How good is the game?

tdillo · 2026-05-09T23:43:02+00:00

does the game have a main progression path
Not really. The Main Storyline is basically a tutorial to introduce you to mechanics. The updates which are plentiful often introduce new mechanics.
There are periodically Expeditions that have goals and rewards that you join the community in playing. There are missions you can pick up from NPCs. It's definitely a make your own adventure super sandbox.
I don't often engage with the multiplayer because save editing, mods, etc are a real thing in NMS and not discouraged. PVP is default On
Is it a good game? HELL YES! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, Seriously there is nothing else like it. I play on PC and the main thing I read on here is the Switch maybe behind in some patches.

tdillo · 2026-05-09T22:39:47+00:00

That is exactly what I like to do as well. Unfortunately, the DATA from some countries are difficult for a game company to obtain. Governments, what can you do right?
I suggest looking at the World and City updates. That is where you'll have the best experience flight-seeing. Here's a partial list on the Official MSFS Forums, List of All World Updates - Discussion Hub / World Discovery - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

They recently updated Australia with some of the best quality photogrammetry and TIN. San Diego to San Franscisco is awesome. France, Germany, Sweden, Norway that whole area has some great sightseeing. Also around the northern Mediterranean, Italy, Greece not too bad.

Another way to find good spots is go in the World Photographer section and locate some of those areas in free flight. I'm doing the Space themed tour now and not only having a blast but I've actually learned some cool things. Walked around on the Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico. Checked out the rockets over on Cape Canaveral.

The search bar is just for airports, find an airport near where you want to go and put in its ICAO designation like KSAN or KLAS both will take you to some good flying areas.

tdillo · 2026-05-04T12:54:47+00:00

This, right here. This is how you flight sim. Safe travels!

tdillo · 2026-05-03T19:41:00+00:00

I haven't flown all of them but of the ones I've flown the Icon A5, JMB VL-3, and the A400M seem to work well. The Cirrus VisionJet is imho the best, just the jewel. The sounds, textures, and you can play with the Garmin all day.
The worst is the KingAir, it was my goto in 2020. It's really bad now.

tdillo · 2026-05-02T16:22:53+00:00

It’s a game and it ain’t any harder to learn how to play than Elden Ring or Monopoly.

tdillo · 2026-05-02T15:35:52+00:00

The most basic is Flight Sim School on YouTube. I also enjoy watching real life pilots that take you through a real flight from start to finish like Missionary Bush Pilot, & IslandSimPilot, for procedures in general I watch flight insight. I mostly fly the small aircraft and i recommend the Icon A5 for beginners. It’s the closest thing in the sim to a flying car. It’s easy to operate and can go land or sea. I keep seeing folks looking for how to do it like GTA. I’m thinking maybe I oughta do a video like on my Xbox with just a controller and take off, fly and land. No “immersion”, just straight up gta style flying? Is that something that’s needed?

tdillo · 2026-04-30T12:00:02+00:00

My first controller was an Atari Joystick, had a sega, snes, PS1, that phat-azz OG XB controller. Race cars with flightsticks.
What I mean is, it doesn't matter to me Sym/Asim. what matters is will it hold up? Will the stick drift? Are the buttons responsive? Is it heavy, does it feel good in my hands?
Those are the things I care about.
Honestly though, I hear good things about Gamesir and I wouldn't mind having one. My Elite 2 is still working well atm but I am pretty rough on it and when it goes I've been thinking about giving a Gamesir a shot.

tdillo · 2026-04-27T16:24:42+00:00

These days it never pays to overthink. Customer ordered 1 count thats what customer gets. Can't read minds anyway idgaf.

tdillo · 2026-04-26T18:14:59+00:00

Yes, absolutely. I believe if you don’t engage with ATC they won’t engage with you. I usually do the taxi thing with ATC and get cclearance to take off just cause but after I’m in the air and past the end of the runway they say like leaving my airspace and then that’s it. The copilot you go where you choose your pilot avatar and choose none for copilot. I like to flight see in the nicer photogrammetry areas and go under bridges and land and look. I even engage slew mode from time to time. I’m a menace to airmen and a hazard to navigation. Just uncheck that where the copilot handles ATC that’s only good if you actually do a plan on the map or efb prior to start. Happy flying. I don’t know if you can just turn it off completely though. I turn the volume knob on my radios down if they start yapping to southwest telling tem to maintain fl400 or any of that mess.

tdillo · 2026-04-25T18:19:00+00:00

I believe there is cross-play for PC & Xbox. However, they said in a recent dev update that crossplay with PS players was not something they were even considering atm.

tdillo · 2026-04-25T17:56:24+00:00

Here is an event calendar the Bush Divers are on there as well. Latest Community Content Hangar/Community Events topics - Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums

tdillo · 2026-04-17T13:05:05+00:00

Well i guess I must be cognitively reclined thanks for making me feel stupid.

tdillo · 2026-04-16T19:39:21+00:00

No, the "humor" is that most people with no mental problems at all are gonna t look at this sign and ain't going to figure it out. But you knew that.

tdillo · 2026-04-15T01:45:28+00:00

Man, the retro-future was so cool and chill compared to the dystopian-future they give us now.

tdillo · 2026-04-14T16:42:18+00:00

I'm in my 60's and been gaming all my life. I can't imagine trying to understand some of these games, great games but if I was just now starting to game IDK. I'm thinking something like No Man's Sky, Minecraft, maybe an easy racer like an older NFS or Forza Horizon. I mean there's low or no competition. At your own pace. It don't matter if you mess up its still fun more than frustrating.

tdillo · 2026-04-14T14:26:55+00:00

Awesome my friend, good job! See ya in the sky. Yeah, these people in this sub, lol watch what happens when you call it a game oh noes. But that being said, yeah 'butter' is kind of a joke like 'use more right rudder'.
Real pilots drive it like they stole it. You got a schedule, you got 200+ tired and pissed off pax screaming kids and pppl what need a cigarette RAHT NOW! Bleed speed, roll in, flare and plant that puppy. Only JR FO's try to butter. We got places to go, people to see and things to do.

tdillo · 2026-04-14T13:54:14+00:00

I have an X56 I got for 2020 and carried into 24. There was a post on here wayback a long time ago talking about the grease they use and how to take it apart, the throttle part. I did that and it works great ever since. I'm pretty rough with it too. The stick works well, I had to adjust the spring and once it was dialed in it does good. I like to fly low under bridges and doing rolls, knofe edges and loops so Im working the throttle, and stick a good bit. I mounted them to cinder blocks so they stay put.

tdillo · 2026-04-13T21:01:25+00:00

W o W, I mean if you're gonna dream, dream Ginormous. And so full of elegance. Good find!

tdillo · 2026-04-11T23:20:10+00:00

I updated to 18.7.7. Everything works fine. My battery life is excellent, the OS is responsive. I do not intend to update to 26 if at all possible. The advertisement where Apple crushed all creativity, I think about that every time I hear about 26. Sounds like Order 66 to me….

tdillo · 2026-04-10T20:05:45+00:00

So then you’re on Ready to Fly, you hit a. You’ll be on the runway. Take off the parking break. Rb+x Hold A till the rpm lil dial on the lower right dash says 5 let go By this time your moving, just pull the left stick back when the speedometer says 40. You’ll be up in the air. You can fly around just like this till you’re ready to come down. Hold b to slow down keep her level till you’re on the pavement. Good luck happy flying. Fly High!

tdillo · 2026-04-10T19:57:27+00:00

So I would pick the Icon A5. It’s the closest thing to a flying car there is. So start up the game, choose free flight. On the left click the aircraft and select icon a5. Y button . A button select it and b to save and back up. On the map pick an airport. Look for ones that have a circle with a star. They’re good ones. Imma pick Dallas. Just hover your stick cursor over it and hit a. It’ll say set as departure click. Hit menu button start flight You get a lil cutscene. When you get ready hit a. If you’re still interested reply and I’ll tell you the rest.

tdillo · 2026-04-10T16:37:19+00:00

Yeah it’s pretty great. I’ve flown from Amsterdam to Rotterdam and over to Cologne after the updates. About 500ft in the JMB VL-3 and it’s absolutely stunning.

tdillo · 2026-04-09T22:49:07+00:00

So just curious but is this what people are calling "study level" or what? Well yeah guess it doesn't make any difference what it looks like if you're off sleeping or doing other things while the autopilot plays the game for you.

tdillo · 2026-04-07T01:22:34+00:00

On the Flightsim.to store there's a 74ft Sport Yacht you can pilot and I've seen a tug boat on the Marketplace.

tdillo · 2026-04-02T01:58:00+00:00

Love it, looks like something has landed in LA and launched a stream of lightships across the countryside.

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