X-Plane 10

[jakspyder]

From their site:
"X-Plane will take advantage of as many cores or distinct processors as you can afford. Having 16 cores split among 4 CPUs is not required by any means, but Version 10 would be able to use every one. No more than 4 GB of RAM is necessary, but the more VRAM you have, the better–X-Plane 10 can easily use 1.5 GB of VRAM at the maximum settings."

X-Plane 10 requires, at the minimum,

a 2 GHz, dual-core CPU,
2 GB of RAM,
a DVD-ROM, and
a DirectX 9.0c-capable video card with 128 MB of on-board, dedicated video RAM (VRAM). See here for graphics card compatibility.
However, for the best experience, we recommend the following:

a 3 GHz, multi-core CPU (or, even better, multiple processors),
4 GB of RAM,
a DVD-ROM, and
a DirectX 10-capable (DX11 preferred) video card with 1 GB of on-board, dedicated VRAM.

 

[Gimpymoo]

if its like 8 then if i recall correctly the hires textures had to be download after installing, they didnt come with the initial install, there was however an edition with all the DVD's containing the textrues included.

Any idea where I obtain the textures?

 

[Wynthorpe]

Any idea where I obtain the textures?

It doesnt come with any other textures Gimpymoo, XP10 comes as shipped for the demo, and the demo isnt 57Gb as some one said, i think they were taking the mick as XP is constantly being updated and changed by the devs. They add a lot of new stuff with every update, even new tech.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

It doesnt come with any other textures Gimpymoo, XP10 comes as shipped for the demo, and the demo isnt 57Gb as some one said, i think they were taking the mick as XP is constantly being updated and changed by the devs. They add a lot of new stuff with every update, even new tech.

Yep my bad 57GB is my drive size...

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Looks really good. Will wait for the price to come down.

 

[robfosters]

This is a nightmare to setup and doesn't look as good as FSX with a few well placed add-ons. The water is horrible.

Don't jump to conclusions about MS Flight.

 

[Daze]

AeroflyFS looks very promising also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJXdNtulwLQ

 

[Gimpymoo]

Don't jump to conclusions about MS Flight.

This is purely personal, but the fact Games For Windows: Live is pivotal to the games makes it impossible for me to take it seriously.

The DLC model is horrendous too, in my opinion.

 

[Darrensen]

You can pre-order for £39.99 with %3 quidco..

Where can you get it for 39.99?

EDIT - sorry, just seen it. I'm not allowed to say where on these forums?

 

[uk_viper]

This is purely personal, but the fact Games For Windows: Live is pivotal to the games makes it impossible for me to take it seriously.

The DLC model is horrendous too, in my opinion.

The main reason I'm really not considering it.

 

[picnic]

LOL - Some might argue FSX is only so good because of DLC. REX, Orbx, PMDG etc could all be construed as DLC just not from M$

 

[redline]

LOL - Some might argue FSX is only so good because of DLC. REX, Orbx, PMDG etc could all be construed as DLC just not from M$

This is absolutely true, but at least you have choice, and you have lots of talents bringing a wealth of riches to the table, all with different approaches. Personally I love some photoscenery, some landclass, certain vendors aircraft, certain vendors weather and textures etc, etc. with Flight it will be just (as far as we know) an MS vision of aviation and the world, which seems rather depressing and limiting.

Plus currently I can decide where to buy, and take advantage of competing prices, which won't happen with the new GFWL model.

Unless things change I will stick with my current FSX set-up for some time to some as both Flight and XP10 don't offer anything better.

 

[Zbornak]

I forget, can you install games to a secondary hard drive? Or can you only install applications to the hard drive which runs your operating system?

Edit: Also, where can I find the PC Gamer review for it?

 

[spike2011]

The demo of xplane 10 is 3.01 gig so thats not too big to download says about 2 hours with their slow download speed.

 

[picnic]

I forget, can you install games to a secondary hard drive? Or can you only install applications to the hard drive which runs your operating system?

You can install XP10 to any location you like, mine's on G: I think.

 

[Digikill]

Looks great, will be looking at this as an alternative to anything with GFWL/market whatever.

These are the sort of guys i like to support with my hard earned.

Got my eye on Space shuttle mission Simulator 2 too. first one was great.

happy days.

 

[bloodhunter]

I will be getting it for sure. I will see how it runs with my current processor speed as it says a 3Ghz quad core is recomended and mine is at 3.6Ghz.

 

[MOOGLEYS]

You can install XP10 to any location you like, mine's on G: I think.

Do you have it already.. American copy..?

 

[Creelers]

Wait so how big is it? (the full game, not the demo.)

From wikipedia:

Version 10.02 comes on 8 double-sided DVDs, most of which comprise the global scenery, which is 78GB uncompressed.

D:

 

[picnic]

Do you have it already.. American copy..?

I have the version Aerosoft released just in time for Christmas. Came in a fancy metal tin, spoilt by the fact it has all the DVDs in paper sleeves inside. With the Aerosoft version you get an extra DVD with some Aerosoft addons included. I need to check but more will be made available for download that will mean I get the same content as the final Aerosoft version. I got mine from RC Simulations in Bristol. These are the same people who commissioned Horizon to produce the VFR Photo Scenery for XP9/10.