
Some are lighthearted fun, such as playing the role of a stunt pilot (complete with announcer) trying to land on a moving bus or racing a jet-powered truck. These include well-done tutorials and many missions with compelling goals and surprising midflight twists. But Flight Simulator X also adds significant features tailored to the player who would be bored to tears by simply flying from Akron to San Francisco in real time, most notably a series of goal-oriented missions (and an editor that will surely result in a huge number of add-on scenarios). How much these issues hinder your enjoyment of the game will depend upon what kind of frame rates you need to enjoy a civilian flight sim.All of the features hardcore simmers have come to expect in the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise are here in spades, such as the entire world being modeled in exquisite detail simulations of everything from ultralights to gliders to Cessnas to commercial airliners to helicopters realism that makes the sim a great trainer for those seeking a real pilot’s license and more.

Unfortunately, on most systems at anything other than the lowest of the game’s graphics settings, the simulation has significant performance issues.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X is an incredible piece of software, providing almost unbelievable capabilities for a consumer product.
