X-Plane 10 Regional North America - PC

I'm a long time FS2004 flier. I started my sim career using Sub Logic Flight Sim II on the Apple IIc. I progressed though various flight sims including FS5, Fly, Fly II, Flight Unlimited (all three) and FS2004. I spent almost a decade flying FS2004. I spent hundreds of dollars buying add-ons, GoFlight modules, etc.When I built a new computer system, I decided to try X-Plane 10 demo. I tried various X-Plane demos, mostly for about 10-20 minutes then never using it again. However with my newest computer setup, I could run X-Plane with very high details and fluid frame rates. This convinced me to abandon FS2004 and go forward with X-Plane. I did reinstall FS2004 and my add-ons, but after flying with X-Plane, FS2004 just looked so "dated".X-Plane is a different simulator. It was a little difficult getting used to how it flies and specifically how to interface with the simulator. The keyboard and joystick commands were almost all different. Once I got out of my FS2004 habits, X-Plane really came alive for me. I bought this version (North American) because I didn't want to install 50 GB of world scenery when I mostly fly in the US. I saved about $30 over the cost of the world scenery version. I spent that extra $30 buying a few add-ons for X-Plane.Now you cannot compare FSX or FS2004 directly with X-Plane mainly because most people have advanced custom installs of Flight Simulator, and X-Plane out of the box is not exactly as impressive. But being recently released and actively developed, X-Plane supports some nice new technologies such as multiprocessors and advanced graphics options. I could take advantage of my new computer setup using X-Plane and once I spent about a week tweaking the options, I had X-Plane looking awesome and running great.I am impressed with the scenery, the mech data, the textures and mostly, how the aircraft fly. I've flown a real plane a few times as a student, and in my not-expert opinion, X-Plane aircraft behave in a realistic manner. Not that FS2004 wasn't realistic; I'm not comparing FS2004 and X-Plane directly. It's just that X-Plane "feels" right.I am very happy with my X-Plane purchase. After installing a few add-ons, and a lot of freeware add-ons, I am satisfied that my X-Plane experience will match and eventually exceed my FS2004 experience. I've even taken up airport design - it's a known "issue" with X-Plane that most airports are just runways and taxiways - no buildings. So I've started adding them to the airports I fly into. X-Plane has a free downloadable world editor that allows you to simply point-and-click and add buildings, hangars, aircraft, etc to your airports. I've made a few airports that I think look plausible and spent maybe an hour or so on each one.X-Plane has a free demo that I used for a few weeks to make sure I really wanted to buy it. I suggest you use the demo and make sure you can configure it to your system and be happy with the results before spending money on it.If you are a FSX or FS2004 flier, you cannot download X-Plane and fly it for 10 minutes - you need to set it up, tweak it (much as you did with FSX or FS2004), make it run nicely on your system, then judge it. And you cannot judge it against FSX or FS2004 - judge it on it's own merits. You will find a lot of positives in X-Plane, and some negatives. You will want to say "FS2004 did this" and "FSX does that" - avoid these comparisons. Just judge the flight sim based on how it runs on your system, how it feels to fly, and what it looks like. This is what I did. Previous to X-Plane 10, I downloaded the demo, compared it to FS2004 and said "X-Plane isn't like FS2004" and deleted it from my computer. This time around, I gave it a fair shot, played the demo for a few weeks and then bought this version (which was cheaper than the world scenery version).Going forward, X-Plane is the future. It's currently being developed and advanced. It is supported and being actively worked on. Recently the developer added 64-bit support. You can email him and ask questions or make suggestions. X-Plane has only a few developers, but they respond to emails and forum postings all the time. You are buying the latest flight simulation product, not an old, unsupported and no longer developed product.As I stated, I just built a new computer system, and X-Plane rocks on it. My previous system, X-Plane was marginal at best. But after my hardware upgrades, X-Plane looks and flies great. FS2004 of course runs excellent on my new system, but it's 10 year old limitations are obvious compared to X-Plane (this is my only comparison).My system is an AMD Fx-6300, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD and Nvidia GTX660. It's a fairly powerful setup admittedly, but it handles X-Plane at high resolution and maximum textures at great framerates. In fact, after I installed X-Plane and tweaked the graphics, I disabled the frame rate counter and never looked at it again. There was no need - X-Plane runs great, so it didn't matter if I was getting 25 fps or 50. All of my hardware works with X-Plane including my GoFlight modules, my Desktop Aviator module, and joystick.If you are on the fence about X-Plane, and you are currently an FSX or FS2004 flier, do yourself a favor and try the demo. Not just for 10 minutes - fly with it for a week or two. Tweak it, make it run and look nice, configure your joystick, etc. If after playing with the demo for a few weeks you just don't like it for whatever reason, then delete the X-Plane folder from your drive and there's no loss to you (X-Plane installs in a folder - no registry entries, no installing files to Program Files, etc).My experience with X-Plane converted me from FS2004. And only because I gave the demo a fair shot, and didn't compare it to FS2004. My recommendation is for you to do the same.My hardware: AMD FX-6300 - 8 GB RAM - SSD - GTX660 - GoFlight modules - Desktop Aviator module - Saitek Aviator Joystick

Excellent product and quality. I would highly recommend this Flight Simulator to both experienced and novice pilots. Very easy installation, and close to reality. The only drawback is the time it takes to install the software, since you may have to reinstall it several times as it times out and quits. After, you install this software from the CD and as soon as you execute the program for the first time, it will check for any available updates online and try to install them. My machine is running Windows7 with a 2GHZ CPU and 4GB RAM. You must download and install SP1 from Microsoft, otherwise the machine will freeze and you won't be able to run anything. I had to re-install windows7 from scratch to factory settings. The machine would still freeze until I installed SP1. Only then, did everything become normal!

I have had to sit a few hours to calm down after installing this Program. I have a new Windows XP Computer. High RAM , super Video Card, great Sound, blah blah blah. Especially made for MFX and any other FlightnSim Programs no more no less.It loaded fine, then got all updates which took forever.After all was finished the crap began. It informed me I didn't have enough RAM I have 8GB! Next it asked for a Serial Number. I got absolutely no Documentation and there isn't any Serial Numbers on the packaging. The only thing this POS program would let me do is run a Demo after it Calibrated my brand spanking new Joystick.It ran terrible! The Joy Stick was totally wrong. This is day one - I will keep updating this.Honestly, I have not seen software so messed up since the Windows 98 days.I am not expert, not a serious "Gamer" but hear me now believe me later - this Software stinks! BE CAREFUL if you should decide to purchase this!!!Two weeks later - got a different Thrustmaster Joy Stick, the program is still squirrelly. On the XP Machine and the Win 10 machines as well.

This may be a good program if you grew up with it but after coming from Microsoft flight sim 2004,flightsim x and DCS this program is really not user friendly to get into and fly. Many of the aircraft are not complete and do not handle in a realistic way. I am not a pilot but I have flown ultralights and have flown in many other types of aircraft before and this software is not realistic. The scenery is great to look at in some areas but that does little when the planes do not function properly. How can the instruments controls be so different between the two sim makers and xplanes way of adjusting them to me is just, well, maybe I shouldn't say it here. The graphics in both of Microsoft's flight Sims are maybe not as good as xplane in appearance but they work well and I have a 64 bit computer with a great graphics card and an older Processor. I can max graphics in Flightsim x but not x plane without glitches. X plane makers talk about how great their graphics are and they do look more realistic than flightsim x but in my area there are large lakes, Summit and Paxson that don't even show up as lakes, that isn't very realistic in my book. With all the frustration I am having with this program just trying to figure it out and I haven't even got into the atc part of it yet I would not have bought it. I cannot understand why anyone would want to write a software this complicated to figure out and use and try to sell it to the public. When I want to fly I want a Sim that is realistic and easy to learn and use not one that you had to be bottle fed on to figure out. Microsoft's programs may not be supported anymore but at least you can use them and enjoy them and figure them out without trying to obtain a software degree while doing it and their planes that come with the software are complete planes with many others to download for free. Some of the x plane models are not complete and do not have functioning gauges and switches. I can't speak for others but I have tried it and I don't like it and I can't recommend it to anyone, especially a newbie to flight Sims. I still say that Flight Sim 2004 is probably the best one built, it works and works well. I do not work for Microsoft I just like software that works, that's my opinion and review, nothing more. Hope it helps you in your decision as to wither to buy it or not.

I was worried at first because this is certainly an old old program. But after finding a dusty portable dvd player for laptops, I began what I thought was a futile adventure in placing this on a new desktop. It actually worked. It’s there. And no need to download anything else to make it work. Even the controls such as the yoke can be fine tuned. There is a learning curve if you’ve never used X-Plane before. But it did work with pedals, yoke, switches such as fuel and lights. Oh, and the throttle. Nuff said, it works!

Ok, some said give it a fair shot. I did. I set up my joystick, tweeked all the settings, and downloaded a whole bunch of GA planes, utilities and scenery.I flew Xplane 10 exclusively for over a month. I really liked the flight dynamics. To me it felt more realistic than FSX. That for me is a strong plus! That said, I had many issues with downloaded planes, it loads slower than FSX on my system, the aircraft graphics are not as good, not to mention far fewer aircraft options all around, I even bought a few payware planes. My main gripe is that I can't find scenery anywhere near the quality that I have for my area (western Arizona) compared to FSX.I really do love the flight dynamics, but I'm back to FSX.

First off, I am not a private, commercial, or military pilot. I have been using MS flight sim since its inception. I must say that I like both MSFSX and Xplane 10. I think they both have strengths and weaknesses. I will mention what I perceive to be the good and not so good for Xplane 10. In the end, I think you cant go wrong with either. I like them both!Good- Excellent weather modeling and the clouds are spectacular.- Night flying graphics are highly realistic.- Allows the user to configure the game to their system's power. It seems you can use a slower cpu and hardware and still have decent results.- You can get updates from company by visiting their website.- Runs stable and smooth.- Some of the planes which come with it are highly detailed and fly awesome!- You don't need to buy the whole world unless you want to.- Try landing a helicopter on a rolling deck. This sim replicates the movement; not just a ship moving on still waters!- Runways are not flat. They are modeled more realistic.Not so good- Long initial loading of game.- Hardly any airport layouts, just runways.- Confusing and tedious game configuration. Maybe too many things to configure!- Some of the planes which come with it are NOT highly detailed and remind me of many years ago planes in FS.- Cost of the game is more than FSX.- ATC is primitive and planning a trip requires you manually setting the flight computer or gps system if your plane has it. I suppose thats a plus for real pilots.- No missions available, there are some basic scenarios saved but not full talking missions.My System:- AMD Phenom II 965 X4 3.4 ghz- G-Force 9800 GTX video card- 4 gb ram- Windows 7, 64bit

I have the average flight sim games and this one for me is more realistic, I do think the graphics are more in detail.I have had very little issues with freezes or lags,and the game loads right up with maybe 15-20 seconds .There are a acceptable amount of planes available,the mapping software is really awesome ,you can actually plan your own light plans just like the real deal.The weather system can be realtime if you choose based on your logistics of Flying.So far I think it's great,it is a bit technical and some may have to do like me Google an YouTube things to get what you want set up .There re also a lot of free plugins and free planes at different websites.Yiu will most likely enjoy this simulator above the others due to its straight forward process in doing what we junkies like most an that's flying.

Malisimo y superdificil de instalar y operar,y eso que solo tiene 2 discos, ya me imagino con 8, decepcionado pense que era una buena compra, ademas anuncian uno global de 64 bits y mandan uno regional north america que no se puede operar bien ...

I love X-Plane 10.I've been reading reviews for a while and I decided to try it myself. Boy am I glad I did !As close to flying a real aircraft as possible.I would recommend X-Plane 10 to anyone who has an interest in flying or aviation in general.Very realistic.

The scenery is not bad, but it's missing a lot of details, you can download a lot of it for free through scenery projects, but it takes a little now how and a lot of 3rd party add ons. The flight characteristics seems top notch though.

NO ME HA LLEGADO Y LO PEDÍ HACE VARIAS SEMANAS!!! NO PUEDA COMENTAR MÁS DE ESTE PRODUCTO ESPERO PODAMOS TENER RESPUESTA

Il ne fonctionne carrement pas. La presentation est mauvaise. Bref je deconseille