Probably like anything online it is but I only play a few hours every month. Actually hoping it is.  I luv this game.

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Oh no! You called it “game”. Just kidding ! LOL

7 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

Oh no! You called it “game”. Just kidding ! LOL

I expected that LOL.

Edited November 3, 20223 yr by Sky_Pilot071

I "luv" it too..! 😉

Real world flying surely is

Not nearly as addictive as the Civilization franchise has been for me. Just…one…more…turn. 

In all seriousness, it absolutely can be. Unfortunately I work in a career where time to unwind is necessary. Flight sim has been an outlet for me for years and while I’ve always touted that it’s a great hobby to have, too much of it can be a bad thing. I don’t sit around and play Call of duty, Battlefield, or any of these other games, but I find myself constantly coming back to my flight sim. Part of thinks because it actually requires some thought… not some brainless activity like pray and spray as it is in every first person shooter game.

With that said, I’ll admit that I was at a low point where this distracted me from my family. Mostly because every flight I do is online and each one takes a minimum of a couple hours. Over the years I’ve learned to balance it, but addiction can be real and I highly recommend anyone who thinks that’s the case to consider outside help. In all fairness, I’d rather be addicted to this than many other things, but you’ve got to strike a healthy balance. Take it from someone who has been there. Simming is a ton of fun, but family and yourself first! Now I utilize simming as my therapy from work and it’s amazing! Anyways, happy simming!

I never had the patience for long flights, I simply leave it on auto-pilot, go do something else and then come back.
Unfortunately, sometimes I mistime it, and then when I come back, I am 100+ miles past the dest airport.
 

51 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

game.

😲

When or if I go flying for real, if I live, it wasn't a game. If I crash, my tombstone will say

"250k hours in a sim, crashed, it was a game"

OR...

"Well, I wasn't the pilot I thought I was"...

Edited November 3, 20223 yr by Alpine Scenery

Yes. And my wife will agree. 

26 minutes ago, Cpt_Piett said:

Not nearly as addictive as the Civilization franchise has been for me. Just…one…more…turn. 

I agree with you there. But my computer has been refusing to launch Civ 6 for the last year or so, breaking the addiction. 😄

3 minutes ago, Alpine Scenery said:

When or if I go flying for real, if I live, it wasn't a game. If I crash, my tombstone will say

"250k hours in a sim, crashed, it was a game"

OR...

"Well, I wasn't the pilot I thought I was"...

Whereas if you are sim flying and die in real life, the Tombstone will say something like "My only regret is not making that last landing at KLAX " .

I'm slightly afraid of heights (get dizzy), so that kind of rules out gliders I imagine. Doesn't seem to affect me as much in small-medium sized planes, maybe a little. Might go up in a Piper in a few weeks just to see. Overall real flying is a bit too expensive to do all the time, suddenly those $50 addons don't seem that bad anymore.

 

 

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