BF2S Forums [FSX or FS2004] IRIS F-14

I'd rather just get the FSX Acceleration add-on and get the F-18/P-51 tbh.

The only payware I'd ever get for FSX is the Space Launch/Shuttle simulator.

I may be missing the point entirely here, but can I shoot stuff now?

Uzique wrote:

SharkyMcshark wrote:

I may be missing the point entirely here, but can I shoot stuff now?

No, you still sit in a chair for 8 hours and fly from pixellated Point A to pixellated Point B to land in an indistinguishable low-res airport.

Or, if you're me, you sit in a chair for 5 minutes, flying from pixelated point A to nearest pixelated mountain, crash, quit game, put disc back in box, put box in cupboard and never 'play' it ever again.

I was quite disappointed... There are better flying experiences than that plane on FSX. I don't have FSX anymore, so I couldn't try it out again.

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Uzique wrote:

SharkyMcshark wrote:

I may be missing the point entirely here, but can I shoot stuff now?

No, you still sit in a chair for 8 hours and fly from pixellated Point A to pixellated Point B to land in an indistinguishable low-res airport.

Or, if you're me, you sit in a chair for 5 minutes, flying from pixelated point A to nearest pixelated mountain, crash, quit game, put disc back in box, put box in cupboard and never 'play' it ever again.

I once tried to fly a Beoing 7something the air plane from the states to something like England or something i don't remember, and i quit after 5 minutes.
The taking off only took me 4 minutes.

usmarine wrote:

aerodynamic wrote:

I once tried to fly a Beoing 7something the air plane from the states to something like England or something i don't remember, and i quit after 5 minutes.
The taking off only took me 4 minutes.

because its a simulation.  if you want arcade jets, go play bf2 or something.

I love FSX. The amount of satisfaction you get from a good landing is brilliant. Also, if you update the textures and get all the really detailed airports it looks absolutely fabulous.

nah military planes aren't my thing. I prefer to fly the 747X from pmdg amazing plane

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Uzique wrote:

usmarine wrote:

Uzique wrote:

No, you still sit in a chair for 8 hours and fly from pixellated Point A to pixellated Point B to land in an indistinguishable low-res airport.

or for some of us who actually fly you can keep your navigation skills up to date and shoot approaches that you dont usually do on a regular basis.  but, you know everything so you should know that already.

and you play WoW so you are in NO position to judge anything about the uselessness of a game.

I do? Oh, thanks for informing me of that Because I defend WoW players in bf2s threads that means I'm a hardcore player? Haha! Besides, I'm pretty sure just about any MMO is more engaging and entertaining than sitting on yer arse staring at 2D cloud patterns for 6 hours with the 'Autopilot' turned on-- especially when the sappy fucks buy hundreds of dollars worth of 'authentic' joy-sticks and foot pedals etc. Sad, sad, sad. Flight simulator players are like the trainspotters of the gaming world, and I do quite honestly view them as a bigger scourge than your casual 13 year old with his Night Elf Druid!

As for yourself Marine, I coulda guessed why you play it... and that's fair enough. You're in a terribly small minority of flight-sim players though: people that have actually been in a cockpit in real life .

yes but i did play it before i even touched an airplane to get an idea.  and tbh, i feel it helped out.

Uzique wrote:

Yeah, I remember on TV once they got a proper flight-sim nerd to land a light aircraft (under supervision, of course) and he actually did it. Was pretty rough and far from a textbook landing but it's amazing what thousands of hours staring at a 19 inch monitor with thousands of dollars of investment on plastic toys can achieve for you. I'm not saying it's a bad simulator, my point is that you're an incredibly tiny minority of players that actually have anything to do with aviation. The rest just spend a shitload and sit up all night barking commands to other fake-pilots over Ventrilo in their home-made virtual cockpits; and yes, to me that is sadder than your average teenage WoW player.

i would say most people who play have an interest in aviation.  a lot fly to some degree.  it may even spark some interest.  not sure what WoW would do for you since you cant do any of that crap in real life.

usmarine wrote:

Uzique wrote:

Yeah, I remember on TV once they got a proper flight-sim nerd to land a light aircraft (under supervision, of course) and he actually did it. Was pretty rough and far from a textbook landing but it's amazing what thousands of hours staring at a 19 inch monitor with thousands of dollars of investment on plastic toys can achieve for you. I'm not saying it's a bad simulator, my point is that you're an incredibly tiny minority of players that actually have anything to do with aviation. The rest just spend a shitload and sit up all night barking commands to other fake-pilots over Ventrilo in their home-made virtual cockpits; and yes, to me that is sadder than your average teenage WoW player.

i would say most people who play have an interest in aviation.  a lot fly to some degree.  it may even spark some interest.  not sure what WoW would do for you since you cant do any of that crap in real life.

Of course not, but one could very capably argue that games are designed to be fun, and it's no crime to simply play a game for fun. When I play TF2 I play it because I enjoy the game, not because it's developing crucial hand-eye coordination skills that will lend themselves arbitrarily to some occupation or practice. In my opinion, as aerodynamic somewhat expressed, the realism extremism that certain flight-sim players get into is way over the top; sure everyone rags on WoW players because they spend their time in a fantasy universe, but at least WoW players recognise the casual divide between real-life and fantasy enjoyment. Flight sim nerds spend 8 hours a day flying from Heathrow to NY and back in a virtual space that means nothing... and I think the case that playing flight sims develops 'real' flight skills is a little spare. In certain examples of course, but then again there are countless sociological dissertations and published books around about how raid-leading in WoW develops teamwork and coordination abilities that lend themselves to corporate environments etc.etc... all bullshit.

But I digress, this is a thread for your game. My enjoyment ended at Microsoft Flight Simulator- which I must say was absolutely fantastic with a high-spec joystick. I just can't crack into the real simulation stuff though with all of the expensive peripherals, I guess I don't have that spark for aviation. Much preferred blowing the Luftwaffe into little pieces over continental Europe.

Last edited by Uzique (2008-12-27 12:44:19)

Poseidon wrote:

max wrote:

F14 > F18

wrong

F14s are bad-ass planes. F18s are meh

Top gun had F14

When the planes main activity is bombing countries with no AA capabilities only looks and general awesomeness count