I have spent many hours on FS 2004 and was disappointed in not having an aircraft in the gap between the Lear 45 and the 737. The FSX version fills that gap well. Flight Sim. X is more realistic with the cockpit view which actually makes it a little more difficult to use some of the aircraft controls. I am not a pilot so I have no real experience to compare the aircraft reaction to control input, but this does seem to be realistic. The graphics are beyond excellent. The cloud textures and the simulator world in general are much more realistic. I feel like I could "buzz" my office.

We also went to a gaming store to purchase a wired Xbox 360 remote to use on the PC, It made the experience a huge difference for my son while playing the game! He also found a way to access rooms where you can do the multiplayer mode although the gamespy group doesn't work anymore, so now I have to buy him a headset with a mic for the pc, so he can talk with other players!! He seems to even play this game more than his Xbox...wow!! I don't care!! Anything, to keep him busy until school begins here on the 27th of August...lol!!!

A great game to play, love the extra features it has, like flying the F/A-18 super hornet and the detail of the game is unbelievable, but the add-ons out there web from graphic details to airports, planes, and weather will just add more enjoyment to an amazing game. Plus I like to thank Wal-Mart for shipping it to me. I thought the date they estimated for me was the day it was coming but I received it in two days. Definitely worth buying and a great game for kids.

this flight sim is diffrent its not like FS 98 or 2004 it take a little to get use too. Once, however, you do,I reccomend you play arouind in itand soon you will love it .. it grows on you in leaps and bounds.\n\nFuctionallity is diffrent in areas but very familure in others.the settings are the same but the virtual cockpit and normal are diffrent .. just play with it and you'll get the hang of it. I love the missions part it takes you from begginer to expert and some are real easy and others take a few trys at but challanging no matter what.\n\nmore detailed buildings and moving cars trucks and airports are far better then in FS2004.\n\nthis is one game that takes real world to a new level .\n\nhope you find that you love it ... i sure do

FSX has a feature to record and re-play the last minutes of flights (including landings) from many different camera angles. Sometimes, when flying I keep open a map-window that shows the location my plane (in real-time) in relation to the ground. While “sitting” in the cockpit, FSX also allows you to change eye-point and move the direction of view from left to right and up or down, simply by operating the directional, hat-switch/button (on joystick) during flight. This allows you to “look” out of the cockpit window at nearby airports and landmarks as they pass by underneath.\n\nFor me, the huge range of free, add-on aircraft and scenery for FSX makes this flight simulator the best value for my Windows 10 computer, compared with all other flight simulators. This is still true even when other Flight Sims have better graphics and resolution than FSX. Also, I have bought and installed various ORBX airports to make the buildings and scenery of those airports more realistic than the default ones on FSX. I have also purchased some, excellent extra aeroplanes by “JustFlight”. Also, I have downloaded many extra (free) aeroplanes from flyawaysimulation.com. their range of free add-ons for FSX Flight Simulator is enormous! Given that it is a 2008 version of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, the FSX Gold edition has enormous computer-speed benefits compared with the regular, FSX Deluxe version. I recommend that for modern computers (10 years old and later), that it is much better to install the updated, FSX “Gold” version rather than the regular, “Deluxe” version, because of the massive improvements. The Gold version includes extra features and enhancements and is Microsoft’s official update that also includes service packs that fix various software bugs and design flaws in the older, deluxe version. \n\nFlight Simulator X Gold for PCs (Windows) lets you (as the pilot) enter an immersive world with changing weather, times of day, and seasons. This “Gold” edition, gives you a bird's-eye view of cities below the aircraft with added details such as moving cars, buildings, houses, and wildlife. Watch as the world beneath you comes to life, from the gates and fuel trucks at your local airport to the hustle and bustle of cities. Experience the challenges of landing at your local airport as day turns to night and as the seasons change. Anywhere is possible, all over the world. Flight Simulator X Gold allows you to experience the wild blue yonder.

this is NOT my first flight simulator. and I have only had it for a short time. but it sure is fun to play with. I can see right now, I am going to have to get some kind of joy stick...

How I have missed this Simulator. The joy of re-enacting some of my father's flight stories, and also the joys of doing things you normally wouldn't attempt in a real plane. Taking off from a carrier off of Paris, flipping upside down and flying under the Eiffel Tower. Knife edging thru cities. Buzzing the towers and areas I live :P. Would say how the multi-player is now, but I have to wait for my replacement cooler fan to come in for my cpu as I killed it while playing SWTOR. Least the processor didn't fry ;).

I've used Microsoft's Flight Simulator before on the previous version and I've always liked it, this new version provides more interactive missions and the expansion pack ads even more realistic military oriented missions, love it.\n\nYou will never get enough of it.

When you buy this game you need a good computer, my laptop struggles playing it. Its a good 12-15 Gigabytes so you should have a pretty good size hard drive. My laptop has a 48GB hard drive and I didnt want to put it on that hard drive, I bought an external hard drive and I think that might be the reason it is slow. I don't play it much anymore now that my pc is running Ubuntu 7.04 and My Windows Vista laptop crashed. This game can really teach you things about airplanes and it is really fun to use the mic in multiplayer mode. I don't recommend using this game with a computer that has Windows Vista and 512mb ram, Vista uses it all! After I played this game for about 50 hours or so I really started loving airplanes and now I can name planes easily!

Just hours and hours of fun.

Works in win7!!!

This exciting simulator enthrals me for hours. I can actually pilot a choice of realistic aircraft (fly in real time) to airports in any country of the world! FSX has a feature to record and re-play the last minutes of my flights (including landings) from many different camera angles. Sometimes, when flying I keep open a map-window that shows the location my plane (in real-time) in relation to the ground. While I am 'sitting' in the cockpit, FSX also allows me to change my eye-point and move the direction of view from left to right and up or down, simply by operating the directional, hat-switch or button (on joystick) during flight. This allows me to 'look' out of the cockpit window at nearby airports and landmarks as they pass by underneath.\nThe huge range of free, add-on aircraft and scenery for FSX makes this flight simulator the best value for my Windows 10 computer, compared with all other flight simulators. This is still true even when other Flight Sims have better graphics and resolution than FSX. Also, I have bought and installed various ORBX airports to make the buildings and scenery of those airports more realistic than the default ones on FSX. I have also purchased some, excellent extra aeroplanes made by JustFlight. Also, I have downloaded many extra (free) aeroplanes from fly-away-simulation web site. their range of free add-ons for FSX Flight Simulator is enormous! Given that it is a 2008 version of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator, the FSX Gold edition has enormous computer-speed benefits compared with the regular, FSX Deluxe version. I recommend that for modern computers (10 years old and later), that it is much better to install the updated, FSX 'Gold' version rather than the regular, 'Deluxe' version, because of the massive improvements. The Gold version does not just include extra features and enhancements, but it is actually Microsoft’s official update that includes service packs that fix various software-bugs and design flaws that existed in the older, deluxe version.

This was for my 14yr old son for his birthday. he has previous versions of flight simulater which he enjoys. he loves this version as it has a number of different 'flying machines' such as micro light. My husband, who has taken glider lessons, also enjoyed flying the glider.

The flight simulator it said will be working on multiple platforms. I tried W10 and XP. W10 ... It is working however from the begining you will have a feeling that not all functions works. And it is true. Struggle to find how to start the game and throughout the game some features not accessible. However once installed on XP which I bought on eBay refurbished just for gaming, works well. Only changes are views through the windows. Missing the view from position as your head and yourself would be seating on the pilot seat. You get very narrow picture on screen. So you constantly manipulating with controls to get view on something which in normal flight you would have. So once you took off you would not be concentrated on only dashboard separately or on windows but you should get both. In simulator it seems like you not given that flexibility. Although in W10 this option seems better. XP gives you feeling like you short sited. Controls are a discovery. Probably as in all games. I do not paly much so may be is normal. But many functions you have to find before take off. Confusing that it depend on the plane you select. But I think the whole simulator is a game and for some probably that is the most interesting part. My expectations as I have gliding experience were more concentrated on flight rather than looking for buttons functions to discover. Again something with tutorials not right. Not user friendly at all. No arrows pointing to the right functions if you struggle. And explanations where the exercise start and how to return not really there. So all in all - it is a game. Do not regret buying.

Bought this game about a week ago. Great game. I bought FSX gold, but still includes deluxe with accel. pack. Anyways, I am real happy with the game. It's very tough to learn because it's so realistic. They do offer tutorials and stuff though and you have the ability to play online with other people... I thought it was real neat how you could talk through a mic to other real people (like a pilot requesting landing clearence to someone in a flight tower). It makes the game very realistic. Challenging and realistic. Recommend it to everyone.

Bought this as a Christmas present for my brother who is a commercial airline pilot. He has flown for many years. He said it is "outstanding" and realistic. He is moving to a new aircraft and the simulator actually included the cockpit of the new plane so he is getting a jump on training. Was very pleased with this purchase.

tried to load the sim on two windows 7 computers but it would stop loading without saying why, then i tried my best windows 10 computer and it said i needed to find a file but i am not that smart, then i tried to load on my windows 10 with a 1.6 gig processor and wallah i was in the air in half an hour so it isnt broke but so very close, i didnt think or did i that you one day had the first disc in your computer and forgot and tried to burn data to the first disc instead of a blank, it works ty

I got this for my grandson at his request. He had used the software before and loves the feeling of flying a plane. The missions are challenging for him and provide lots of entertainment (he's 11). Product delivered as expected. Recommend using with a good joystick.

I initially had problems getting the program to install on a new Dell Inspiron 16-5645 AMD laptop but searching online revealed this is a common problem. I was finally able to load it. I'm able to run all graphics settings to maximum and frame rates are very good and flight is smooth. All in all I'm very satisfied.Read full review

I initially had problems getting the program to install on a new Dell Inspiron 16-5645 AMD laptop but searching online revealed this is a common problem. I was finally able to load it. I'm able to run all graphics settings to maximum and frame rates are very good and flight is smooth. All in all I'm very satisfied.

I have been flying simulators for over 15 years. This one very memory intensive, but I knew that when purchasing it. Wal-mart's price was at least $10 less than anywhere else I could find it. I upgraded my PC to 2GB RAM and put in a 512MB graphics card to get the best out of it. I am using it on XP, but will probably run it on Vista sometime soon. I will probably start looking into some hardware next, such as Flight Wheel, Rudder Pedals, etc. I just can't get enough time on it!!

The new Micorsoft Flight Simulator X (Deluxe) is well worth the price - be sure you have enough computer ( MEMORY AND PROCESSOR SPEED) to\nget the full benefit of the super detail avaliable in this program.

Software not unused, but did install ok in compatibility mode. The install key activated.

Great software, if you have the system to run it... I recommend ATLEAST 2gb RAM. I also think it is a good idea to have a 250 gb HDD. If you do not have any of this, and do not mind giving up a few features, FS2004 (FS9) is the way to go! I own FS2000-FSX\nI've been in this business for a while!\nENJOY!

At first I didn’t care for it much but once I got it to work good on my computer I started to enjoy it. And I think if you are into aviation and have a decent gaming computer you will enjoy it to.

I recently purchased the Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe and I really enjoy it. I recommend adding a joystick for the best experience. I use the game to relax on my time off, and enjoy just flying around and checking out the scenery and playing with the controls.

I bought this game knowing that it would use a lot of memory, so that wasn't surprising. I'm running it on a laptop and besides waiting for it to load, it runs great. It would be best to play this on a gaming PC, but if not, a laptop will work fine. It's a must have if you're interested in aviation! Enjoy!