Microsoft Flight Simulator (PC, Xbox, Game Pass)

Abacus wrote:I'm also completely unadventurous as to where to fly. I've been round my own streets about five times - I just wish I could go slower. Maybe if there was a helicopter version... possibly it's already on there, I don't know.

But I also do know I'll never learn how to actually fly these planes with the assists off. So I'm basically using it as a pretty impressive sightseeing thing. I can imagine you'd be gripped if you were a proper flying buff, though.

I suspect what I'll do is fly round a few places I'd like to see, and there are a few exhibition type flights in the opening menu that I'll no doubt do. Then I'll probably move it to storage after that, for the occassional tootle around.

Cuttooth wrote:The drone camera is also a bit rubbish to control to be fair without messing with the settings.

This is taking ages to download the 'mandatory patch'.

rinks wrote:I stayed in the default Cessna for ages, but then I explored the menus and saw that the little rear-prop thing goes much slower, giving you more time to see the sights.

Xeno wrote:You guys need to fly in South Africa and Kenya, Grand Canyon and then try landing on Tenzing–Hillary Airport in Nepal.

Abacus wrote:I suspect what I'll do is fly round a few places I'd like to see, and there are a few exhibition type flights in the opening menu that I'll no doubt do. Then I'll probably move it to storage after that, for the occassional tootle around.

If you are or even if you are not interested in playing Flight Simulator 2020 here is what I suggest people do. Start coming up with a list of cool things you want to see in Flight Simulator.

If you have a list and you don't just fly between two cities it is really cool.
A lot of people fire up the game hop into a 747, fly straight and level for 500 miles, get bored and then quit. If you do that you are missing out on a huge world of really incredible things to see.
You can also use it to better inform yourself on things going on in the world or even use it to learn about history! Instead, get into something like a Beechcraft and go explore scenic places. I have a list of all the places that I have checked and here are some of the top ones I would suggest:

• Normandy Beach (fly the whole thing from West to East. It helps you understand how massive that operation was on D-Day.)
• Auschwitz-Berkenau - This was pretty sobring to see actually. The population has grown a ton since WW2, but it is still crazy how dense the population is around that area and how all that took place right there.
• Chernobyl Disaster Site, Pripyat Ukraine
• Upottery Airfield. It is not being used today, but this is where many bombing runs into France took off from in WW2. It is also where American airmen took off on D-Day. It was made famous most recently from Band of Brothers in Episode 2. If you think doing this takes hours of flying it doesn't often times airports are within a 10 minute flight from a location you want to see!
• Grand Canyon
• Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.
• Roman Colosseum, Italy
• Great Wall of China. It is there. It is ungodly long and you really do not understand how long it is until you fly the length of it. And this was built by MAN.
• Vatican City If you try to land here use the street leading to the square as your runway
• Alcatraz Island/ Golden Gate Bridge
• Arlington National Cemetary
• North Korea / South Korea security complex (the one with the blue buildings)
• NFL Fans, do a stadium tour! If you get mods (not sure if the console version will have it) I took off in an F22 Rapter Fighter Jet from Minneapolis. Flew over US Bank Stadium, then over to Lambeau field, then Soldier Field, then up to Ford Field, across the lake over Browns stadium, Steelers Stadium.
• Dubai! Good god is this a beautiful place to see.
• Kabul, Afghanistan. Most people see it on the news and that is as much as they see. Even if you crash land after you get in the air just take off in a small plane. Truly see how absolutely massive that city is. It seems to sprawl forever and then after that...nothing. Just miles and miles of mountains.
• Alaska, literally anywhere, but along the coasts are incredible!
• Mount Everest! Lukla Airport, Nepal

Somebody Else's Presents wrote:Angel of the North is missing, too

rinks wrote:

Somebody Else's Presents wrote:Angel of the North is missing, too

Have you downloaded the UK data pack? After I downloaded it, there was definitely a marker for the Angel of the North, but I haven’t been there yet.

rinks wrote:

Somebody Else's Presents wrote:Angel of the North is missing, too

Have you downloaded the UK data pack? After I downloaded it, there was definitely a marker for the Angel of the North, but I haven’t been there yet.