Final Score and last comments
Highs
- Almost 50 planes out of the box
- Well established fan base
- Runs great on lower-end systems
- Unprecedented flight modeling
- Powerful Plane Maker
- Intuitive terrain editor
- Part Maker for the extreme airplane fanatic
- Excellent plane models
- Free upgrades and updates
Lows
- Didn’t like the Voodoo5
- Plain sound effects
The bottom line:
If you are serious about wanting to learn to fly, or need a way to practice at home, download the demo of X-Plane and see for yourself. The flight model is far ahead of the competition, and the additional software in the X-Plane suite offers sim pilots the opportunity to learn more about flying while building and testing new aircraft. The constant and timely updates, and personal service offered by Laminar Research keep X-Plane on the leading edge of design. Honestly, did Flight Sim 2000 offer that big of an improvement over Flight Sim 98? Yeah, I didn’t think so either. But with X-Plane, for the price of FS2000 Pro, you get a complete package to design, test, and fly your own airplanes, along with the nearly 50 included aircraft, the Part Maker, and a World Maker, items normally sold separately with other sims. Enough already, go download the demo, you’ll see what I mean. X-Plane is the most complete flight sim on the market, period.
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