737NGX: back to Real Simming

[ADamiani 470]

"Real Simming", possibily an oxymoron, or is it?I started simming back in 1983, when "measuring" fps was not an issue: you could actually COUNT the frames on your screen ...After nearly 30 years, I have experimented a lot, spent an obscene amount of money on hw upgrades just for those 3 frames per second (know the feeling?) but there are only a few magic moments that I call "Real Simming". I will name some:1) my first IFR flight in FS2 (VOR to VOR Meigs to Champaign)2) soaring around Half Moon Bay in Flight Unlimited II3) a full Heathrow - Kai Tak with Aerowinx PS1During the last 5 or 6 years I had lost interest, and sincerely I thought that simming was something that belonged to the past for me, then two things happened: 1) Orbx sceneries 2) PMDG 737 NGX I flew a Brisbane - Melbourne segment, then a Miami - St Marteen, Melbourne - Canberra, Rome-Olbia, Genova-Rome, one after the other, and then.... Then it's a new rig: I am building it far from home, where the wife can't see :-))) It's a 2600K, 2 ssd drives, a new video card, and I have been working 3 days on it, solved problems, tried new solutions, overclocked, everything. WellI I am back: back to real simming, thanks to 737NGX.

[ArturWashton 3]

Hi ADamiani Welcome back!! An airsimmer fellow is always an airsimer fellow. I really wish you a good luck with that new rig of yours. I think NGX is as of now the perfect airplane not just for the real world but, at last, for us the serious simmers. Although I'm a former real world commercial pilot, now I'm retired and I enjoy a lot l living the "continuation" of my whole life career. warm regards Art Washton.

[ADamiani 470]

Tnx Art, hopefully the new rig will be here in a couple days, then I will let you know. Take care Andrea

[ArturWashton 3]

Andrea, sure you'll get high frame rates with this unbeatable addon, enjoy yourself alot !! Take care you too Art.

[badderjet 181]

1) my first IFR flight in FS2 (VOR to VOR Meigs to Champaign)

Ha, I certainly remember that route... Nice. The memories. If Meigs was still around, heck I'd be flying in the Chicago area a whole lot more still.

[ADamiani 470]

Ha, I certainly remember that route... Nice. The memories. If Meigs was still around, heck I'd be flying in the Chicago area a whole lot more still.

We sure had a lot of fantasy .... I'm afraid all those hyperealistic 3D 7.1 surround games are spoiling it for the new generations: I remember getting excited when I finally saw "the runway" (A LINE! I repeat: A SINGLE WHITE LINE ON A GREEN BACKGROUND). My imagination did the rest. Bye Andrea

[Guest Turboblower]

I remember using an atlas and a compass for navigation, just to fly from meigs to denver. I think FMC's have made me lazy :)

[Brian_A_Neuman 198]

Lol...nice to see someone who has been simming as long as I have. Makes me feel a little less old.

[badderjet 181]

Oh I have to say I didn't fly that route on FS2, but rather 98 which was when I started (yeah I'm not THAT old but I think I still started early enuff, relatively)...

[royski 0]

Hi ADamiani Welcome back!! An airsimmer fellow is always an airsimer fellow. I really wish you a good luck with that new rig of yours. I think NGX is as of now the perfect airplane not just for the real world but, at last, for us the serious simmers. Although I'm a former real world commercial pilot, now I'm retired and I enjoy a lot l living the "continuation" of my whole life career. warm regards Art Washton.

Your right, once your a simmer, your will be FOREVER a simmer... I does happen that sometimes your interest will dive down, due to boredom and routine. I remember my first interest in flight simulation back in 9/11, when I learned that the hijackers were training themselves on MS FS. That sparked my curiousity and the rest was history...