Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has been a long awaited addition to the flight simulator community. It has promised amazing improvements in all aspects of the flight simulator boundaries. It has promised amazing graphics which it is certainly delivering. The ground scenery looks realistic with an amazing myriad of building as well as trees and water effects that are so realistic its unbelievable. The aircraft delivered also look outstanding with their high quality textures the immersion is impressive.
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What System Do You really Need for FS2020
If your new to flight simming they the computer you have needs to be considered carefully. The specification for FS 2020 from Microsoft look pretty reasonable, but is this reasonably the case.
Performance from flight simmers so far are showing thee specs are really not that accurate. If you want something as amazing as the pre release videos and pictures your going to need something really powerful. It is certainly possible to get frame rates around 20 to 30 FPS which will give you a good experience with 1080 P and medium settings has been shown on around recommended system specs.
If your looking for the cinematic videos we saw and had our jaws on the floor then your needing the latest in GPU’s and waiting for the next generation of 3000 Nvidia and The next generation of RADEON cards is probably a wise idea.
What Aircraft Do You get in MSFS 2020
If your really keen to get flying in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 then what aircraft you get in the three packages is very important. The basic level gives you a great variety from GA to turbo prop and jet airliners.
The question I have as someone who has flown for real and experienced jet fighter flight as well as helicopters is the flight model as good as say X Plane 11. The feedback is from another pilot with 2500 hrs fly aircraft is that its not as good and the pilot who commented was staying with X Plane 11 for its flight physics.
Flight Simulator Flight Physics – Why are sims different?
Flight simulator physics have been done a number of ways over the years. The early flight simulators like FSX and as well as Prepar3d used a table of reference figures and the computer would check what was being asked of it by the player and translate this into an action. The program would take into account environmental factors like wind and rain plus weight of the aircraft etc. to determine the aircrafts response.
The major issue is that it was measured at a single point on the aircraft. This makes it hard to get a realistic feel in my opinion.
Moving on to MSFS 2020 that have made this much better using a lot of individual points over the aircraft to make the flight model more realistic.
The superior flight model in my opinion is the X Plane 11 model as it uses what’s called Blade Theory which measures every centimeter of the aircraft as well as the airflow from the propeller and even exhaust thrust from turbine engines.
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Is it that important which is a better flight model? It is certainly down to the player or simmers point of view. Yes your allowed an opinion! So depending on what your looking for in a flight Simulator the answers will be different.
Flying MSFS 2020 is an amazing experience with the graphics with the caveat that will be great if you have the gear to make it so. If the graphical eye candy is your preference then your going to be a happy gamer/simmer.
If your looking for the finest quality realistic flight model and experience for your flight training or just knowing your flight model is better then you may not be so happy and choose to fly X Plane 11.
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