Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 for Windows

Pros: Spectacular graphics, realistic effects, useful features
Cons: Requires a LOT of computing power

I remember way back when in the dark ages, when we got our first PC XT. One of the programs that my dad got was Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0. Black and white 640 x 200 graphics, and I could hardly control the plane (I was only 11 at the time, and a...

Pros: Graphics, Sounds, Unlimited Aircraft
Cons: Two different packages out, with different prices.

I am a huge fan of air travel. Living near Dulles airport gives me a chance to watch the heavy's come in and out of one of the major hubs in the US. However, every now and then I have a desire to fly on my own. That's where flight simulators come in. It...

Pros: Landmarks, Aircraft, Adventures!
Cons: Hard to learn!!!

The Microsoft Flight Simulator series started with Flight Simulator 5 for Windows 95, then Flight Simulator 98 followed by the new Flight Simulator 2000! This review will cover the basic aspects of the game... Graphics, Sound, Satisfaction, and Gameplay....

Pros: great graphics, nice aircraft, plenty of aircraft available for free download
Cons: SLOW gameplay on fast processors PII, large price tag, bugs

I was getting very excited when I heard of Flight Simulator 2000 coming out. I owned Flight Simulator 98, I was very happy with it. I was running FS98 with a PentiumII processor at 350MhZ. It ran very fast and well.

I went to Best Buy and...

Pros: You get to experience what you probably won't ever in real life.
Cons: Need Patience, takes a long time to load.

Many of us will never become pilots or even get to fly an airplane. That's where Flight Simulator 2000 comes in. with it's selection of 10 airplanes to start out with, from small 4 person proppeler planes to womping 550 pasenger boeings, and even the...

Pros: Improved scenery, better features for instrument flight
Cons: Slow, unrealistic, buggy

If you want to see how elegant flight-simulation software might look, go to the opening screen of Microsoft's FS2000 and click on the "What's New" button. Against a background of spacey/techno music, you see several minutes worth of...

Pros: Great Graphics, Great Aircraft
Cons: Expensive

Microsoft finally came out with a flight simulator that really can turn and burn. I loaded all of the flies on my hard drive and get incredible performance. Of course I am running an Athalon 600 Mhz which does not hurt. I am one of those folks who has...

Pros: Graphics and sounds are quite good.
Cons: The non full motion simulator inherently lacks the kinesthetic feedback essential to flying.

"Bless them all, bless them all
The needle, the airspeed, the ball
Bless the instructors who taught me to fly
Sent me up solo and left me to die..."

An old Air Force song

My introduction to flight simulators in the...

Pros: Highly detailed sim, outstanding flight models and avionics features
Cons: Requires a monster PC to enjoy properly

Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird, it's a plane...well, actually it IS a plane. Welcome to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 (FS2K), a general aviation simulation that pushes the envelope in terms of PC-based flight simulations. A good word to use for...

Pros: Realism is intense
Cons: minor glitches, easy fixable

I have flown many of the Microsoft Flight simulators in my day, and Flight Simulator 2000 is the BEST, by far.
There are a few new additions to the fleet in this simulator including the fastest commercial jet ever to be flown, yes, the British...

Pros: You can learn a lot about flying
Cons: Rudder control is over-responsive

I bought Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 (MS FS2K) for my wife since she recently became interested in learning to fly. We also picked up a Logitech FORCE feedback joystick at the same time.

The program simulates several aircraft from a...

Pros: Excellent realism, scenery, 206B
Cons: Only a 206B, won't run on middle aged PCs.

Introduction
Being a Helicopter mechanic, I was interested in this game for one reason, and one reason alone. The helicopter!

What you're flying
You are flying a Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. 206B3 JetRanger III....

Pros: Fun to use, easy to use, awesome detail.
Cons: Hard drive hog, frame rates

I'm a flightsim freak, so whenever I get the opportunity to buy a new flight simulator, I do it...sometimes whether or not my computer can handle the game or not! Anyway...I couldn't wait to get flight simulator 2000. I went out and got it asap. However,...

Pros: Better graphics than previous releases.
Cons: Could use to have more aircraft available

Microsoft has made a line of flight simulators beginning in the early 80's designed to simulate the realm of flight. The first flight simulator was made with lines and polygons that barely represented what pilots would consider real, or for that matter...

Pros: Advanced controls, enhanced realism, 3D views
Cons: Lots of disk space required (800 MB!), confused startup

Microsoft's Flight Simulator was THE reason I bought a PC way back in 1985. Having miserable eyesight my entire life I have always dreamed of being a pilot. MS Flight Sim 2000 comes about as close to the real thing as one could imagine.

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