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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 11:35:46 AM
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The lighting engine in particular. Ive never been a PC gamer really, but getting a nice rig to fly planes with those graphics is so so tempting.

https://twitter.com/xbox/status/1282661165777092608?s=21

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Error1355
07/13/20 12:01:43 PM
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Hot damn.

August 18th eh?

Glad I have Game Pass Ultimate. I'll try it out before I see if I want to get the DLC stuff lol.

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CRON
07/13/20 12:02:22 PM
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I tried the first closed beta and the graphics weren't all that impressive tbh.

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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 12:04:01 PM
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Error1355 posted...
Hot damn.

August 18th eh?

Glad I have Game Pass Ultimate. I'll try it out before I see if I want to get the DLC stuff lol.

Does Game Pass PC have a lot of good stuff? On Xbox its fairly mediocre.

CRON posted...
I tried the first closed beta and the graphics weren't all that impressive tbh.


Really? They look pretty impressive in that trailer. Detail of the clouds is nice too.

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DevsBro
07/13/20 12:06:34 PM
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The reflection on that Airbus WHAT

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Error1355
07/13/20 12:06:55 PM
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https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/games?xr=shellnav

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Philoktetes
07/13/20 12:09:41 PM
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looks cool man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOPIjzzH1G8
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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 12:09:56 PM
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jeffhardyb0yz posted...
This reminds me of the days back in the mall arcade playing Landing High: Japan, the arcade machine. Good times man.


I dont remember that one. But I used to play Crimson Skies on the original Xbox. LOVED flying games back in the day.

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SevenTenths
07/13/20 5:32:35 PM
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it's 1:1 map with no time acceleration. So, have fun doing a whole lot of nothing. Even America/Europe truck sim knows to cheat in between cities. And the largest airports are locked behind paywalls if you don't want the auto generated version (Denver, Ohare, heathrow, San Francisco, Dubai, Frankfurt, and a few others) Want to fly between europe and america? enjoy looking at the same ocean for 5-6 hours.

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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 5:57:19 PM
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SevenTenths posted...
it's 1:1 map with no time acceleration. So, have fun doing a whole lot of nothing. Even America/Europe truck sim knows to cheat in between cities. And the largest airports are locked behind paywalls if you don't want the auto generated version (Denver, Ohare, heathrow, San Francisco, Dubai, Frankfurt, and a few others) Want to fly between europe and america? enjoy looking at the same ocean for 5-6 hours.


I mean...it is a simulator. What did you expect?

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voldothegr8
07/13/20 6:00:18 PM
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SevenTenths posted...
it's 1:1 map with no time acceleration. So, have fun doing a whole lot of nothing. Even America/Europe truck sim knows to cheat in between cities. And the largest airports are locked behind paywalls if you don't want the auto generated version (Denver, Ohare, heathrow, San Francisco, Dubai, Frankfurt, and a few others) Want to fly between europe and america? enjoy looking at the same ocean for 5-6 hours.

Damn man did Microsoft Flight Simulator steal your woman?
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SuperShake666
07/13/20 6:01:33 PM
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SevenTenths posted...
it's 1:1 map with no time acceleration. So, have fun doing a whole lot of nothing. Even America/Europe truck sim knows to cheat in between cities. And the largest airports are locked behind paywalls if you don't want the auto generated version (Denver, Ohare, heathrow, San Francisco, Dubai, Frankfurt, and a few others) Want to fly between europe and america? enjoy looking at the same ocean for 5-6 hours.

You severely underestimate how many simmers love 1:1 maps.

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MarqueeSeries
07/13/20 6:05:05 PM
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Looks like something I could smoke out and lose hours of my life to
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07/13/20 6:05:27 PM
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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 6:17:03 PM
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MarqueeSeries posted...
Looks like something I could smoke out and lose hours of my life to

Man that sounds perfect. I wonder...are there flight sim joysticks and such to make it feel like real flying?

ive seen the racing sim setups before and theyre incredible.

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Darmik
07/13/20 6:24:16 PM
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I'm gonna download the hundreds of gigs or whatever solely to see what flying over my house is like. I doubt I'll play the game again.

The tech behind this game is insane and impressive though. I love that it exists.

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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 6:37:07 PM
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Darmik posted...
I'm gonna download the hundreds of gigs or whatever solely to see what flying over my house is like. I doubt I'll play the game again.

The tech behind this game is insane and impressive though. I love that it exists.


Wait. Its THAT realistic?!?

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CelestialVoices
07/13/20 6:39:37 PM
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i don't see why it wouldn't have time acceleration, that was an option in the older ones afaik
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Darmik
07/13/20 6:40:27 PM
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MFBKBass5 posted...
Wait. Its THAT realistic?!?

As far as I know it recreates the world through Bing maps. Uses Bing for accurate weather too.

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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 6:41:44 PM
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Darmik posted...
As far as I know it recreates the world through Bing maps. Uses Bing for accurate weather too.


holy shit. Thats insanely impressive.

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SevenTenths
07/13/20 6:42:49 PM
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MFBKBass5 posted...


I mean...it is a simulator. What did you expect?

SevenTenths posted...
. Even America/Europe truck sim knows to cheat in between cities

SuperShake666 posted...


You severely underestimate how many simmers love 1:1 maps.

i'm sure the hundreds and hundreds of them are going to love the game. And again, the issue isn't 1:1, the issue is cheating time when you're in flight. When I play AMS i'm still only going 80mph, but i'm traversing far more than what would actually be 80 miles in an hour. People are going to pick this up on gamepass, download the 12930859080481028098 gb file and then turn it off in 30 minutes.

MFBKBass5 posted...


Wait. Its THAT realistic?!?
it uses bing sattelite maps and some auto technology to 3d map it. the technology is absolute cool. It's also supposed to work with real weather and real air traffic conditions. But once you get in game, take off, and realize you have nothing to do for 4 hours then ???

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Parappa09
07/13/20 6:44:40 PM
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i wish i had a machine to handle this

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Darmik
07/13/20 6:49:10 PM
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SevenTenths posted...
People are going to pick this up on gamepass, download the 12930859080481028098 gb file and then turn it off in 30 minutes.

Nobody is pretending that this game is for the mainstream.

SevenTenths posted...
But once you get in game, take off, and realize you have nothing to do for 4 hours then ???

I'm sure the game will have something to manage that if you wanted.

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MFBKBass5
07/13/20 6:50:56 PM
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Crash posted...
I hope you don't literally need Windows 10 to play it.

If you do, I'll get the Xbox version.


I don't think it's being released for Xbox, is it?

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Darmik
07/13/20 6:51:59 PM
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It's coming to Xbox after it launches on PC. Similar to Gears Tactics.

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voldothegr8
07/13/20 6:52:00 PM
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Crash posted...
I hope you don't literally need Windows 10 to play it.

If you do, I'll get the Xbox version.

What other OS do you expect it to work on?
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SevenTenths
07/13/20 6:57:38 PM
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Darmik posted...


Nobody is pretending that this game is for the mainstream.

*looks at the people buying into the hype of the game*
Darmik posted...


I'm sure the game will have something to manage that if you wanted.

games been in playable beta for a while. testers already confirmed no time skip. it's something they might not have yet added, but given the game releases in a month, if the functionality existed they would want it being tested.

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Darmik
07/13/20 7:03:26 PM
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SevenTenths posted...
*looks at the people buying into the hype of the game*

I'm sure the people hyping this game are familiar with simulator games.

SevenTenths posted...
games been in playable beta for a while. testers already confirmed no time skip. it's something they might not have yet added, but given the game releases in a month, if the functionality existed they would want it being tested.

We'll see. Even if it's the case I'm sure most of the more casual content of the game won't be long haul international flights. I'm pretty sure this is a games as a service title that will have constant updates as well.


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bevan306
07/13/20 7:10:38 PM
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these trailers are making my pc nervous


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Antifar
07/13/20 7:11:24 PM
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Darmik posted...
It's coming to Xbox after it launches on PC. Similar to Gears Tactics.

They haven't said anything about the Xbox version of Gears Tactics
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Darmik
07/13/20 7:18:36 PM
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Antifar posted...
They haven't said anything about the Xbox version of Gears Tactics

https://twitter.com/RodFergusson/status/1164233438968369153

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gears-tactics-is-coming-to-xbox-one/1100-6475305/

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SevenTenths
07/13/20 7:21:02 PM
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Darmik posted...


We'll see. Even if it's the case I'm sure most of the more casual content of the game won't be long haul international flights

a flight from dc to new york is still an hour.

Darmik posted...
I'm pretty sure this is a games as a service title that will have constant updates as well.

the updates will be new planes for euthisiast and more custom modeling of the already 1:1 world. star citizen has shown there's a lot of money in mid 30 year olds who have nothing except video games to spend money on.

Copy_X_Mk_ll posted...
Is there gonna be a good flight stick controller out to use with this?
t16000 is the general entry level flight stick. check out /r/hotas if you've got more of a budget to play with.


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DestroyedDog
07/13/20 7:32:51 PM
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randy_123r posted...
I never played a Flight sim game before. Is it okay to play on keyboard? Or maybe keyboard + xbox one controller?
You can play however you want but I have a better simulation experience with a joystick setup. I have a cheap one, the Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas and it's a blast

http://shorturl.at/foV17

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DevsBro
07/13/20 7:57:26 PM
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SevenTenths posted...
it's 1:1 map with no time acceleration. So, have fun doing a whole lot of nothing. Even America/Europe truck sim knows to cheat in between cities. And the largest airports are locked behind paywalls if you don't want the auto generated version (Denver, Ohare, heathrow, San Francisco, Dubai, Frankfurt, and a few others) Want to fly between europe and america? enjoy looking at the same ocean for 5-6 hours.
I mean, commercial jets fly between some cities in minutes. Just don't try to go over the ocean and you're golden. I'm sure you'll be able to land at an airport or even just pause > quit and pick another airport on the other side of the world in the time it takes to load.

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modena
07/13/20 8:08:10 PM
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Me and a buddy have been following this game since it was announced.It looks so satisfying,also I want to fly over my town and my land so badly.

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Poop2
07/13/20 8:11:11 PM
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might have to renew gamepass
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HagenEx
07/13/20 8:12:00 PM
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Never been a fan of Flight Sims not have I played any, but I do follow Airforceproud95 on Youtube.

Dude's HILARIOUS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8E3SyMbaSk

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