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Flight Simulator 2004

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  • 31-08-2003 12:47am
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    sci0x
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    Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight looks class! Its celebrating 100 years of powered flight and marks the 20th anniversary of the program itself.

    Did anyone get it? Any good?


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    DiscoStu
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭DiscoStu


    an imrovment in eye candy and and atc functions nothing much else. the flight model is still as flawed as always (take up a cessna 172/182 gradually raise nose and cut throttle. once you reach stall speed one of the wings should drop suddenly and then the aircraft should go into a flat spin. it dosent). that said the eye candy is beautiful. the 3d clouds look fantastic and flying around major cities is a joy. it comes at a price though a 3ghz+ processoer and a raedon9700 will have trouble running it smoothly. tbh a nicely customised fs2002 installation will be easier on your computer and can look just as good(fsuipc can be used to create a fog effect that looks as good as the fs2004 built in one with only a fraction of the frame rate hit). if you want the best flight model go for xplane. scenery in it though looks like a pile of poo.


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    RicardoSmith
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    That about sums it up. Does look great though. I just couldn't handle X-Planes dire graphics. Especially when its so expensive as well. Theres some GPS functionality in 2004 that hasn't been in it before. Though again I think you can get 3rd party products that are just as good. I wouldn't mind picking up 2002 when its a little cheaper. Its still very pricey.


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