MSFS 2004: Worth the buy?

[MarineGrunt]

I currently have MSFS 2002 Pro, and was wondering if it is worth it to upgrade to '04. Anything new with terrain, ATC, graphics, etc?


Comments appreciated...

 

[crowbar]

I don't think so, but I only have a 2.0 GHz P4 and 32 meg video card with 512 megs of ram, and it don't run worth a chit, 10 FPS.

Try http://www.flightsimnetwork.com/cgi/dcforum/dcboard.cgi?az=list&forum=DCForumID21&conf=DCConfID1

FS2002 runs well on my pc though, and FS98 kicks asss.

 

[MarineGrunt]

I have a pretty good system, 120 gig, 1 gig RAM, and a pretty good Raedon graphics card, so thats not a problem. I was interested particularilly in the features of the program. I actually had it in the shopping cart the other day, but took it out because I didn't know if there were any significant differences...

 

[ILLINI]

Speakikng of MS Flight Sim.....


Anyone know where I can find a download for a Canadair CRJ (CL65)? Are they free or do you have to pay?

I'm still new to MSFS.

 

[U of I Tweak]

My personal opinion....although it doesn't run on my computer it's worth the buy for 2004.

As far as airplanes a few of my favorite pages are www.simviation.com
www.avsim.com

if you want to register (it's free)
www.flightsim.com
www.planesimulation.com

I've got way too many airplanes for my own good....I'm sure I could probably dig up a Cl-65 or something similar.

 

[Jafar]

If you've got the horsepower to run it, I'd get it. I tried it on my machine but it was to weak for it. After turning all the eye candy off it ran okay, but I like eye candy. I think it could be a decent training aid, insturment wise. (Providing you throw in a yoke, pedals, throttle, etc.)

 

[Lucky]

Sorry to change the sim subject, gotta saw Crowbar... SWEET AVATAR... whats the story?

 

[saabcaptain]

i think it is well worth the upgrade. the world graphics and textures are much improved, panels are worlds better, the airports all look better with everyone having taxi signs and markings, the weather generator is much better with nearly realistic looking clouds and moving and changing weather FRONTS in real time. for example on a humid summer morning in kansas you can watch in real time as the sky starts clear then some puffy clouds start forming and then full t-storm/anvil fronts are formed with a pelting rain.

has a jepp database of the entire WORLD, a full simulation of the modern Garmin GPS moving maps systems for approaches etc., and more. atc is much better and more realistic and much more...

to me $40-50 for that stuff is pretty nice. runs well on my 2.4 ghz, GeForce 4, 512 RAM computer.

 

[Crizz]

It is a very decent product. I use it as a training aid for IFR students and they love it.

However, it irritates me that you can never go fully IMC. When I set clouds for 200 and vis for 1/2 mile there is no way I should be able to see the ground at 2500' and no way I should be able to see the runway lights 6 miles out. Anyone know whats up with that?

 

[Vladimir Lenin]

worth every penny

2.7G
and a
Nice video card

 

[MarineGrunt]

It is a very decent product. I use it as a training aid for IFR students and they love it.

However, it irritates me that you can never go fully IMC. When I set clouds for 200 and vis for 1/2 mile there is no way I should be able to see the ground at 2500' and no way I should be able to see the runway lights 6 miles out. Anyone know whats up with that?

Are you sure you're setting the weather to "local" and not "world? (or the other way around) When you set the weather for local, you are setting it for about a 10mi radius around the airport. When you set world weather, you are setting it for everywhere else...