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Suddenly the series opens up to a far wider audience cha-ching, Microsoft! Anyhow, back to the present and really, what's to say? Other than all the history stuff, there's nothing in Flight Sim that you're not expecting.

Better graphics of course they're really quite lovely now. A totally revamped weather system that's as real as anything we've seen to date. The auto-gen scenery engine works with the respective terrains much better than before meaning cities now actually look like proper cities when you fly over them.

The ATC has had a complete upgrade and despite one or two minor bugs involving aircraft disappearing from runways and the like, makes the skies around you feel as busy and alive as they used to in the old Flight Unlimited series the previous standard bearer. Virtual cockpits are also now included in every plane in the box, which helps the flight experience immensely. Fundamentally it comes down to whether you like flying planes for the sake of flying planes or not.

There's no reason not to like Flight Sim other than for the subject matter. Technically it's a near flawless product, and certainly the best civil flight sim on the market. The history aspect adds a new dimension to the proceedings and is as good a reason as any to make you rush out and buy it - a move lean highly recommend.

Not that the fans won't already be installing it anyway. Must be nice to have a guaranteed audience like that. There is no shortage of these games, but this one here stands out for many reasons and is fun if you are an aviation enthusiast or someone like me who just likes to mess around with cool-looking planes! The game was released as part of the celebrations of the th anniversary of the Wright Brothers and you can even fly that plane in this game!

It features many different kinds of aircraft from years of flight which is really cool. Even cooler is that each of the planes handles differently. I am no flight expert, but I found this to be cool and trying to fly the Wright Brothers plane and go on their first flight was not only really awesome but very challenging too. The number of times I smashed that thing into the ground after just a few seconds was insane, but I mean that in a good way.

At the time this was a very graphically impressive game and I think it holds up pretty darn well to this day, to be honest with you. If you want to learn how to fly a plane in real life then I think this would be a good place to start! The number of things you have to do and keep an eye on is insane, but part of the challenge.

The game offers flying lessons which I found pretty easy to understand and they are also really handy in that they are basically the tutorial of the game. Ok so I played the game just using the keyboard and eventually I got the hang of it, but the word simulator is in the name of Microsoft Flight Simulator Century of Flight for a very good reason. This is a game that has a lot going on. While I got into it with the keyboard just fine. I have heard that you can get a very expensive flight stick which makes the experience even better.

Being the cheapskate, I am no way I am buying a flight stick just for a handful of games! You can take flying trips all over the world which is really cool. There are various challenges to complete such as certain maneuvers like flying over a bridge for example.

There are weather effects that you have to take into consideration too which are incredibly well done. Especially more so when you consider that the game is 15 years old!

In all, it has more than enough to keep any flight enthusiast very busy and happy. However, the whole Wright Brothers thing really did spark my interest and as a result, I found myself getting into what the game has to offer.

It does have a rather large difficulty curve to learn how to fly, but that is just part of the challenge. Exactly years ago today, mankind finally told Mother Nature and her physical constraints to kiss his hairy, fat arse as the Wright brothers took to the skies in a rickety wooden death trap for a magnificent 12 seconds. To celebrate this momentous occasion in man's idiotic legacy, Microsoft is dedicating its latest version of the popular Flight Simulator range to a history of the last century of unnatural soaring.

Glossing over the fact that strictly speaking, cal the game maxes it years of flight, Microsoft's E3 presentation stressed that as much of the last years of aviation is represented as possible. Taking FS as a starting point, FS contains recreations of everything from the Wright's original flyer, through such legends as Charles Lindbergh's record-breaking Spirit Of St Louis, Amelia Earhart's Vega 5B and more recent long-haulers such as the DC-3, right up to modern jumbos and choppers.

What's more, all of the famous flights made by these pioneers are included. We were lucky enough to get behind the stick on the Wright's Flyer and not only equalled their 12 seconds but went so far beyond, we were about to pull off a barrel roll until it was pointed out that collision detection was switched off and we were playing in simpleton mode. Aside from the history, Microsoft has upped the bar with the technical elements. Weather has had a complete overhaul, with stunning storm and cloud effects, plus brand new weather 'themes' - letting novices bypass the complicated dewpoint level and barometric pressure screens.

You can even continually download real-world weather conditions as you fly for added realism. Scenery has had a major revamp, with more ground detail than ever before and more than 24, airports now modelled in painstaking detail. Even Blighty's various runways look half decent for a change. One issue addressed since the last version is that of virtual cockpits, with every plane in the pack now including fully 3D real-time flight decks, even when they amount to little more than some sticks of balsa wood tied together with horse hair.

This simple little add-on update for FS was something that I never actually bothered installing until it as way too late. It was a silly move to make as it helps to make a lot of changes and additions to FS that, if I had used them in the past, would have really enhanced my user experience. It will really help to stabilize performance, but it brings a wealth of new features to the table and makes things stand out in that regard, as well.

This was released in response to customer feedback and I have to say they seem to have done a pretty comprehensive job in patching up a lot of the problems that we used to face. For example, you should notice that v9. However, it also brings in various additions to the table which I was very impressed by. By installing this, you get;. This is a very simple update and only take a matter of seconds to install, but it changes so many little things it would be madness not to install it.

If you still use FS and enjoy the service, I really do recommend that you check this out as soon as you can. Adam McEnroe is a flight sim enthusiast who has been simming since the days of FS Adam writes all of the download section editorials after testing each of the files.

Adam has extensive knowledge using various flight simulator packages and thoroughly tests the files before writing about them.

Adam also like to fly real-world aircraft in his spare time and is training for his PPL. Should you wish, you can contact Adam via email at adam flyawaysimulation.

Most of the freeware add-on aircraft and scenery packages in our file library come with easy installation instructions which you can read above in the file description. The content of the comments below are entirely the opinions of the individual posting the comment and do not always reflect the views of Fly Away Simulation. We moderate all comments manually before they are approved. Could not download a patch from your site to help with my flight sim message that comes up in type 18?

Seems like a crazy amount of things to do and try and get this old program to run. The download and install worked perfectly as the instructions indicated. Very nice when something actually works as it should. Thanks for the update.

I use windows 10, and I have FS So I downloaded fs9. And save it to fs file. But I could not update successful. The message the file ATC.

DLL is modified or deplaced is coming. So what to do. Add-ons Other Flight Simulator Update v9.