Flight Simulator
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@Scaff Better cameras for the Goose. https://flightsim.to/file/5569/grumman-g21-goose-better-cameras
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- Neil Pearl Jam
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So as I’m sure you guys are finding out, it’s not perfect and has a few interesting foibles, bridges are not great if we’re being honest ( but loads of free mods to correct a lot of them ) some landmarks are of dubious qualities say the least, but how are you finding it overall? judging from the posts you all seem to be enjoying it.
I myself am loving every minute of it so far.. 300 plus hours for me and its been keeping me away from my PS4 for months now, I fly mainly in VR nowadays and I never fail to be gobsmacked, the 3rd party jets are fantastic fun:tup:
I myself am loving every minute of it so far.. 300 plus hours for me and its been keeping me away from my PS4 for months now, I fly mainly in VR nowadays and I never fail to be gobsmacked, the 3rd party jets are fantastic fun:tup:
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I loving it so far, enough to have a Logitech stick on its way to me, it’s also likely I will be heading to VR as soon as a bonus allows it.
Given the scale of ambition in mapping the world and the community filling in the bits that need it I’m more than accepting of the issues.
The mod side of things is bloody expensive coming from the world of racing sim modding.
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Yes they’re certainly an eye opener for me as I’ve never used a PC before this one and was unaware of the whole modding scene but there’s also a ton of free ones that I’m loving adding to my planes, the RAF Valley scenery mod is fantastic and as I do most of my flights from there it’s remarkable that it’s free, I’m also debating which joystick to go for and so far I’m leaning towards the Airbus Thrustmaster which has really good reviews for MSFS and I like the idea of a separate throttle system 👍
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I assume some of these mods are free and some are paid for?? Are they basically user-created content?
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All the mods on the site posted above are free and yes it’s user created content but there are some seriously skilled guys doing them as there are absolute crackers to be found
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I've just downloaded this too.
https://flightsim.to/file/4930/aircraft-carrier-uss-msfs-uk-mooring
It puts aircraft carrier groups at certain places around the world. There's one in the Thames, and another off the Isle of Wight, as well as many others, and it allows you to land and take off from the carrier.
https://flightsim.to/file/4930/aircraft-carrier-uss-msfs-uk-mooring
It puts aircraft carrier groups at certain places around the world. There's one in the Thames, and another off the Isle of Wight, as well as many others, and it allows you to land and take off from the carrier.
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@daan I've done a quite nice video for the Goose for you.
I used the add-on Replay tool to put this together...
https://flightsim.to/file/8163/flight-recorder
...which is a workable tool to be able to record your flight and then replay it to grab video or screenshots.
I used the add-on Replay tool to put this together...
https://flightsim.to/file/8163/flight-recorder
...which is a workable tool to be able to record your flight and then replay it to grab video or screenshots.
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If any of you guys ever partake in multiplayer, who knows, we could meet up for a group flight or something.. I’ll take you on a tour to the Mach Loop 
my username on MSFS is unsurprisingly NEILPEARLJAM ( I think, that’s what I see on the welcome screen )
my username on MSFS is unsurprisingly NEILPEARLJAM ( I think, that’s what I see on the welcome screen )
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Hi everyone. I've had my eye on Microsoft Flight Simulator for a little while, and now I'm thinking of getting it on Steam. However, I'm led to believe that running the installer counts as playtime, which would take me over the threshold for Steam refunds. Therefore, I want to make absolutely sure that MFS is for me before I commit.
Question 1: My laptop meets the minimum specs for MFS, while the video card, RAM and OS are at the recommended specs, according to System Requirements Lab. While I believe that this would be sufficient to run MFS quite well, I would like a second opinion if at all possible. My specs are as follows:
Video Card: GeForce RTX 2060
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows 10
Hard Drive Space: 195 GB
Question 2: I do not have a flight joystick. Will a DualShock 4 work with MFS, and how is the flying experience with a joypad?
Question 3: How accessible is the game to a flight-sim beginner/casual? How easy is it to get in and fly, and how much practice would it take to become proficient in flying a typical aircraft?
Question 4: Is it possible to fast-forward during flights, or will I have to complete all flights in real-time?
Question 1: My laptop meets the minimum specs for MFS, while the video card, RAM and OS are at the recommended specs, according to System Requirements Lab. While I believe that this would be sufficient to run MFS quite well, I would like a second opinion if at all possible. My specs are as follows:
Video Card: GeForce RTX 2060
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows 10
Hard Drive Space: 195 GB
Question 2: I do not have a flight joystick. Will a DualShock 4 work with MFS, and how is the flying experience with a joypad?
Question 3: How accessible is the game to a flight-sim beginner/casual? How easy is it to get in and fly, and how much practice would it take to become proficient in flying a typical aircraft?
Question 4: Is it possible to fast-forward during flights, or will I have to complete all flights in real-time?
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I'll answer the points I have experience of.
It is as "easy" as you want to make it. You can have your co-pilot take care of practically everything, but you can dial sections back so you have control over the bits you want to control. I am by no means an expert, but I can take off, fly around and land without any real difficulty. ATC and all the specifics about doing a cold start, for example, are left to my co-pilot, although I find myself having to manually do the ATC on landing sometimes.
You can chose to jump to certain points of the flight. For example, after take off, you can jump straight to the descent phase, or the final approach. I tend to do short hops in slow planes so I don't use that feature much.
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it will run it quite comfortably but don’t expect to have all your settings set to high or ultra but it will be enjoyable enough I’m sure, one thing to note, your storage is extremely limited as the base install itself is now near 140 gb with all the new updates that’s been added so it doesn’t leave much wriggle room for you I’m afraid if you’re wanting to download mods and stuff ( which are excellent) I run mine off a SSD which helps load times immensely so if I were you I’d look to purchase a separate one...just my opinion obviously
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Yes.. 100%
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I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to have this game... 
... but, like the Cities: Skylines thread, I'm enjoying the game vicariously through what you guys are posting.
Which begs the question, are you taking requests/suggestions of where to fly over? 💡
... but, like the Cities: Skylines thread, I'm enjoying the game vicariously through what you guys are posting.
Which begs the question, are you taking requests/suggestions of where to fly over? 💡
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Want us to fly over your house?I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to have this game...
... but, like the Cities: Skylines thread, I'm enjoying the game vicariously through what you guys are posting.
Which begs the question, are you taking requests/suggestions of where to fly over? 💡
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Yep, fire away.I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to have this game...
... but, like the Cities: Skylines thread, I'm enjoying the game vicariously through what you guys are posting.
Which begs the question, are you taking requests/suggestions of where to fly over? 💡
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can’t wait to try this in VR later
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