FerSor Posted April 11, 2019 Share Posted April 11, 2019 I'm seriously looking for another flight simulator game. I'm new to this Forum and I would like everyone's opinion on the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorstenRenk Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 It really depends on what you want. FG is an OpenSource product, which means it doesn't make profits by being sold, which in turn means the ability to sell or market it doesn't influence development. That means that it comes with some features out of the box which might be somewhat hard to get otherwise (out of the box a detailed light scattering model in the atmosphere, the ability to let it drive 10 screens of a cockpit from multiple graphics cards, the ability to connect to a tablet to a running session via http and use that as an instructor station to monitor performance and cause failures,...) but also that (dependent on what you want) you may need some time to learn configuration etc. and you may need to write some xml to get your control HW supported properly. Quality of airplanes varies correspondingly compared to a product that needs to be marketed - some are just rough and unfinished by people who enjoy tinkering a bit, others at the high end couldn't be marketed because they require you to train like for the real thing before you can get anything done and only few people put up with that. Since it's free, you can just download the package and make up your mind whether that's what you want or not. (And please don't call it a game - the JSBSim code driving the flight dynamics is a research and industry tool, benchmark-tested against NASA simulation codes and FG is (among other things) developed for research and industry applications,...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardHarrison Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I'm seriously looking for another flight simulator game. I'm new to this Forum and I would like everyone's opinion As always it depends what you want to do. FlightGear doesn't (yet) have a study level modern passenger airliner. GA, military jets and helicopters are well represented, and the 777 or 707 are both great. The scenery can be of variable quality, some areas are great (LOWI, grand canyon, PHNL) but others lacking. Also the ground station data hasn't been updated for a few years. However you can get great results both inside and outside the cockpit. http://www.fguk.me/media/kunena/attachments/667/FlightGear2019-03-05_19-02-22.jpg http://wiki.flightgear.org/images/thumb/c/c0/SOTM-June17.png/800px-SOTM-June17.png http://www.science-and-fiction.org/FG/pics/fg_shuttle02.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO Jaden AR Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Not only the 777 and the 707, but the A320. The A320 model is the best study level aircraft. The only thing I don't like the A320 in FGFS is the MCDU. Some are missing. LIke the SIDS and STARS, Latitude, etc. Other than that, the FGFS is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 For someone who prefers GA VFR flight, how does Flightgear compare to FS2004 in terms of scenery/terrain graphics, navigation, available aircraft, and system requirements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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