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Microsoft Flight Simulator New Videos (Best Looking Game of All Time?) | Tech Alpha Registration Open
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I think the thing that impresses me the most about this game is the volumetric clouds tech.
Holy.Shit.
I want that in every game from now on. They look absolutely insane, absolutely the best clouds I've ever seen in real time rendering.
The clouds in RDR2 were already great and impressive but this is something else. Can't wait to try it out if my computer allows me.
Holy.Shit.
I want that in every game from now on. They look absolutely insane, absolutely the best clouds I've ever seen in real time rendering.
The clouds in RDR2 were already great and impressive but this is something else. Can't wait to try it out if my computer allows me.
Think this had something to do with it
Back then I did not realize how big Fuel actually was. I always thought it is just another fun racer among all others.
Damn that looks great. Need to check it out soon.
Holy shit. Color me surprised.
I just got some big goosebumps by seeing the thumbnail of this video and I haven't even seen it.
That's Lisbon, Portugal, where I live. That was instantly recognizable and looks ALMOST ALMOST just as incredible as when I'm landing here on a real plane. I wasn't truly expecting to see someone fly over my hometown, and reality sets in for me in a way it hadn't watching other videos.
For my father, who loves planes, but has never played a videogame before, I'm hoping this video will make him want to invest in trying this out.
I'm definitely in, this just looks amazing and my reason to try a simulation like this is to explore, see the world and, finally, the tech we have here allows for incredible visual fidelity.
Commanche was so good. I loved staying down in the trenches just to pop up and take out a tank.
and they could ask microsoft literally anything. they really seem open. and that one guy was really skeptical but now is excited for the game
Do you expect Minecraft raytracing graphics quality? It looks good especially for a simulation game. Which we all should know how simulation games work and look.
I said goddamn.
Also seriously, we need a caption saying which cities, countries are we looking at on some of the footage, I want to know what exactly I'm looking at :P
I don't think you got the context. This is one of these bad = good situations. LOL
Holy shit those graphics. This must be a dream come true for some people.
But I wonder, how are they going to handle restricted areas like military zones etc.?
But I wonder, how are they going to handle restricted areas like military zones etc.?
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Gotta question: Is MS flight simulator regarded as a real simulator well aproximated to real life?
Do moders have to program the phyiscs of their own models?
excuse my english.
Do moders have to program the phyiscs of their own models?
excuse my english.
They also did the x360 port of The Crew, which was quite impressive.
It has always been a simulator series, yes, useful for real life training, but with limitations.
The last MS Flight Sim, game, FS X, was released in 2006. The MSX engine has been used and re-purposed by flight training software producers since then, and versions of it are still in use by hardcore simmers, but it's not cutting edge anymore, and not really realistic. That mostly has to do with the flight model, which is too simplistic and gives you a flight experience so stable it feels like it's 'on rails' (at least according to hardcore simmers). It's still a useful tool for real life pilots wanting to train because you can train procedures, instrument use, and there are a ton of add ons.
Since then other simulators like X Plane have improved on the flight model to give a more real life approximation of the effect of gravity, weather, other forces on the plane. The new MS Flight Sim also does that, simulating thousands of points on a single plane.
There are many modders of FSX, X Plane, P3D and so on, and they go to great lengths to model airplanes realistically, but the core physics of the sim put limitations on that. This new flight sim looks to have remarkably realistic physics and also remarkably realistic stock plane behaviour, so you don't need mods to get a realistic experience. But modders will go on to make tons of planes and add-ons for sure.
I had so high hopes that I was a bit disappointed seeing some LOD problems and some flat textures.
Still the best looking game I've seen though, especially during rainy weather.
Still the best looking game I've seen though, especially during rainy weather.
Funnily enough this might be the worst looking part of the footage, with a bunch of shadows showing from the photograph data. Fortunately they're roughly in the right direction as the real time lighting, but the trees that should be casting them haven't been recreated. :(
Yeah I'd imagine it's the same way as it's on Google maps, some places are more detailed. Doesn't matter tho.
This game is a gamechanger, the stuff you did on Google Earth now can be done in an interactive 3D world while piloting an aircraft. That's just crazy.
It tries to from what I'm listening to someone's preview. Unfortunately it's bottlenecked by Bing Maps so in parts where there's sparse/missing data, it uses Machine Learning to generate what it thinks is there from buildings to trees. They are aiming for at least 400 cities to start.
We've seriously hit the promised land with the fidelity here. They even got the moon rendered!
Better start saving. GPU, 3x monitor setup, Flight sticks...
Back in 98/99 I think, Project IGI, a very good FPS at the time, used the engine of Joint Strike Fighter, a flight sim.
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dude wtf. how is this even possible?
one of the b roll footage even had traffic. thats insane.
no offense but no current gen console will be able to run this game. not even the midgen refreshes. it looks next gen. i wouldnt be surprised if most PCs cant handle it.
Ah, I didn't know we had a newer thread for the new MFS until just now!
Yeah, it's looking revolutionary for the flight sim world. I've stopped buying any more addons for Prepar3D as I'm planning on migrating to the new MFS on day one. It's just breath taking.
Good to know it's a through and through flight simulation now too. I'll be building a new PC just for this.
Yeah, it's looking revolutionary for the flight sim world. I've stopped buying any more addons for Prepar3D as I'm planning on migrating to the new MFS on day one. It's just breath taking.
Good to know it's a through and through flight simulation now too. I'll be building a new PC just for this.
