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Help with choosing simulators

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I have been away from FSX for several months. I recently got a new computer and when I went 

to reinstall FSX2006 I found the disk had become corrupt.

 

My question is which tyspe of FSX should I purchase via EBay, Steam,Gold or should I give

x-plane a try.

 

Max Hill

Wickenburg AZ

Edited by Jim Young
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Max,  Probably best to Remove your Email addy  :smile:    You have the Ability to Private Message on Avsim

 

Welcome to the Avsim Forums.  

 

FSX Steam is the way to go,  Updating\Installing\Reinstalling FSX is made so much easier using Steam  


FSX is on sale now as well 

 

http://store.steampowered.com/app/314160/

 

 

 

For FSX, the Steam version is the one you want now. It includes Acceleration, all the updates and some performance and bug fixes over the original version. And the multiplayer is fixed so it works with the Steam network. If you buy the original or Gold edition, multiplayer won't work.

 

Don't dismiss X-Plane 10 though. Theres some really good stuff going on over there too at the moment. If your budget allows I would recommend running both side by side.

Tom Wright, UK PPL(A) SEP + Night Rating + IMC/IR(R)

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 32GB DDR5 6000MHz RAM | 16GB RTX 4080 Super | 2x 2TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2 | Thrustmaster TCA Airbus Sidestick + Quadrant | Logitech G Saitek Pro Flight Rudder Pedals | WinCTRL Airbus FCU + EFIS + MCDU

Go X-Plane. Don't get stuck holding onto dead programs like FSX & FSX-SE

Pete Richards

I've owned every version of flight simulator since Flight Simulator 3.0 in 1988.

Windows 11 Pro loaded on a 4TB Gen5 Crucial T700 SSD, 4TB Samsung 990 Pro SSD, Ryzen 9 7950x3d, AS Rock X670e Taichi Motherboard, Gigabyte Gaming RTX 4090 OC 24GB, 64GB (2x32GB) Viper Venom  DDR5-6000MT/s, MSI 32" MAG 321UPX QD-OLED 260hz 4K Gaming Monitor.

 

 

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