FlightSim.Com Reviews: German Airports 2

German Airports 2

By Martin Parker (15 December 1998)

his is the second in the series of German airports, and contains scenery for Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hannover, Kassel Calden, Koeln Bonn, Munster, Paderborn and Leipzig. Before reading this review I would recommend reading the excellent review of German Airports 1 by John Haley.

Tested on:

P233MMX
64 meg RAM
3Dfx voodoo card

Requires:

P100
16 meg RAM for FSFW95 or 32 for FS98
CDROM

Installation

Simply insert the CD and it will autorun. Follow the instructions.

Comments

There is very little that I can add to John Haley's excellent review of German Airports 1. Clearly the developers have spent considerable time in designing this product and there is nothing that you can fault it on. Typical German engineering! All of the runway signs are large enough to read clearly in 800 x 600 mode. All of the docking lights work. Frame rates are remarkably good considering the scenery. There was no noticeable difference before installing this software, as to after it was installed.

There are no static aircraft at the airports, however you can download them from Aerosoft's Web site.

The handbook that accompanies this product is quite well done and includes all of the Jeppesen airport and approach plates, which are easy to read. However I would have liked to have seen a map of Germany, with the airports marked on. If you are a newbie and cannot navigate, then the maps are pretty much useless until you figure out how to navigate. If the airports were marked on a map of Germany, at least you could have flown from one airport to another using a compass bearing from the VOR. Perhaps they may put it on their Web site for people to download and print out (publishers take note, hint, hint).

Overall this is a quality product which will no doubt sell by the bucket full. The only things that remains to be said is: How about doing some English airports, Aerosoft?

Note: The authors of German Airports 1 maintain a Web site that includes free downloads of static aircraft that can be added to the airports. You can visit them at http://home.t-online.de/home/Th-Hirsch/Gap-Main.htm

Martin Parker
mart1969@mindspring.com

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