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Summary: My othe plane is a Corsair!
Review: This is the best of the genre. each time I boot this up, I learn something new. FS 2000 is very immersive, and I can actually recognize ground features in my area! The variety of craft is excellent, though Im yet to get that Concorde off the tarmac without augering in. The downside is that it is very resource intensive.
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Summary: Flight Simulator 2000 Professional
Review: FS2000 Pro is a great simulator for the PC. I bought it about a month ago and I have been hooked ever since. But, there are still some things Microsoft has left, either for the next version or just abandoned. Like the scenery of most "small" cities is not so good. Theres just a tower which is same for most cities and there are hardly any buildings and houses. After a series of buildings in Chicago or NY, there are the plain lands without smaller buildings. I have boosted the RAM of my PII 350 to 128 megs from 64, but apparently, not much difference. Apart from the scenery, there are other shortcomigs too. Such as the crashes. They're not real. It seems as if a piece of glass is breaking, no sounds, no fire, nothing. There's no smoke puffing on the runway. The sounds inside the cockpit are ridiculous and it seems as if the plane is sliding down the runway without landing gear! The models of the aircraft might be accurate but there's still some attention required to be given to the fuselage. The real-world weather option should have customized networking settings for firewall users like me. MS should give more aircraft and patches on the web site to download and not leave them for the next version. I wonder what's left for this "best" labelled flight sim in the next version. FS 2000/Pro may be a great simulator but MS has neglected many countries like India, some south-east countries, and places like Kathmundu which could have had an excellent scenery close to the Himalayas. Another major thing that is lacking in FS2000 is that for newbies, who don't know how to go to a particular place and not an airport, there should be a country map or listing of all well-known places and the airports close to them. All these features, if included, can make FS 2000 a better sim. But, users or prospective buyers of FS2000/Pro should not care about all this, because its only for the die hard simulator enthusiasts and pilots who're deeply interested in this sim. Overall, on a 10 point scale rating, I'd rate this sim as 8/10. Have fun!
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Summary: The Best Simulator
Review: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 is the best simulator for serious "flightsimmers". With the realistic graphics,airports,aircraft it is a great simulator for anyone. If you dont really know how to fly there are built in lessons. That is how I learned and got into the field of aviation. Flight Simulator has very good graphics and detailed cities,airports,cockpit panels and aircraft. The list could go on but I'll let you find out the rest for yourself. I would recommend this Simulator to anyone.
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Summary: I like it
Review: I use a compaq notebook with a pentium III 700MHZ with a ATI Rage Mobility graphic card(8 MB RAM)and it's great. Also I have a pentium II 400 with a ATI 8 MB RAM graphic card but it's not fast enough. Over all if you have a fast system with a 3D accelator,you will really enjoy it.
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Summary: Still can't get it right
Review: I've played almost every flight sim available today, and some that are so old that they haven't been available in years. I have hoped and waited for Microsoft to release a Flight Simulator program that not only gets the flight dynamics of a real plane correct, but also gets the graphics up to par with some of the other less realistic simulators (combat sims mostly). Flight Simulator 2000 disappoints again. I am running a very high end system with a very powerful video card and the graphics on this game still are bad. When you look out of the sides of the airplane (left, right, back, etc) the program requires 'loading time' in order to render the cockpit art. Totally unacceptable in my book. No amount of settings adjusting could correct this on my computer. If the largest software company in the world is going to release a program, and charge 50 bucks a pop for it, I think that the graphics should not only be adequate but should absolutely kick some behind! Flight Simulator is a serious disappointment in that department. The dynamics are interesting. I guess if all you want to do is look straight ahead and instrument fly you are in luck here because the dynamics seem to be fairly realistic. The adjustable difficulty settings are nice and the variety of airports to take off and land on are a nice feature as well (though there isn't much difference between runways as far as particular problems in approach are concerned, because the MS flight sim world is COMPLETELY FLAT). Poor showing Microsoft. Hire some coders who can make the artwork something other than ameturish and you may just have something. Look to some of your competitors work for an example, or take a ride in a real plane and make an attempt to recreate not only the way it handles, but how the world really looks and what it is like to turn your head around in a cockpit. I guarantee it is nothing like FS 2000.
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Summary: It runs great
Review: Some people say they have trouble running on some systems. I have not had any problems. I run it on a Cel. 400 with 128 meg RAM. It is smooth. I love flight sims and this is one of the best. I wish they would add more for you to do while flying long runs on auto but I guess sim restroom breaks would be a bit much. If you like to fly and want to try several aircraft give this one a try.
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Summary: Great simulator
Review: This is a great flight simulator, if you have the computer to handle it. I'm running an 866 pIII so I have no problems running the game. The best part about this game in my opinion are the lessons that allow you to get virtually licensed to fly. They have everything from a private pilots license to the airline transport pilot certificate. Although you still won't get a real feel for an aircraft, it is still a good virtual tool for when you get your real license. I also like the gps system that is in 2000. As long as you have a computer that can handle it, this is a great flight simulator.
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Summary: Excellent product
Review: Simply speaking, this product is fantastic. It is realistic, visually stunning, and packed with features. The 3rd party support is probably the biggest plus (see avsim.com and flightsim.com in particular). On my Athlon 850 (TNT2 3D card) I get a frame rate of about 18-20, but even when it drops to 12 or so it still looks fine. The 3rd-party support is intense as well (see avsim.com and flightsim.com in particular). I'm hooked.
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Summary: Duh!
Review: Is it the best sim ever? Of course! Do you need a faster computer? Of course. That's like the law of nature: you want a better game so you have to have a more powerful computer. You are not gonna keep your old PII 300 forever, are you? You gotta move on with technology! Duh!
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Summary: Totally Stunning!
Review: This sim is great! It has got to be the BEST one ever made on planet earth, and probably has the same distinction in the universe too. The computer I run it on is a PentiumII, 256 meg RAM, and a 17 inch screen in 1152x834x16bpp. I have the display settings in the Flight sim set Pretty high, and I get Frame rates at about 9 per second. If I set the display settings all the way down, I get anywhere from 25 frames per second, to 65 frames per second. I don't think-myself-that 9 Frames per second is not flyable, I think that it is really very nice. I hope this helps you!
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