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What You Need to Know to Find Your Best Flight Simulator

First things first: If someone trys to tell you: This is the best Flight Simulator Game! Then he might be wrong.

Why? Because everyone has his own preferences and might like different things.
So you have to find out, which one of the various PC flight simulator games on the market suits YOU best.

This lens should help you with that. Have a look around, to make your decesion.

The 5 Best Flight Simulator Games 2012

Are you a shooter or a civil pilot?

There is a flight simulation game for everyone

Fighter Jet To help you identify what kind of PC Flight Simulator Games would be the most suitable for you, you should ask yourself these questions:

- Do you want to learn flying like a professional civil aviation pilot?

or

- Do you prefer to shoot down other airplanes and have aerial fights with other players in combat mode?

Check out the games below for each kind of player.

Flight Simulation Games for civil pilots

This is for you, if you really want to learn how to fly

Realistic CockpitThis section is for the real flight simulation games. At the end, a flight simulator software's aim is to simulate a real flying experience.

That's why anyone who wants to fly in the real world, can easly get started with a good professional flight simulation game. Most of them have a flying school included. You will learn all about the instruments inside the cockpit and how to use them. There are usually several different airplanes that react differently from each other, when you fly them. For example, you will notice a much bigger lag in reaction, if you fly a big jumbo jet, then when you fly a small Cesna.

In this category there are several interesting games, like:

Virtual Pilot 3D
Microsofts Flight Simulator X
X-Plane V10
Flight Simulator Plus
Pro Flight Simulator

Click on the links above to check out those games. If you would like to find out, which one is MY favorite Flight Simulation, read on. I will present you the best fligh sim for this year and also explain the reasons why no other sim comes close to it with its many awesome features.

PC Flight Simulator Games for Shooters

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My favorite PC Flight Simulator 2012

It doesn't get more realistic than that

Download Virtual Pilot 3D here...

I have played many PC Flight Simulator Games in my "pilot" career. I started off with Microsofts FS 2004, which is a really great game. I know many people who still play this game. Some of them even think its better then the newer Version FSX. I have played Microsofts FSX as well, it needs a much faster computer, which is probably the reason, why many flight sim fans dont upgrade. On the other hand FSX has more missions and more realistic graphics, as it displays the world as a globe for the first time. But unfortunately the details of the graphics are in some parts of the world worse than in the 2004 version. Very strange.

However Microsoft FSX came out in 2006 and is now a bit outdated. I was looking for a newer and better Flight Sim, where i would not have to pay for each addon and extra aircraft. My friend intoduced me to Virtual Pilot 3D, which is a new Flight Sim for 2012 based on an open source software.

It offers so much more than Microsofts FSX. Read on to see the facts, why this is my best Flight simulation game for 2012.

Why Virtual Pilot 3D is MY Best Flight Simulator 2012

It's the most realistic and comprehensive flight package today

Click here to download

  • Free Lifetime Updates & Upgrades- Game is constantly improving

  • 200 + different airplanes and even helicopters & more being added regularly

  • More than 25.000 real world airports all around the world

  • Super realistic worldwide scenery based on NASA mapping data

  • FAA certified and used as a alternative LIVE training platform for professional pilots
  • Works on PC and MAC + full Hardware support for all types of hardware like Yokes, Pedals, and up to 9 Screens!!


This is as close as it gets to Real Flying

Download this awesome game here...
  • Realistic night lightning

  • Very realistic controls - gives you more real life like flying experience

  • Great multiplayer mode with lost of players online at all times

  • Awesome realtime weather conditions

  • Professional flight simulator, that is used in flight schools and TV productions

  • Fly around the whole world

  • Support for all kinds of flight controllers, like yoke, throttle and foot pedals

  • Best selling Flight simulator game at this time



    • Virtual Pilot 3D can be downloaded straight away from the members area to your PC. So you could start flying within minutes. But it's also possible to order a DVD for this game, in case your internet connection is a bit slow.

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    Conclusion for our Test of the Best Flight Simulator Games 2012

    Instant Download here...If you think Microsoft FSX is the best flight sim out there, you have not seen Virtual Pilot 3D. Check all the features it has, plus the amazing lifetimes updates/upgrades. A game that is constantly evolving, and offering new airplanes regularly, and all for just a one time fee. With Microsofts FSX already being more than 4 years old, it just can't compete anymore with the newer Flight Simulators like Virtual Pilot 3D.

    Let's see if Microsoft will come out soon with a newer version, but I really doubt it, as I read somewhere they canceled their relations with the company that used to develop FSX.

    Check out my blog about Airplane Flight Simulator Games,if you are an aviation fan. This is only for true Flightsim fans.

    I hope you found this lense helpful for finding your best flight sim for 2012.

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    Please comment on this lens!

    • nelsonkana Jan 25, 2012 @ 1:59 am | delete
      Nice lens here. Am taking a tour of top lenses. I like this one
    • fairwinds Nov 16, 2011 @ 6:59 pm | delete
      Interesting lens, I love FSX, but I am excited to hear there are newer flight simulators.
    • muratarat May 4, 2011 @ 8:04 pm | delete
      good lens. hope it will good for you next.
    • harringtonway Mar 15, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
      You did a great job with this lens. I really enjoyed it, you have really thought of everything!
    • MindProjects Jan 14, 2011 @ 2:08 am | delete
      I love playing games, but haven't tried airplane flight simulator games yet. The video looks cool and fun and I will def give a few of them a try, but as a civil pilot. Don't like shooting games at all.
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