YOUR FLIGHT SIM JOURNEY STARTS HERE!

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Published 2023-07-24
I'll help you find the perfect flight simulation that matches your expectations! Here's how to start and which equipment you need as a beginner to have a wholesome flight sim experience!

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All Comments (21)
  • @WatchMysh
    Corrections: - Twist controls RUDDER, of course. I had my dual stick Star Citizen controls in the back of my head ... (thanks to thespacemanfil4921) - ...
  • @sneakyfildy
    Excellent video, thanks. What a wonderful channel I've found!
  • @beskarion6303
    War Thunder also has a dedicated simulater battle mode
  • 13:12 in anything but Il2 great battles and XP12 just set your camra to your right stick/HAT or your HOTAS correctly and use that it works perfectly...
  • 7:18 meanwhile back in my day X-Plane 9 days you expected 90% of free mudded craft to have 3D clickable cockpits and I honestly expact more from DCS with it's reputation...
  • 15:38 Unless you get a winwin/verpul with a thusned inputs or so. in DCS you'll still need a keyboard and mouse.
  • Over all though a great video that just falls victim of common modern day Flight simming myths.
  • 16:10 Yeah that's just let of tail rotter/ Vertical stabilized DCS being DCS.... You should not have that problem in XP12 or MSFS2020... But um I could be wrong I have not tried helos in those two yet...
  • 14:03 My main issues are a pain to record/set up with controls and limited FOV/refesharate and I use an OG octulas Rift also it's makes my A-10's cockpit look like a toy. So I Just prefore my single 1090s high refresh rate screen.
  • 12:26 If you truly mean that you should have inculed Il2 great battles, Ace combat 7, DCS helicopeters with WT as they all match that description... Although to be honest all of those I mentioned but AC7 are deep sims in their their own way just not acurqite to reality let's say as they all have their own feel to it... But yeah the only major realse ythat does fit that discripestion is Ace combat because it's an arcade flight combat sim(Yes you have to include that as it's just the name of the genre like the Shooter in FPS.) and even then it has harder multiplayer combat then WT and DCS becyuase of the arcade nature like missles burn till they die and you "fly on rails" as the kids say... Also it teachs you mpdern combat avation really well better then WT and DCS do infact although DCS is close... So yeah don't sleep on AC even if your a heard core flight simer.
  • 10:42 Lights are prettier though but yeah MSFS 2020 is a much better successor to X-Plane 9 then X-pane 12 is and that is coming form an X-plane 9 fan who never could get into the previous MSFSes... Oh an you MUST have a controller it likes and it CAN"T be a gamepad so look up a controller list first.
  • 14:42 Honestly tghe only reason to use a HOTAS these days is impersion, Training or straight up preference... Like I only use a gamepad a 3rd party one at that with a keybpard and mouse in all the sims mentioned in the video but XP12 and Falcon(Because I have yet to try it.) and oddly only two stand out as just ok... MSFS 2020 and Il2 great battles... why? Same reason both can easly have the same great gamepad input as DCS,WT,AC7 but refuse to add l afew optuions to allow for take off, flight, combat and landing controls which IL2 needs a rick stick look and MSFS 2020 needs a toggle option for flaps and gear... As for XP12 it'sw the ONLY sFlight sim I no that refused to even try to reconize my gamepad! Like what in the world XP!?!?! DO YOUR JOB! But anyway the main reason I use a gamepad over my Saitac X52 I got 20 years ago is covence and it just does not offer me any more function as I would need a keyboard and mouse any way for thse modern flight sims. So yeah before you buy that $100-$500 HOTAS think deeplyu about how much does immersion give you over convence?
  • @jaromirandel543
    I would expect the Aerofly FS in the list. According to reviews, the Robinson in Aerofly FS is the most realistic helicopter simulation ever made.
  • Hi what would be a good game to get my 7 yo off roblox PTFS pilot training flight simulator, MS flight sim is to hard for him currently so need a bridge game. I have a x55 rhino stick and throttle plus xbox pads if that helps. Thanks in advance kind stranger.
  • @Dug77
    please do not play vtol vr in flat screen mode it is so amazing to play in vr and using a mod to play with hotas or in flat screen mode ruins the game but if you got a vr headset and a good pc try it