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[Jaggyroad Films]

From a marketing standpoint, what they are doing is genius. It makes people BUZZ, and that means people are paying attention and talking about it.

[wynthorpe]

Looks awesome!

[pyruvate]

You peeps who thought that it'll be arcade style


Q:   How does “Microsoft Flight" differ from “Flight Simulator?" Why the new name? What's changed?
A: With “Microsoft Flight" we're approaching the virtual flight genre from the ground up, with the focus on the universal appeal of the experience of Flight. We believe the simplicity of “Microsoft Flight" perfectly captures that vision while welcoming the millions of existing Flight Simulator fans. The new “Microsoft Flight" retains the full fidelity simulation longtime fans have come to expect while offering all players a whole new look and feel, a wide range of new game play and challenges, persistent experiences and social connectivity.

[Captain Quagmire]

Such teasers!!!  

[Spam]

ID go with rendering too. IF they HAVE changed the engine...well. Id love to be corrected  

[wynthorpe]

I think will hold out building a new rig until this releases....

[AirFranceSST]

Not building my new rig until this releases either... I don't want to spend my money and then have the wrong performance parts and be like "Awwwwww!!"  

Might I add, nice find with the C172 in the background.

[THBatMan8]

Mindst0rm, on Sep 21 2010, 07:18 PM, said:

Seems too early in the game for real screenshots or footage. This is probably just a conceptual CGI video, meaning this is what the Microsoft team hopes MS Flight will look like when it's finished.

Yeah, FSX looked really good on ads pre-release, and we all know how that turned out.  

[wynthorpe]

THBatMan8, on Sep 23 2010, 09:42 AM, said:

Yeah, FSX looked really good on ads pre-release, and we all know how that turned out.  

Turned out pretty well i thought!

Sarcasm mode off....

[moey124]

Does anybody know when the expected release date is? Or have an idea? ... And what do u mean by alpha testing.

[THBatMan8]

wynthorpe, on Sep 23 2010, 04:48 AM, said:

Turned out pretty well i thought!

Sarcasm mode off....

Yeah, if you have a MONSTER COMPUTER!  

[pyruvate]

THBatMan8, on Sep 23 2010, 10:49 PM, said:

Yeah, if you have a MONSTER SUPERCOMPUTER!  

[Chris627]

THBatMan8, on Sep 23 2010, 11:19 AM, said:

Yeah, if you have a MONSTER COMPUTER!  

Oh I don't know, I seem to run it pretty well on a mediocre system. I'm just running an E6750, 4 gigs DDR2-800, and an 8800GT. I have it running very nicely.

Sure I had to tweak it quite a bit but if you're willing to put in the effort it's worth it in the end. And I don't even have my cpu overclocked, my ram is crap and just won't do it.

Budget pc's can perform amazingly if you have the know how to push your hardware, and add in tweaks.

[niteye]

I don't like how they cut off just where the trees meet the ground, I bet it still looks as unnatural as in the current FS.

[Peter797]

Chris627, on Sep 23 2010, 02:24 PM, said:

Oh I don't know, I seem to run it pretty well on a mediocre system. I'm just running an E6750, 4 gigs DDR2-800, and an 8800GT. I have it running very nicely.

Sure I had to tweak it quite a bit but if you're willing to put in the effort it's worth it in the end. And I don't even have my cpu overclocked, my ram is crap and just won't do it.

Budget pc's can perform amazingly if you have the know how to push your hardware, and add in tweaks.

I shouldn't have to put time and effort into tweaking. I buy a game because I want to play it. Not around with it to make it playable.

[Mindst0rm]

Peter797, on Sep 23 2010, 12:47 PM, said:

I shouldn't have to put time and effort into tweaking. I buy a game because I want to play it. Not around with it to make it playable.

That was FSX's single cause of failure. It required an expensive and long term investment to get enjoyment out of. In this market, long term is an loosing move. You only discover that your investment is obsolete before you get a return on it.

[Chris627]

Peter797, on Sep 23 2010, 01:47 PM, said:

I shouldn't have to put time and effort into tweaking. I buy a game because I want to play it. Not around with it to make it playable.

It's less then ideal yes, but we don't live in a perfect world. Even FS9 required tweaks for quite a while, but no complaints there.

You can take it or leave it, but really I'm not too inconvienced having to fiddle with it a bit.

[Peter797]

ArmA 2, CoD, TestDrive Unlimited, Crysis, DiRT2, Just Cause 2, and MMMMMMAAAANNYYYYYY more "NOT" made by MS don't seem to need tweaking...I see a trend in MS' Games....they're CRAP

[SwitchFX]

Oh joy.

[Chris627]

Peter797, on Sep 23 2010, 04:47 PM, said:

ArmA 2, CoD, TestDrive Unlimited, Crysis, DiRT2, Just Cause 2, and MMMMMMAAAANNYYYYYY more "NOT" made by MS don't seem to need tweaking...I see a trend in MS' Games....they're CRAP

And yet you frequent a forum dedicated to an MS game. Complaining is useless, we're not entitled to anything. So anything produced that relates to our common interest is something we should all be grateful for.