Best Flight Sim To Date!

User Rating: 9.4 | Microsoft Flight Simulator X PC
By Geon106 | Review Date:
The Flight Simulator franchise is a long one, one with many fans. The 10th installment is yet again pushing boundarys of gameplay just as previous versions have. This game is fantastic, and it does live up to its reputation as being hard to get to play at a suitable frame rate even with a modern graphics card. The computer i use to play the game:

Socket 939 Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3.7Ghz
nVidia Geforce 7600 GS 256MB
2GB 400Mhz DDR RAM
5.1 Dedicated Soundcard
Windows XP Pro Sp/2, DX9.0c

I can honestly say the game performs well with that spec with the graphics on Medium High, although the textures are "blocky" and frame rates do indeed plummet occasionally. But i'd say the game is playable. The Pro's
The game is very immersive, with many aircraft to fly all round the world. Superb graphics even on DX9
You can act as Air Traffic Control in Multiplayer(with deluxe)
Missions
Dynamic world

The Con's
A few graphical glitches
Low frame rates Could have had better ground textures
Could have modelled bridges better, esp famous bridges which aren't in the game

If your a flight sim fan, this game is for you. I recommend a Geforce 6600 GT or higher graphics card however(7 or 8 Series preferbly).

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