Microsoft Flight Simulator X

[Beirut]

Beirut, forum posters (the majority) say that FSX Acceleration is a really bad expansion pack.

They're wrong.

Some people were moaning about some slowdowns and stutters, I think, but a proper install takes care of all of that. I had zero problems. I had FSX on it's own HD all by its lonesone. I uninstalled, defragged, installed FSX, then Acceleration, then all the add-ons, defragging at least two or three times during the process and once at the end, and everything ran like peaches and cream.

The F-18 is gorgeous. Looks fantastic, comes with lots of skins, the HUD works perfectly and is very smooth. The P-51 Racer is also very nicely done as well as the EH-101 chopper. Included in Acceleration are great sceneries of Andrews AFB (pics above) as well as Istanbul and a few other places. By market standards for FSX add-ons, what you get in Acceleration would cost way over $100. The F-18 and Edwards AFB alone would cost $50 to $60 together at least. So for $25, it's a no brainer.

A note, if you run Ground Environment X without a defrag after install, you're doomed.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I got Acceleration, and I really like the additions. No noticeable slowdown either.

[Beirut]

Have you checked out Edwards AFB, It's pretty sweet. Great place to fart around with the F-18. (Kind of hard to mess up landing on a 50,000' runway.)

Are youy running any other add-ons?

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Are youy running any other add-ons?

One Lufthansa Airbus add-on. Stalls a little easily, in my opinion.

By the way, here's my settings. My rig is an E6600, 8800GTS Superclocked, and 2GB RAM.

Any suggestions?

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[Beirut]

By the way, here's my settings. My rig is an E6600, 8800GTS Superclocked, and 2GB RAM.

Any suggestions?

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Good specs. What res do you fly at? What about the AA & AF settings on your video card?

Have you gotten into the more specific settings screen, where you can adjust terrain mesh size and auto-gen density? That`s the one you need to get into. Hit the Custom button on the screen you showed, that should bring it up.

Beirut, what was your longest flight so far, and how long did it take?

Most of my flights were short, less than an hour, and at low altitude. I mostly puddle jump and do short bush flights. The longest, I think, was from Whitehorse to Eagle Plains (Artic Circle) in some small prop job.

[edyzmedieval]

I love the FSX Missions. It's a really fun way of spending your time. Now I'm trying my luck on gliding a 737 over the Indian Ocean to arrive to a airport 90 miles away! Both engines fail, and you have to glide that monster with passengers inside...

My longest flight was probably from Hawaii Oahu (Dillingham airport I think) to Princeville. I think it was around 150 miles.

[Beirut]

Do you fly with music playing?

It can make for a very relaxing diversion.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Beirut, what was your longest flight so far, and how long did it take?

Mine's relatively short - a quick one from Berlin to Oslo, and another from Luxembourg to Konrad-Adenauer-Flughafen in Köln. I might do a San Jose (Costa Rica) to Panama today. How's the Costa Rica scenery? I really loved Costa Rica when I went there, and I hope FSX lives up to my expectations.