February 27, 20206 yr The same can be said for FS2004 which is still widely popular for many of us. I spend as much time flying my MAAM DC-3 in FS2004 to California Classics world wide retro airports circa 1960 as I do flying my Kodiak in P3Dv4. Flying in this era is not available in the latest and greatest. Looking over the new files in Flightsim.com I find 6 pages of new downloads for FS2004 alone so far for February. I imagine a like number are available here in the AVSIM library too. California Classics and Military AI Works are both alive and well serving those of us who have not yet buried FS2004. I am about to install another installation of FS2004 on my 'old' computer and begin loading it up with MAIW military bases, ai aircraft and flight plans, and a few fighters to fly. I truly appreciate P3D and Orbx sceneries. The Orbx scenery detail is spectacular and some of the addon aircraft detail is outstanding. But if I could only have one simulator I'd be hard pressed not to opt for FS2004. It's a classic flight simulator that just keeps giving and giving from people who just keep producing and producing for it. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
February 27, 20206 yr I installed FSX immediately after buying a gaming PC about four years ago - But I flew with FS9 almost on the day it was first available till then. So an analogy: I have a 15 year old Nissan Maxima with about 65,000 miles on it - it's a big solid car and I love it. But I realize someday I'm going to have to replace it with a new over-computerized, tinny-looking sedan with triangle grills that are made to look like sports cars. And now FS2020 is on the horizon: Will I make the jump? From everything I've seen so far, you betcha! That may also include upgrading my PC, who knows?
February 27, 20206 yr Author There really is no reason you can't have them all, Overspeed. You don't have to lock yourself into one, especially if one has features the other doesn't and vice versa. Variety is the spice of life. It's not an either or world unless you choose to make it so. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
February 28, 20206 yr I was on an old computer for decade, so I really didn't jump into FSX, even when I get it's demo and full copy as soon as possible and also get the steam version when that's out.... When I finally get a new system, I jump into P3Dv4, but FS9 still around.In the start, it's mainly for scenery I had. But after more than 1 year, now I had more scenery (I mean, those I mainly fly to) for P3D than for FS9 up to date..... Stil, some aircraft keeps my play FS9 every now and then, B732,B742,Tu154... HOWEVER, now I feel keeping 2 or even more platform parallel is not fun...like... I just purchased a nice new small airport for P3D, yeah. But today I'm in the mood of fly an B732, oh, that don't fit in..... I guess if it's FSX or P3Dv3, some scenery would work then, but with more and more PBR, I doubt.... My FSX:SE is almost vanilla, I don't have the machine to build it then, and no time now, very occasionally I fly it's vanilla mission. I also had X-PLANE, in fact my first fligt sim ever is a demo version of XP6....But I just don't kick in it really... according to steam, I haven't play it for a month, and only had 80 hours logged on XP11...
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