Someone reviewed v on Jul 5, 2022

Pros: 555

Cons: 555

Bottom Line: 555

rhy7s reviewed v8.20 on Nov 24, 2005

True, it probably would get 5 for a little more usability and if it was a little prettier but they certainly aren't reasons to give this product a 1 star rating Gerwin. Attention to the flight model is the exact reason it CAN be called a flight sim, the simulation of flight being its primary aim. Oh yeah, and if you look into it, there seems to be consensus that a 747 could execute a loop, especially if empty.

Gerwin reviewed v8.20 on Nov 24, 2005

There's exactly one thing that's very realistic in this sim: the flight model (if you don't count the fact that you can do loopings in a 747 :) ). The rest looks like MSFS98, and is so utterly NOT immersive, that it doesn't deserve the name flightsim. I don't understand how people can stare themselves so blind at the flight model that they fail to see that the rest of this thing doesn't even try to simulate anything. The planes look like sh*t, the landscape looks like sh*t and is the same where ever you fly, the c***pits don't adapt to your screen resolution, and the for January 2005 promised European Scenery is still not there. Forget it guys, this is nice stuff for aerodynamic geeks, but if you want a flight sim, buy elsewhere.

sn0wflake reviewed v8.20 on Nov 23, 2005

I don't use this program but TehMark's remark was just so stupid that I'll give it a rating of 5 to compensate.

ririzarry reviewed v8.20 Beta 8 on Oct 14, 2005

Great simulator - the best out there. Its so good, in fact, that the folks over at CarterCopters have used it for their pilot training and another company has hooked this into a full motion simulator for training pilots on some of the larger commercial aircraft. (See X-Plane's page for details).

Terrorist training tool? That is idiotic at best. What else should we ban because its a "terrorist training tool?"

rhy7s reviewed v8.15 Beta 2 on Jun 10, 2005

Betas of X-Plane are released between final versions, obviously the betas show up on ... BetaNews

TehMark reviewed v8.15 Beta 2 on Jun 9, 2005

wow 3 years and still beta, by the time this is final nobody will care

Banquo reviewed v8.15 Beta 2 on Jun 8, 2005

wow 3 years and still beta, by the time this is final nobody will care"

LOL, OMG...that's like saying Windows has been in alpha for 20 years because Longhorn is. I wish people would think before speaking.

BK553 reviewed v8.15 Beta 2 on Jun 8, 2005

I Guess nobody should fly any more. Never mind that this is great training for us pilots out there. Let's just assume Osama plays this in his cave. Nice tinfoil hat you've got there
-Lord-

-Lord- reviewed v8.11 on Apr 21, 2005

Interesting that this terrorist training program is still available. The only thing missing is landmarks, buildings, and densly populated areas to crash into.

Seriously... good concept, 6 minutes is ridiculously SHORT for a demo.

Crypton reviewed v8.11 RC-2 on Apr 10, 2005

While I agree a 6 minute demo is a bit short (30 would be a good ammount of time before losing controls from joysticks ect..)

However, as you can see the devs are hard at work updating this game constantly and trying to fix probems as well as add new stuff in every chance they get. This still has to be the best flight sim with the most realistic features to date.

BK553 reviewed v8.10 Beta 1 on Mar 21, 2005

I've been using this for 3 years now and if you think nothing has changed you are so very wrong. This program grows every month, with new features, accuracy, scenery and stability. MS comes out with 1 new version every 2-3 years. This is a real sim, which uses complex physics to determine how a plane flies. MS uses lookup tables that are just made up by the plane author. If you don't like the six minute demo, try finding out how long the demo for MS Flight Sim is. (There isn't one)

nothersin reviewed v8.04 Beta 2 on Jan 6, 2005

It doesn't last long enough to get a real feel for it.

MaxBlade reviewed v8.02 Beta 2 on Dec 5, 2004

Just try out your old 6.0 then load up 8.0 and your like WOW...what has changed???? Did you noticed THEY or he always trashes MS. $100 bucks a year. Now at $59 a year that would not be so bad if it had some major changes.

BroughApps reviewed v8.01 on Nov 13, 2004

all i can say is duh

Banquo reviewed v8.00 Beta 17 on Nov 8, 2004

In case you haven't noticed the name of this site is BetaNews, Beta being the operative word. Of course you are going to see beta versions of X-Plane listed here. That doesn't mean that they've never released a final. This is the beta of version 8. I hope that isn't the only basis for you giving it a poor review; have you even tried it yet? Anyway getting back to the topic this beats Microsoft's lousy little Flight "game" hands down. I call it a game because you can hardly call it a simulator.

nosbig reviewed v8.00 Beta 17 on Nov 7, 2004

is this ever going to be more than a beta? It seems to have been hanging around in beta for as long as I can remember

thumper631 reviewed v7.20 on Oct 29, 2003

I have been a user of this x-plane since version 5 (along with all Microsoft products). X-plane is still one of the best flight sim (best traffic control) and would recommend it to everyone.

James

p.s.

Order now before the price goes up (59.99 until Nov 20, then 99.99)

dzjepp reviewed v7.16 on Oct 29, 2003

Seems very good, from an initial reaction. I still need to read the manuals since I wasn't even able to get the plane of the ground LOL. One thing that I thought sucked is when you change the game resolution. I changed it to 1280x1024 and it made it look better, but then the plane c***pit was all out of proportion, the bottom portion was missing from the screne.

If they could improve on that, it'd be great.

Whitay reviewed v7.15 on Oct 18, 2003

I've been following Xplane since v5.x and not much at *all* has really changed.
Not to mention the problems with the author and his fleecing of his user base.

FS2004 all the way.

DigitalSin reviewed v7.15 on Oct 16, 2003

Nice!

cees2000 reviewed v7.15 on Oct 16, 2003

what can I say?
It's just the best damn looking flightsim ever!

artic6 reviewed v7.15 on Oct 16, 2003

Very, very realistic with all the features of Flight Sim 2004 Pro and many more, it excels in technological features like networking abilities, dual displays (as in many, many displays) and it runs well on many computers, also it is the only Flight Sim which you can fly with your mouse and no joystick, order this NOW from the manafacturer, I have and it is great!

tommmyboy reviewed v7.10 on Oct 10, 2003

good!!

SNYder reviewed v6.51 on Jan 9, 2003

Although it was tough to figure out, once I did, it was one hell of a flight sim. Koodos to the team or dude that made this :) Very well done.

Peart reviewed v6.51 RC2 on Jan 6, 2003

Am I nuts??? Am I the only one that thinks one should review the SOFTWARE, and NOT your (in)ability to download and/or install it???

In other words, if you haven't tried the program, DON'T RATE IT!!!

Sheesh.

Peart reviewed v6.40 Beta 5 on Nov 4, 2002

Excellent program! It gets better with every new version, this one being no different.

Tripwire reviewed v6.40 Beta 2 on Oct 26, 2002

Pretty impressed by its physics, and the graphics are also OK.

And btw, you really need no life to built a custom box, huh? Giving away 1-3hrs will barely screw up your life.

cspring reviewed v6.25 RC3 on Aug 3, 2002

Sorry guys, I have to agree with the posters having trouble loading this program. Thus far it has defied logical efforts to install using Dell 8200. I've been using computers since 1980, downloading hundreds of programs. Will keep trying ... and will change my rating if merited.

DigitalSin reviewed v6.14 on May 9, 2002

Great sim, I love it! Needs a little polishing here and there just to be a little more user-friendly, but all in all it rocks.

krokkio reviewed v6.14 on May 9, 2002

Simply fantasctic!!!!!!!!

staramb reviewed v6.14 on May 7, 2002

Beautiful. absolutely beautiful. Probably the best flight simulator that I've tried so far.

Banquo reviewed v6.13 Beta 1 on Apr 15, 2002

I have FS2000 and decided to give this a try. I found it runs much better than the Microsoft game does. It's also very nice looking, and the traffic controller chatter is a cool feature.

Grandhighbuddha, maybe you should learn how to use your computer before whining. Like wonko said you have to update your drivers to get hardware acceleration support.
Also, one vote is enough. You are messing up the rating with your ignorant multiple posts.

wonko reviewed v6.13 Beta 1 on Apr 15, 2002

This is an amazing piece of software, and the most realistic flight sim I've ever used. It's unfortunate that some people (like Mr. Buddha) are too dumb to read the documentation -- if they did, they'd discover that the most likely reason for bad graphics performance (even with a GeFroce 3) is that they're using Microsoft's Generic GeForce driver (which does not do hardware OpenGL acceleration) instead of NVidia's Detonator driver (which does).

Install the correct NVidia driver and I guarantee you you'll get flawless performance.

Hawkeye reviewed v6.12 on Apr 9, 2002

grandhighbuddha, that is very intelligent review. Funny that the game runs perfectly fine on my system which is only a Pentium III 450 and a Radeon 32MB DDR. If it is only running at 10fps then there is something wrong with YOUR computer. Try to be a little more mature in the future instead of acting like a moron.

Back the review: Nice graphics, smooth frame rates, and a lot of nice features. It does not looks quite as polished as FS2002 but it's still very good.

c_g_hills reviewed v6.10 RC3 on Mar 12, 2002

The latest release of X-Plane is warmly received. It has been far superior to any other flight sim for these reasons:

You can fly into space and have a view of the entire planet with no slowdown

Supports UDP communication so you could for example hook up 8 pcs and have 8 realtime displays (or 16 if you have dual-head cards)

Physics are incredibly realistic... has life-like turbulence, lift, drag, as well as many types of failures. Just the physical model of a plane affects how it will fly.

I have given this a rating of 5.