June 8, 2025Jun 8 Hi all, Been on DCS for some time and had previous flight sims. I am looking for the cheapest way to get MS flight sim 20 or 24 here is the but ! I want my local airports Blackpool, Liverpool, Manchester, I will never do massively long flights so London and Scottish airport are about as long as I would fly. I would enjoy trying to land at hard airports but not do the long haul flights. is there a cheapish way for me to do this ? I dont need lots of aircraft, the basics will be fine I would just like to fly around my local airports and places I know. Thanks Alan
June 8, 2025Jun 8 If you buy the 2024 standard edition, you would have the default airports, so that should satisfy your needs. Depending on the kind of airplanes you like to fly, you may want to investigate adding payware airplanes at some point, but that could happen later. Bert
June 8, 2025Jun 8 Buy the Standard Edition and the A2A Piper Comanche which is one of the best GA models ever made for MSFS. Then you can fly around the north of Great Britain visiting dozens of airports/airfields, many of which can be enhanced by downloaded free upgrades from flightsim.to FS2024 • PMDG 738, 77F • FSL A321 • A2A Comanche, Aerostar • BS Baron, Bonanza, Caravan Pro • JF Tomahawk • TAOG H500C BeyondATC • GSX Pro • ChasePlane & Flow Pro • TDS GTNXi • FSUIPC • AutoFPS • RealTurb 9800X3D B650E • ROG OC RTX 5090 • 64GB DDR5-6000 • VKB Gladiator, STECS, T-Rudder • Tobii 5 • ISP 1 Gbps
June 8, 2025Jun 8 5 hours ago, swaps said: Hi all, Been on DCS for some time and had previous flight sims. I am looking for the cheapest way to get MS flight sim 20 or 24 here is the but ! I want my local airports Blackpool, Liverpool, Manchester, I will never do massively long flights so London and Scottish airport are about as long as I would fly. I would enjoy trying to land at hard airports but not do the long haul flights. is there a cheapish way for me to do this ? I dont need lots of aircraft, the basics will be fine I would just like to fly around my local airports and places I know. Thanks Alan If cheap is real important I have to ask: how are your system specs, CPU/GPU? Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
June 9, 2025Jun 9 You will need a good gaming computer. One that runs DCS you already have. Probably good enough, but maybe not. Depends. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
June 9, 2025Jun 9 Author 19 hours ago, Noel said: If cheap is real important I have to ask: how are your system specs, CPU/GPU? 32 meg ram 1tb ssd I5 v8 windows 11
June 9, 2025Jun 9 31 minutes ago, swaps said: 1050 ti video card Thanks Alan That could be a problem... I upgraded from a 1070 to a 4070 when I went to MSFS.. You will have to keep your settings modest to avoid running out of VRAM and GPU power.. Bert
June 9, 2025Jun 9 It's not only the GPU of his that is underpowered. That system would be hard pressed to meet the minimum specs of FS2020 let alone FS2024. I would strongly encourage upgrading to a state of the art PC first. Only thing that you can be conservative with is the GPU. You won't need one of the newest generation. But a powerful CPU is a must.
June 9, 2025Jun 9 Author 1 hour ago, Bert Pieke said: That could be a problem... I upgraded from a 1070 to a 4070 when I went to MSFS.. You will have to keep your settings modest to avoid running out of VRAM and GPU power.. I do plan of putting a better card in and an I7
June 9, 2025Jun 9 1 hour ago, swaps said: I do plan of putting a better card in and an I7 Before spending money on actually purchasing the sim it might be an idea to try it out first through Xbox gamepass. https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-game-pass/pc-game-pass At the moment you could sign up for this for £1 and give the game a try for fourteen days. At least you'll know whether your PC is up to running the sim....
June 10, 2025Jun 10 4 hours ago, swaps said: I do plan of putting a better card in and an I7 That's the way to go. A 1050 card just doesn't have the horsepower, and your i5 is probably in the same boat/same vintage as the 1050. If it runs MSFS2024 at all, it won't be very enjoyable I wouldn't think. Rhett 7800X3D ♣ 96 GB G.Skill Flare ♣ Gigabyte 4090 ♣ Crucial P5 Plus 2TB
June 10, 2025Jun 10 13 hours ago, swaps said: I do plan of putting a better card in and an I7 If you're planning on upgrading your platform/motherboard, consider AMD. The 9800X3D is a great CPU for MSFS and runs cooler. FS2024 • PMDG 738, 77F • FSL A321 • A2A Comanche, Aerostar • BS Baron, Bonanza, Caravan Pro • JF Tomahawk • TAOG H500C BeyondATC • GSX Pro • ChasePlane & Flow Pro • TDS GTNXi • FSUIPC • AutoFPS • RealTurb 9800X3D B650E • ROG OC RTX 5090 • 64GB DDR5-6000 • VKB Gladiator, STECS, T-Rudder • Tobii 5 • ISP 1 Gbps
June 10, 2025Jun 10 Author 12 hours ago, DD_Arthur said: Before spending money on actually purchasing the sim it might be an idea to try it out first through Xbox gamepass. https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/xbox-game-pass/pc-game-pass At the moment you could sign up for this for £1 and give the game a try for fourteen days. At least you'll know whether your PC is up to running the sim.... I dont have an xbox, I like dcs and had previous versions of the MS flight sims just not for a long time.
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