Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Game)

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

GAME » on October 10, 2006

Microsoft's Flight Simulator X is the 2006 installment in the "Flight Simulator" series. Featuring many updates from its predecessors, it is the first Microsoft Flight Simulator game to be DX10 enabled.

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Overview

Since the release of the original Microsoft Flight Simulator in 1982, the title steadily increased in popularity hitting it's mark finally with the last release in the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise with Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Due to it's long running popularity, Flight Simulator has spawn an entire third party market dedicated specifically to creating and selling add-ons for the game, new scenery, new aircraft, extremely detailed airports, scenario creators and even entire fictional economies have been created for Flight Simulator, where players sign-up and fly cargo and passengers to earn virtual money that can be used to upgrade aircraft, acquire new jobs and progress in your career as a virtual pilot. Flight Simulator X is currently the most popular civil flight sim on the market, with hundreds upon hundreds of add-ons made to enhance the flying experience. Flight Simulator X is such a well known and highly praised simulator that Lockheed Martin, the same company that brought you the F-16, acquired the source code from Microsoft for use in a new flight simulator by the title of Prepar3D, intended for use by civil pilots and instructors.

Aircraft

Airbus A321
Air Creation 582-SL Trike Ultralight
Beechcraft Baron 58
Beechcraft Baron 58 G1000
Beechcraft Kingair 350
Bell 206B JetRanger
Boeing 737-800
Boeing 747-400
Bombardier CRJ-700
Bombardier Learjet LJ-45
Cessna 208-B Grand Caravan
Cessna 172S SkyhawkSP
Cessna 172S SkyHawkSP G1000 *
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver Floatplane
De Havilland DHC-Dash 8-100 **
DG-808-S Competitiion Sailplane
Douglas DC-3
Extra EA-300-S
Grumman G-21-A Goose *
Maule Orion M-7-260-C Super Rocket on Skis *
Maule Orion M-7-260-C Super Rocket *
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 **
Mooney M-20-M Bravo *
Mooney M-20-M Bravo G1000
Piper-PA-28 Cherokee 180 **
Piper J-3C-65 Cub
Robinson R-22 Beta II
Deluxe Edition only
- AI controlled only

System Requirements

Microsoft® Windows® XP SP2 / Windows Vista
PC with 1 GHz equivalent or higher processor
RAM: Windows XP SP2 - 256MB, Windows Vista – 512MB
15 GB available hard disk space
DVD-ROM drive
32 MB DirectX 9 compatible video card required
Sound card, speakers or headphones required for audio
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
56.6 Kbps or better modem for online play

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