I’ve never done these things in real life, and I’m not qualified to either, but the reason I love flight simulators is that I can feel what it would be like to be able to. I want to feel the grit of flying VFR into a no-go-around back-country strip, and the geek-out over a CAT III autoland in a modern airliner - I want these things to evoke distinct feelings in me. Think about it this way: scenery is the garnish to a dish, the dish being the flying itself.Ī flight simulator’s escapism is also about the flying experience - not just the places you fly over. But scenery is alone isn’t escapism in a flight simulator. Hold on, I hear you say, haven’t I previously praised FS2020's incredible open-world visuals that make you feel like you’re really there? Yes, I have.
Unfortunately, I don’t think FS2020 comes close to capturing that diversity of flight simulation experience. Some of the many things you can’t experience in FS2020… And in a flight simulator, they should just be a few clicks away. Not only are these experiences fun, they’re eye-opening. But in a simulator, you can - and should - do all of these things. How many people have flown the Red Bull Air Race, dead-sticked an airliner, water-bombed a forest fire, and landed the Space Shuttle? I’d wager there isn’t a single person who has done all of those things for real. It’s about being able to get a diversity of experiences you can’t (or are unlikely to be able to) get in the real world.
This isn’t about the simulation realism, it’s about the systemic flaws in the gameplay experience that show a lack of understanding of the fundamentals of the experience of flight simulation.Ī flight simulator is as much about escapism as it is about realism. I think, since the days of Flight Simulator X, Microsoft has forgotten about what makes a good flight simulator, and FS2020’s developer, Asobo Studios, doesn’t know what one is. It has many shortcomings in the realism of its flight model and systems, and fails to live up to the benchmark X-Plane 11 set six years ago. I’m not a fan of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 as a flight simulator.
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