It wasn't the smoothest release, and the updates have some work to do, but overall this simulator (the latest of a long line in the series) is a graphically stunning marvel of a game; but i'm afraid that's just what is is for most. Now that Microsoft have decided to release their newest simulator across multiple platforms, I feel that the magic of flight simulator has been very much lost. There are facebook groups like never before, everyone is talking about mod this and mod that, as if it were Grand Theft Auto, or an arcade simulator. There definately seems to be a lot of depth missing from what I would have expected to be a next generation flight simulator.

We have the graphics and the technology, but I still think this simulator requires some of the new generation of some old fashioned addons to really satisfy the average flight simulator enthusiast. I personally can't wait to see what our old friends at Aerosoft, PMDG, QualityWings and others who delivered fantastic, high detailed and very realistic additions to previous editions of the sim that just made the experience better. I really do thing this is needed if this simulator is going to get past the "game" label it's been given.

It wasn't the smoothest release, and the updates have some work to do, but overall this simulator (the latest of a long line in the series) is a graphically stunning marvel of a game; but i'm afraid that's just what is is for most. Now that Microsoft have decided to release their newest simulator across multiple platforms, I feel that the magic of flight simulator has been very much lost. There are facebook groups like never before, everyone is talking about mod this and mod that, as if it were Grand Theft Auto, or an arcade simulator. There definately seems to be a lot of depth missing from what I would have expected to be a next generation flight simulator. We have the graphics and the technology, but I still think this simulator requires some of the new generation of some old fashioned addons to really satisfy the average flight simulator enthusiast. I personally can't wait to see what our old friends at Aerosoft, PMDG, QualityWings and others who delivered fantastic, high detailed and very realistic additions to previous editions of the sim that just made the experience better. I really do thing this is needed if this simulator is going to get past the "game" label it's been given.