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[RecommONd] PC Flight Sims

KreutzKreutz Blackwater Park, IARegistered User regular
edited September 2007 in Games and Technology
So I won a pretty bitching Saitek flight stick today, and I'm looking for some flight sims to use with it. I already have Heroes of the Pacific and MS Flight Simulator 2004. I really prefer air combat games to straight flight sims, so I doubt I'll rush out and get MSFSX any time soon. I'd also go for some space flight/fight stuff if there's anything good on that front.

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  • wobblyheadedbobwobblyheadedbob Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Fresspace is supposed to be fucking amazing and it's freeware now. It's an old-school space fighter sim a la X-Wing, I think.

    There's also MS Combat Flight Simulator 3 if you're into the realistic stuff.

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  • OhtsamOhtsam Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Tie Fighter
    Graphics aren't the best but damn its a great game

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  • RohanRohan Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Freespace
    Freespace 2
    X-Wing Alliance

    All old, but still the best in their field.

    X-3 - for something more cerebral...

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    For a change of pace on your standard flight sim, I've heard Allegience is pretty good. Best way I can describe it is Freespace meets Command & Conquor with most units controlled by a single player.

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  • StregoneStregone VA, USARegistered User regular
    edited September 2007
    il-2 sturmovik

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  • HarakhtiHarakhti Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    IL-2 Sturmovik series and Falcon 4.0 are still heralded as some of the best sims on the market. I absolutely recommend IL-2 and its successors. There's also a WWI flight sim in the works, Knights of the Sky, which utilizes the IL-2 engine.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Freespace 2
    Freespace 2
    Freespace 2




    Fresspace 2

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  • powersurgepowersurge Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    I was thinking about this earlier today but what little is left of the genre (on pc) is pretty much sim games and very few of them. Gone are the glory days of Jane's and whatnot. I think it would be pretty sweet to see something like Ace Combat come to the pc. Could play it on a 360 gamepad or uber HOTAS setup. Not super realistic as to turn off casuals but not arcadey enough to turn away flight junkies.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    Woah... there's a new installer/updater/downloader for the FS2 SCP which is astounding.

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  • Pajama_ManPajama_Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2007
    1946: IL-2 Sturmovik

    ...for the complete Sturmovik series and more.

    Falcon 4.0: Allied Force

    ...Retail stand alone upgrade version of the original.

    Independence War 1 and 2 (I-War)

    ...Just as good as the Freespace games IMO, but 2 has more privateer elements included.

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