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If you have an Nvidia card, go into GeForce Experience under Settings and turn on In-Game Overlay. Click the settings button for that and then click HUD layout. Click FPS Counter and put it in the position on the screen to the right where you want it (top left, top right, etc...).

Mine's below minimum spec with an i5-3570K and it will run around 15-25 FPS @ 1920x1080. I have a GTX 1060 6GB card as well (plus 16 GB DDR3), setting the detail level down to low or medium doesn't make much difference so I leave it on high. I'm pretty sure the CPU is the bottleneck, it's pretty old but at least I can get a taste of the game with Game Pass Ultimate. Hoping it runs good on the Xbox Series X.

Had a similar issue this morning, parking brakes would release but the plane still wouldn't move. Restarted the flight and that resolved it. Not sure what the deal was.

I'll play it on both, to see which is the better experience. I have a ~5 year old PC, but also an Xbox One X which I suspect is faster than my PC. I have Game Pass Ultimate through July 2021, so it should be included on both platforms. But it's coming to PC first I think?

I was a Game Pass naysayer at first, totally opposed to renting games. But after trying the 3 month deal for $1 on Xbox a few months back I'm sold on the idea. I get to try so many games I would have never bought before. But it's sort of like Netflix - games can leave when you're in the middle of playing one. Also the DLC usually isn't included, so for Flight Simulator we might get the base game on Game Pass with no DLC at all. So you'll still end up buying add-ons for it, but you don't own the game and once your subscription runs out you've got worthless DLC unless you buy the game or keep subscribing. It will be interesting to see if they control the DLC like they did with Flight or allow 3rd party devs to sell DLC on the platform.

Can't wait to play this on my Xbox One X on the big screen in 4K. The graphics in the trailer look amazing!

With Flight pulled from Steam and GFW Marketplace closing, will there be any way to purchase Flight DLC in the future?

I'm hoping for a 75% off sale before pulling the trigger on Hawaii and Alaska. Maybe the Carbon Cub Deluxe too.

Steam is having a daily deal (24 hours only) on the following: Hawaiian Adventure - $9.99 Hawaiian Starter Bundle - $14.99 Alaskan Wilderness - $7.49 C-46 - $3.49 Carbon Cub Deluxe - $7.49 F4U - $3.49 P-40 - $3.49 A6M2 Zero - $3.49 P-51 Mustang - $3.99 Maule M-7-260C Deluxe - $7.49 http://store.steampowered.com/app/203850/

Not much different from any past operating system releases, really. When Vista came out my Epson Perfection 1240U scanner had no Vista driver, so I could no longer use it in Vista. I still believe there's no official Vista/Win7/Win8 driver for it. Luckily I still dual boot Windows XP. At least with your HP 1005 it sounds like HP is working on a Win8 driver to release in January.

Nope, the upgrade assistant looks at the version of Windows you currently have installed. If you currently have 32-bit Windows, your Win8 iso will be 32-bit. If you currently have 64-bit Windows, your Win8 iso will be 64-bit. It didn't give me an option of 32-bit or 64-bit when I upgraded a few days ago. Beware!!

I just upgraded my mobo/CPU/video card and decided to take advantage of the Windows 8 offer too. I haven't installed FSX yet, but so far I'm liking Windows 8. I was using Vista 64 Ultimate, so it was cheaper to go to 8 for $40 over Windows 7 for ~$100+. Bought a 256GB SSD as well. With that much storage why would you NOT install FSX on the SSD? Also a caution to anyone thinking of taking advantage of the upgrade special - whatever version (32-bit or 64-bit) of Windows you currently have on your system... that's the version of Windows 8 you'll get with the upgrade. So don't think of installing an old XP 32-bit version to upgrade to 64-bit Windows 8 - it won't happen.

Agree 100%. I didn't spend any money on Flight because it didn't have enough. "Enough" is subjective, but to me it was lacking too many things I was interested in. No jets. Where is the traffic (ground and air)? Where is my home airport, and other POIs I enjoy flying around? Where is the cockpit for some of these great war birds? Had we seen 3rd party development allowed in very early on, it could have been a very different story.

And then there are FSX users like me who don't pay for add-ons OR pirate them. I'm quite content with the vanilla FSX scenery, planes, traffic, weather, etc.. I paid ~$30 for FSX, so to have to pay $20 PER STATE with Flight is a little bit hard to swallow. Hopefully MS will run sales like they do with their Xbox games/DLC. I just can't see spending $500+ on a sim, like some people do.

I'm thinking $20-$30. Similar to Hawaii.

Cessna 172 Skyhawk and Beechcraft Baron 58. Oh, and a P-51 cockpit.

I'm really digging the game too. I can see it replacing FSX when I just want to do some GA VFR flying. Of course FSX will still be my main sim for cross-country jet trips. :good:

I had not thought about using an Xbox controller. I'm currently using an old Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro. How does the rudder control work with the 360 pad?