I'm glad that I'm bad at math.

[Todd2 2,095]

Because I'd hate to know how much money I've spent on MSFS addons! 😁

[David Mills 4,754]

I'll tell you another way that "ignorance is bliss" when it comes to MSFS. I've always been especially pleased with the performance I get out of the sim, even on my seven-year-old computer. I've always gotten steady, smooth performance, and I estimated in my head what my good FPS probably was. Then, for no reason, I decided to run a check. To make a long story short, I'm getting about 10 FPS less than I thought I was getting. The sim still runs the same of course, but I'm somehow less pleased now. Obviously, this is entirely a psychiatric thing on my part.

[Todd2 2,095]

I quit worrying about frame rates unless they drop so much I can see them.

[fppilot 4,360]

54 minutes ago, Todd2 said:

Because I'd hate to know how much money I've spent on MSFS addons! 😁

But take solace in the fact that we have such an overload of quality freeware for MSFS.  Where was TO when we needed it with previous FS versions?

 

[Todd2 2,095]

1 minute ago, fppilot said:

But take solace in the fact that we have such an overload of quality freeware for MSFS.  Where was TO when we needed it with previous FS versions?

 

Yes, I have a ton of freeware! And the quality is great.

[sightseer 895]

 I used to spend a hundred dollars a month on cigarettes and now I spend a hundred dollars every six months on airports I can go to again and again.  I think its money well spent.

[sanh 823]

I am quite good at maths so I know how much I spent on addons. Zero. The default scenery is good enough and the FBW is so much fun. By the time I want to fly something else that excellent looking iniBuilds A310 will be released for free.

[jcomm 5,923]

Well, MFS is actually the flight simulator I have been getting more satisfaction out of the default and just 5 addon aircraft with the lowest ever investment in a flight simulation platform.

The price I paid for the DC-6, 737-700 and Fenix A320 is innexpensive compared to what I paid for add-ons for FSX, P3D, XP. The level of satisfaction is at the level of the best addons I ever owned for those other platforms, so, my math is as god as it can be !  MFS is a great platforms in all sots of ways, including the money one has to spend to take the most out of it.

My bigest investment so far is actually cross-platform - Navigraph Charts + NavData. I'm buying it for periods of 30 days when I plan to use it more often. This one IS expensive... but makes a whole lot of a difference. It will also be good for XP12, and maybe one day for AEFS too ( ? ).

[aniiran 431]

The way I look at it is that many days I'm spending that much or more on lunch or a meal of some sort and the experience lasts 20-30 minutes.  Yesterday, I took the wife and kids to Thai food for dinner and the bill was $63.00.  I would have much rather ate at mcdonalds and spent 50 bucks on flight sim.

[Bobsk8 12,681]

1 hour ago, aniiran said:

The way I look at it is that many days I'm spending that much or more on lunch or a meal of some sort and the experience lasts 20-30 minutes.  Yesterday, I took the wife and kids to Thai food for dinner and the bill was $63.00.  I would have much rather ate at mcdonalds and spent 50 bucks on flight sim.

McDonalds lately, is getting expensive too. 

[Fielder 3,663]

[Todd2 2,095]

2 hours ago, Fielder said:

Now that's funny! True, but funny! 😀

[Ricardo41 5,949]

On 8/7/2022 at 1:58 AM, David Mills said:

I'll tell you another way that "ignorance is bliss" when it comes to MSFS. I've always been especially pleased with the performance I get out of the sim, even on my seven-year-old computer. I've always gotten steady, smooth performance, and I estimated in my head what my good FPS probably was. Then, for no reason, I decided to run a check. To make a long story short, I'm getting about 10 FPS less than I thought I was getting. The sim still runs the same of course, but I'm somehow less pleased now. Obviously, this is entirely a psychiatric thing on my part.

Don't give in to temptation. Your PC is just fine.

Overpriced hardware delivers an extremely lousy ROI - this is why my 7-year-old PC is still sitting on my desk.