Best Combat Simulator
Lead Pursuit
Falcon 4: Allied Force
- Significantly different from original Microprose version:
– improvements to Stability
– enhanced Artificial Intelligence
– improved Dynamic Campaign Engine
– reworked Multiplayer Engine
– refined User Interface and the Graphics
– extensive Campaign Theaters
- Airbases enhanced and terrain tiles redone
- AI wingman commands and functions, others reworked
- 110-page printed manual, plus 760 page PDF manual
Joel Bierling – Executive Producer, Lead Pursuit LLC
Mike Kent, Kurt Giesselman, Chris Carter, Julian Onions, Manfred Nelles, Martin Ingold, Sylvain Gagnon, Mike Laskey, William Mulvihill, Davor Perkovac, Alfred Stiassny, Eric de Best, Christian Thomsen, Chris Partridge, Ivo Schäperclaus, Shawn Agne, Ed Kiefer, Colin Morrow, Ruth Wheldon, Eltjo Biemold
Best Commercial Aircraft Package:
Air Transport
The PMDG Team
Boeing 747-400
- Authentic handling qualities made possible with reconceptualized flight model
- Highly refined virtual cockpit—cockpit instruments are crisp and readable
- An even more complete systems simulation than in the 737 NG
- Beautifully modelled and detailed exterior
- As challenging as you want it to be
- Great customer support by the PMDG team
Captain Robert S. Randazzo – Founder and senior developer
Lefteris Kalamaras – Lead developer / programmer
Vin Scimone – Aircraft model / cockpit designer
Vangelis M. Vaos PhD – Flight and engine model developer
Marc Harrington – Cockpit artwork and animation
Bill Grabowski and Michael Frantzeskakis – Panel/gauge developers
Pete Sterling – Model artwork developer
Paul Gollnick – Technical advisor / Customer Support
Special Mention
Level-D Simulations
Boeing 767-300
Wade Chafe, Laurent Crenier and Pedro Sousa – Main development
Eric Ernst – Pilot's Manual
Yutaka Mitsushi, Gary Hayes and Eric Ernst – Aircraft visual model, aircraft and panel artwork
Ben Alexander Brown, Eric Ernst and Tero Partanen – Aircraft sounds
David Barrington (B767 Captain), Eric Ernst (B767 First Officer), Marco Koolstra (B767 Engineer), Joe Panford (B767 Captain), Sean Trestrail (B767/A330 Captain) – Technical advisors
Best Commercial Aircraft Package:
General Aviation/Business
Aeroworx
Super Beech King 200 v.2.0
- State-of-the-art realism/detail:
– external features
– cockpit modeling includes extensive instrumentation; many custom gauges in both EFIS and Analogue versions
- Highly refined exterior model; extensive animated features, external extras
- Unique Aircraft Maintenance Module
- Realistic, carefully calibrated air model
– validated by real-world pilots
- Excellent Pilot's Operating Handbook
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Henning van Rensburg – Project manager, Panel layout and graphics, Gauge and systems programming, etc.
Dave Harbold, Matt Kaprocki and Fabio Miguez – Gauge and application programming
Mark Dirsuwei – Aircraft and VC modeling, Textures
Brendan Blignaut – Flight Planner development
Jack Colwill – Chief test pilot
Chris Frismuth – Consulting pilot
Special Mention
Flight One Software / Flight1 Aviation Technologies
Cessna Skyhawk 172R
Jim Rhoads – Project manager, Panel design and gauge graphics
Ed Struzynski – Gauge programming, graphics
Roger Dial – Aircraft model and Virtual Cockpit
Jerry Beckwith – Flight dynamics
MeatWater – Sounds
Tom Main – Cfg Editor
Dave Marks – Documentation
Dave Scofield – Tutorial flight and Utilities
Best Freeware Aircraft:
Air Transport
SAMDIM Design
Tu-114/Tu 126
- The most extensive and most complete FS aircraft freeware package
– authentic 2D captain's panel, 1st officer's panel, navigators flight position and panel
– all cockpit views are rendered
– includes a dynamic 3D virtual cockpit
– includes all the original aircraft liveries
– custom turbine engine sounds
– comprehensive documentation
– custom scenery for mid-air refueling
- Superb exterior modeling including full animation and unique special effects
– power setting changes vary the appearance of huge counter-rotating propellers
- Absolutely wonderful flight model
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Dimitri Samborski; Alexander Alekseev, M.Ellis, Sergei Golosov, Stepan Gritsevsky, Andrei Hayutin, Maxim Mysin, Nikolai Samsonov, Oleg Tchernikov, and Pavel Usachev
tupolev114_install.zip
Best Freeware Aircraft:
General Aviation/Business
Veneaviones Simulation Group
Rockwell Turbo Commander 690B
- Excellent realism/detail:
– external features
– cockpit modeling includes extensive instrumentation
- Detailed exterior model (Gmax); anmated features, external "parking mode" features
- Realistic, carefully calibrated air model
– validated by real-world owners and pilots
- Appropriate documentation
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Juan Miguel Ramirez, Amoldo Perdomo and Claudio Rojas – Aircraft model, Textures
Scott Thomas – Panel
Oscar Ortiz – Flight dynamics
Eric Cantu – Sounds
Roberto Leiro – Effects
Manuel Mandelblum – Research and Advisory
veneaviones_rockwell_turbo_commander_690b.zip
veneaviones_rockwell_turbo_commander_690bwl.zip
Best Freeware Aircraft:
Vintage/Sport
Alpha Bleu Ciel
Chance-Vought F-4U-7 Corsair
- Absolutely incredible realism/detail:
– pilot, engine, landing gear, antennae, flap fairings, etc
- Smooth, responsive air model; realistic torque modeling
– validated by real-world Corsair pilot
- Excellent manual including carrier operations and references
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Guy Hulin and Yves Raymond – 3D model, virtual cockpit and textures;
Sergey Golovachev, Jean-Pierre Langer, and Arne Bartels – Panel and gauges;
Jean-Pierre Bourgeois and Benoit Dubé – Flight dynamics
corsairf4u7.zip (Avsim Library)
Best Gauges package
Reality XP / Flightline
SN 3308 EFIS, 430/530XP Gauges
- Real-world aircraft gauges
– EFIS, Garmin XP & Flight Line Avionics Apollo GPS, Weather Radar
– featured in Aeroworx (King Air B200), Flight 1 (Piper Meridian), and DreamFleet cockpit modeling
Jean-Luc Dupiot
Best Scenery
GeoRender
Alaska Cinematic Vol 1
- "Bush Pilot's ultimate scenery package"
– 11,000 sq km of stunning photo-realistic scenery
– seamless coverage of Anchorage, Chugash, Portage Pass and more
- An abundance of mountains, rivers, glaciers, lakes, valleys, coves, and coastline
– icefields and glaciers are blindingly white
– richly colored geological formations
– dozens of landable lakes and waterways
- Overall immersiveness, clarity, depth and realistic look
– frame-rate friendly
Richard Goldstein
Special Mention
Flight One Software / Scenery Solutions
Ultimate Terrain USA, Ultimate Terrain Alaska/Canada
Alan Kriesman
Best Utility
Bryan York
FS2Crew
- Innovative enhancement of flight deck environment
- Near 100% fidelity to real-world ATP procedures
- Seemingly endless variety of spoken sounds and background equipment sound effects
- Simple, well-thought-out user interface
Special Mention
Rana Hossain
FlightSim Manager
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