It's a game. I'm pretty bored after a few minutes.

I had the chance to test the beta (from 20 Jan to 28 Feb) and was not impressed. The there is not much difference between the beta and just released free version.

So far, I have done all 4 "training" missions, all Aerocache hunts except the high flying glider. Not got that last one because the Steerman and the Icon5 are having trouble reaching that altutude. I got to 15,000 and could see it but was gaining altitude at a painful rate of about 10-15 feet a minute. All the Free Trial Aerocaches are in the same location as in the Beta, so I'm repeating it again, how boring (grrrrrr)! The challenges are a tad boring as well.

Simply put. This is not what I want to do with a Flight "Simulator", of which MS Flight does not feel like to me.

I'm off to fly a Captain Sim 707 from Australia to anywhere (except Hawaii)!

Mark

Well, I for one had high hopes for this product, but it's a poor rendition of flying in my opinion. I understand the gammy part, but the planes are not very realistic and the ORBX scenery is way better.

FSX is still the best there is... 

Lou

Is the flight and/or weather engine better somehow?

WOW, I really truly liked all those Jetliners and Helicopters and thunder storms in it too. Really Awsum. Ahhh wait , I just woke up from a nice Dream, and now ya'll tell me it ain't happinin ?? OMG somethings gone terribly wrong ! What happened to the simulator flight experience that we all loved so much ? Ohhh well, they'll have to learn just like the Edsel car company and that disasterous YUGO car company.

When you turn the FSX flying aids on and go for a mission of some kind, you will be able to see a large part of Flight already. Means audio notes, goals, pointers, rewards.
When you enter Flight, turn off the aids and jump into the free flight screen, you have a good rendition of flying around in smaller planes and I can't spot any big downsides on the behaviour of them. In fact, I actually think that some of the stuff is rendered more correct and more detailed as on FSX planes. The landing part and turbulence comes to my mind. Sound details and lighting too.

We're still talking about a totally free game and from reading some of the impressions about the pay-contents, it's not that bad at all. Even compared to FSX payware which not only offers some well done and detailed titles, but also some lame ducks for 30 bucks.  

So I wonder where the strong language comes in and I also wonder if some folks remember the first FSX days.
The only 'crap' I've found is the rather rigid way to sell new stuff and to pay for each and every item which goes beyond one Hawaiian island without ATC and other planes flying around. That's not something I'm too tempted about, especially when being able to enjoy the good FSX payware I already own. Since they also refuse third party devs to enter, I really wonder what the future will bring for Flight.

However, I think the open minded folks should fly more than 5 minutes and then may come to the point of looking at it with an interest on further developments. It's free! Just head for the first missions and then free flight is available. Otherwise it's very much like judging a book by its cover. Just sayin'. They had a forum full of rants over at Avsim. I doubt that there was much use, but a ton of emotions.  

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I like the actual display and the behaviour of the planes much better. As said, I've only tried the free ones so far, but the folks running the Hawaii addon plus the other planes seem to be happy. Just make sure to disable all the helping things with autorudder, mixture and so on and you'll get the FSX-alike setup with the benefits of less performance impact and, in my eyes, a better display.

However, I would have loved to see more 'future' on the whole graphics aspect. It surely received improvements over FSX, but I had expected more. It runs fine though, even on my old laptop.

I may add that I'm looking for some more addon dev's statements on X-Plane 10. Looks like a good setup for me, at least an interesting one. Their dev studio isn't closed. And it surely aims at simulating things, which of course leads to the more or less awkward ways of interacting, just like on our well known FSX, we've already got so used to.  

Is there a chance that the game can be expanded to include more of the world?  Will third party companies add airplanes at some point?  I think the weather in FSX is a little lacking, is it better in Flight?

Great idea CoolP!

This is FSX with scenery at max


Google Earth


Flight


For level of detail, Flight is very good vs standard FSX.

Lou

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