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KostaAndreadis
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Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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A stunning technical achievement and a hardcore simulator that is both approachable and transcendent. We took to the skies over the course of dozens of hours with Microsoft Flight Simulator and marveled at the miracle of flight, our planet, and how developer Asobo and the Xbox team delivered one of the year's defining experiences. The latest instalment in the long running Flight Simulator series from Microsoft continues the trend of being as focused on ensuring the propeller on a Cessna 152 is the same dimension, size, and weight of its real-world counterpart as it is presenting the sort of distance and scale we rarely see in digital form. In 2020, Microsoft Flight Simulator leverages technology that feels as much of our current place and time as it does the immediate and distant future. Our Full Microsoft Flight Simulator Review |
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KostaAndreadis
Posts: 7304
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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A note on the 'ol score... 10 doesn't mean perfect and that a game is without faults. It's simply the highest score we assign. Microsoft Flight Simulator more than earns this, and if you have any specific questions relating to elements -- let us know. |
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#1 05:27pm 17/08/20 |
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Steve Farrelly
AusGamers Editor
Posts: 8652
Location: Sydney, New South Wales
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Can I fly in this world as Iron Man? |
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#2 06:22pm 17/08/20 |
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Steel Praetorian
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Definiton of Miracle: An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency. Human flight is a combination of science/technology/mechanics, not the divine. |
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#3 06:23pm 17/08/20 |
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KostaAndreadis
Posts: 7305
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Indeed! Didn't use 'Miracle' in the strictest sense of the term. More humility than the divine, more my understanding of flight versus ol' Xenu done did it. The question is, is Iron Man "a combination of science/technology/mechanics"? |
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#4 06:32pm 17/08/20 |
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fpot
Posts: 27134
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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Definiton of Miracle: An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency. Human flight is a combination of science/technology/mechanics, not the divine.What an odd thing to say. What sort of bandwidth was being used? Are you able to set a max limit? |
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#5 08:36pm 17/08/20 |
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KostaAndreadis
Posts: 7306
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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Basically ~1GB per hour on average, though location hopping I was using more than that. Might be wrong but I reckon 4GB easy an hour for intensive looking at different spots to find a scenic locale (check my vid). There is an offline mode and you can set data limits, how much to stream, track total data usage and so forth. The tools are there to help manage and you can turn the streaming off completely for an "offline" experience. |
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#6 10:49pm 17/08/20 |
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trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 40029
Location: Other International
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Basically ~1GB per hour on average, though location hopping I was using more than that. Might be wrong but I reckon 4GB easy an hour for intensive looking at different spots to find a scenic locale (check my vid). There is an offline mode and you can set data limits, how much to stream, track total data usage and so forth. The tools are there to help manage and you can turn the streaming off completely for an "offline" experience.Is it possible to offline cache the entire world?! |
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#7 09:19am 18/08/20 |
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fpot
Posts: 27135
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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You can set your maximum cache size, so your SSD space is the limit. edit: just had my first quick little run around. Manhattan ran well on high settings some things turned up to ultra. Can't wait to get all my s*** done today and then really get stuck into it. |
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#8 11:09am 18/08/20 |
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ravn0s
Posts: 19227
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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Is it possible to offline cache the entire world?! you got 2 petabytes laying around? |
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#9 12:25pm 18/08/20 |
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KostaAndreadis
Posts: 7307
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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There's the answer... the world is big... petabytely |
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#10 12:51pm 18/08/20 |
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fpot
Posts: 27137
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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Can't wait to visit the Great Australian Petabyte. |
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#11 03:15pm 18/08/20 |
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trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 40030
Location: Other International
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Dumb lazy question but how does one buy this; it's not on Steam that I can see - is the only digital option the MS store? |
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#12 05:32pm 18/08/20 |
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fpot
Posts: 27138
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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It's on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microso |
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#13 05:39pm 18/08/20 |
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trog
AGN Admin
Posts: 40031
Location: Other International
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wtf, so weird - I went through Steam yesterday and couldn't find it anywhere. Thanks for the tip, I'll check out Gamepass. I think I'm gonna wait a bit as I think I might need to upgrade to get the most out of it. Looks so awesome though. |
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#14 11:57am 19/08/20 |
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trillion
Posts: 4480
Location: Ballarat, Victoria
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Spook
Posts: 41500
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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is this thing still there!?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8652751/Melbourne-monolith-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-created-mistake.html |
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#16 12:17pm 22/08/20 |
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fpot
Posts: 27143
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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Yep it's still there. Hasn't been an update yet so I'll check again later. |
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#17 12:59pm 22/08/20 |
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fpot
Posts: 27145
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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fpot
Posts: 27188
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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A patch which has improved performance greatly has just dropped. I haven't tested it out yet but apparently the difference is very noticeable. details |
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#19 07:01am 17/09/20 |
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Twisted
Posts: 12457
Location: Brisbane, Queensland
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The last patch was quite good for sure in game performance. I would really like the Garmin G1000 brought more up to speed, its pretty good, but needs quite a bit more done. More weather improvements would be good too, e.g. more impact from wind conditions, etc. What kit is everybody rocking these days? My currently setup is: Honeycomb Alpha Flight Yolk (yoke flying -- using Logitech Extreme 3D Pro for throttle) Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick (stick flying -- still going strong after 15+ years!) Thrustmaster TMX Pro (via UCR) for rudder pedals/foot break. My wife doesn't realise that the Honeycomb Bravo Quadrant and Honeycomb Charlie pedals are on the horizon just yet. But I've just bought her some new camera lenses to distract her :P |
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