Bowman Creek Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 My Flight Sim journey began at age 13 when I was in grade school with 5.1 on CD on a Packard Bell and continued to 95 and 98, although the latter two never captured me like 5.1 did. Particularly with 5.1, I remember sitting at my school desk, doodling the Cessna's instrument panel in my marble composition tablets. In my mind's eye, I can picture so many sim-related web sites, virtual airlines, webrings, banner exchanges, etc. I still could rattle off names of aircraft and scenery designers, all of whom I hope are still with us. (Sadly, I saw a couple are not.) Education and then life then interjected. A couple months ago, my brother sent me a link to the MSFS announcement. Approaching 40, it was like being a kid again. A lot of the sites I knew are (and have been) long gone -- but thankfully, not FlightSim.com. I would love to see a renaissance of what seemed to me the golden era of flight simulation. I never tried Prepar3D, although I understand it is the tour de force of the X engine's development. Having effectively moved from 5.1 through 98's blocky scenery tiles and largely generic structures, MSFS is visually mind-blowing. Sure, up close, it could be refined, but knowing where flight simulation was to where it is now, I can never seriously complain about visuals. My machine still isn't up to the task -- talk about a nostalgic feeling -- but I am itching to do what I could not do (or convince my parents to do) as a child -- get the newest tech with the most powerful graphics card (I remember when the "VooDoo" cards came out; I want a 3090 now like I wanted a VooDoo then). It's good to be back. I never realized how much I missed simming and its community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Nels_Anderson Posted September 8, 2020 Founder Share Posted September 8, 2020 Hi Adam, welcome back! We've been keeping the Flight Simulator flame alive all these years when Microsoft abandoned us. It's great to see people like yourself coming back. Hopefully both old-timers and newbies will discover our community here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Welcome back, Adam. Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro752 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 What's up, players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doering1 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Very cool Adam! Yes, it is a great feeling! Check my signature if you wish for a few more memories! Cheers! My latest video at The Flight Level - TOP GUN | MSFS | F-14 Tomcat (Heatblur & IndiaFoxtEcho) + NAS Miramar 1986 (Sundownersim) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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