: As accurate as FS98 in geography----Not !
Review: I have FS98 and both Combat simms, so I bought this one when it came out and although visually impressive, it had so many glitches in the rendering of the geographical boundaries between land and water that I would only give it one star. That was not the only problem, the controls were rearranged by someone who never used FS98 and you will not like the change . Inputed dedaults do not stay after one use, auto pilots dont work, and the lake I live near is unrecognisable. It seems all the effort went into the simulated terrain and major cities and geographical accuracy went out the window.Flight simm 98 is still the most geographicaly accurate flight simm that Microsoft produces.When I fly at my hometown airport I can not recognise where I am once in the air, It is that bad.
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Summary: Honestly, THE BEST OF THE BEST
Review: I have just bought this game for only 30 dollars! and i get a $20 mail in rebate! what could be better than this. I started downloading and it took me about 10 minutes since the game has 2 disks. I went to start flying a plane and the graphics were ok. The beginning was a little tough since you have to get to know the game but after only 15 minutes it was pretty easy. You need a 500mhz computer or better to play the game.I have tried playing X plane and it wasnt better than FS200. So i strongly recommend Fs 2000 because its cheap and it teaches you like you were a real pilot. Did you know that pilots train with this game sometimes. And also i strongly also recommend a joystick.
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Summary: An exciting, learning experience
Review: I have long wanted to get into the left hand seat of an airplane, and MS FS does an excellent job of that. With even a rudimentary understanding of flight principals, I can get off the ground andget back down again. I find the tutorials are thorough and easy to understand. Like my son's and their games, I keep bypassing the tutorials and going right for the "fun" elements: flying a 737 into my home airport, attempting takeoff in the Concorde. THere are tremendous online resources where you can download additional aircraft, paint schemes, etc. My only complaint so far: the Help section is absolutely the least intuitive and help-oriented I have ever seen for a MS product. Very little detail and drill down available. I guess I'll have to fork out the [money]and get the 3rd party guide. Advice: get a joystick! A mouse or key commands are poor substitutes for a control yoke
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