I like realism as much as the next man but I maintain that forcing oneself to either spend extended periods of time starting at ocean, or restrict oneself to very short hops is likely to rob you of some fun FS experiences. As I said above flying online I would never dream if accelerating time but I just recently did a 3100 mile hop as part of a RTW flight and there was no way I was going to spend part of my hard-earned Xmas holiday glued to the sim for 7 hours. But each to their own.

Just do what you want, you pay for. I sometimes will fly at 16x (offline) in cruise if I have stuff to be getting on with. Honestly the bits I enjoy is everything apart from the cruise

Just do what you want, you pay for. I sometimes will fly at 16x (offline) in cruise if I have stuff to be getting on with. Honestly the bits I enjoy is everything apart from the cruise

I totally agree. I don't think that occasional acceleration in the cruise in any way diminishes one's FS experience and doesn't devalue the planning etc involved in a flight. In fact if someone felt that way I'd feel quite sorry for him to be honest. It's not a real aeroplane after all.

I used to do time accelleration when I was a clueless n00b. There, I said it.

I used to do time accelleration when I was a clueless n00b. There, I said it.

You still are one, you brainless moron. OK this thread has been hijacked by deranged pedants and has served its purpose and should be locked. As the OP I demand it!!!!!!;)

Interesting, I never used time acceleration as a beginner, started only recently with it. But then I try to simulate flying a Boeing with an A10-C stick and throttle, good heavens...I agree it is not acceptable when flying online however.

Edited January 3, 201214 yr by ckeddf

I try not to use accel, mostly fly UK to Ireland,but I did use 4x when flying PANC-KSEA

I tried it once. Blighty to Yanksville in realtime. Perhaps the most monumentally dull experience of my life (and I've been to an Ultravox gig..)Ian

:( ...that's got to be one of the most hilarious statements I've read on these forums. Brilliant!