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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My lad has been pestering me to get a game loaded onto the house pc, he wanted Battlefield or something, but his mum (ex French army sergeant) is adamantly opposed to shoot-em-up games & I agree with her. We had World of Tanks, but it crashed the computer so many times I took it off.
He's accepted the decision & asked if he can have a flight simulator instead.
He's not a stupid kid, he's worked out that to get something he wants, to ask for something he knows he's not going to get first.

So what's the best free/cheap flight simulator to download?

Running a AMD Athlon 64x2 dual core processor 4200+ 2.20 ghz, with 3 Gb of RAM.
Win 7 64bit. windows index 2.5.

Any & all advice much appreciated (I know jack about this sh**)
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Froggy
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

While not free, X-Plane is the best flight sim you can get your hand on. The demo mode will let you get a taste of it for free so you can see if that is something he likes.

http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/


Shame its discontinued, the Microsoft Flight Simulator series was great too.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I am downloading that right now.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 03:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Not free - but hey - if the government can have drones .... so should we all

http://www.amazon.com/DJI-Phantom-Aerial-Drone-Qua dcopter/dp/B00AGOSQI8
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Airbozo
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 04:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"Shame its discontinued, the Microsoft Flight Simulator series was great too."

BTW: You can find heavily discounted copies of M$ Flight Simulator at Fry's or other game stores if they still have some in stock.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 05:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Arrgh... I don't have a joystick.
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Rocket_in_uk
Posted on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 08:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Arrgh... I don't have a joystick.

I do but it'd be wasted on a flight sim ; )


Rocket in England
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