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Binding: Video GameBrand: Graphic Simulations EAN: 0740569000454 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Format: DVD-Video Item Dimensions: Label: Graphics Simulations Corporation Manufacturer: Graphics Simulations Corporation Model: 1055 MPN: 1055 Platform: Macintosh Publisher: Graphics Simulations Corporation Release Date: March 25, 2008 Studio: Graphics Simulations Corporation Features:
Editorial Review: Product Description: X-Plane-9 is the most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator available for the personal computer. It simulates anything that flies: from single-engine fixed wing props to multi-engine jets; gliders to dirigibles; helicopters to spacecraft to VTOLs such as the V-22 Osprey and AV8-B Harrier.It comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, simulating aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic SR-71 and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie. Includes 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet. Downloadable US scenery available. New advancements implemented in X-Plane 9 include all-new, highly detailed aircraft with full 3D interiors; stunning new global scenery and atmospherics including water and volumetric fog; support for the latest generation hardware including dual-core CPU's and the latest video cards; and much more. Includes Plane-Maker, which lets the player create airplanes, and World-Maker, which lets the player create scenery. Also included is Weather Briefer that makes a weather briefing based on actual weather conditions. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - An undeserved bad rapI am neither a pilot nor a "gamer" but I used to enjoy MS Flight Simulator, and when I went exclusively to a Mac several years ago my only regret was that I has to leave Flt.Sim. behind. X-Plane 9, which I just discovered, is even better than I remember Flt.Sim. I bought an inexpensive joystick (Logitech Extreme 3-D Pro, about $35 at Amazon), and then installed X-Plane 9 on my iMac. The installation took about an hour but it went flawlessly. The joystick was recognized by the program, ... Read More Rating:  - X-plane 9Scenery not as good as Microsoft Flight Simulator X.Mecanics are counter-intuitive;not very easy.Harder to program the Logitech Force joystick than FSX. Flight dynamics OK. Not worth the price. Rating: - Improved from X-Plane 8, but still not excellentI have been growing up with the Flight SIMs since SoloFlight back in the '80s on a Commodore 64, so I can honestly say, as many would agree that the flights SIMs have come a very, VERY long way. But I must contest those who state that this is the most realistic flight SIM in the world---not that it isn't, but it certainly isn't REAL. I'm sure Austin would agree that there's quite a bit of evolution still in store before this can possibly match the real world. But with that said, I can offer my hopefully ... Read More Rating: - x-plane 9 boring, prepare for a very long install process -it had 6 disks-- most macs cant run this program on full graphics ---it also takes over 60 gigs of hard drive space !! only very serious mac flight sim gamers should pay for this game Rating: - PassI would pass on this simulator. it takes up way too much room and is not that fun. |
