Binding: Video Game Brand: Graphic Simulations EAN: 0740569000454 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Format: DVD-Video Label: Graphics Simulations Corporation Manufacturer: Graphics Simulations Corporation Model: 1055 Platform: Macintosh Publisher: Graphics Simulations Corporation Release Date: March 25, 2008 Sales Rank: 1744 Studio: Graphics Simulations Corporation
Features:
The most realistic flight model available for personal computers. It comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, simulating aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic Concorde and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie.
Includes over 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet.
Land at any of over 18,000 airports, as well as test your mettle on aircraft carriers, helipads on building tops, frigates that pitch and roll in the waves
Weather is variable from clear skies and high visibility to thunderstorms with controllable wind, wind shear, turbulence, and microbursts. Rain, snow and clouds are available for an instrument flying challenge. Real weather data can be downloaded, allowing you to fly in the actual conditions that currently exist! / Stunning new global scenery and atmospherics, including reflective water and volumetric fog
Includes detailed failure modeling, with 35 systems that can be failed manually or randomly, when you least expect it! You can fail instruments, engines, flight controls, and landing.
Product DescriptionX-Plane-9 is the most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator available for the personal computer. It simulates anything that flies: from single-engine fixed wing props to multi-engine jets; gliders to dirigibles; helicopters to spacecraft to VTOLs such as the V-22 Osprey and AV8-B Harrier.It comes with subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, simulating aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter and Cessna 172 light plane to the supersonic SR-71 and Mach-3 XB-70 Valkyrie. Includes 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry (and history), and several hundred more are freely downloadable from the internet. Downloadable US scenery available. New advancements implemented in X-Plane 9 include all-new, highly detailed aircraft with full 3D interiors; stunning new global scenery and atmospherics including water and volumetric fog; support for the latest generation hardware including dual-core CPU's and the latest video cards; and much more. Includes Plane-Maker, which lets the player create airplanes, and World-Maker, which lets the player create scenery. Also included is Weather Briefer that makes a weather briefing based on actual weather conditions.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - More than expected!
Little words. For those who know what they are getting into, this is way incredible.
Rating: - X-plane not all it's "cracked up" to be
I bought X-plane 9 a while back. I had been using FS-2004 and enjoyed it but I wanted something that would work on my Mac. I have CH-pro pedal and 2 Gravis Destroyer Extreme joysticks. Because of its flight modeling system the planes on X-plane may fly more realistically, but I find the planes and flight planning and the way you interface with the game much better on the FS-2004. I haven't noticed that any of the 60 gigs of scenery any better either. I find the cockpits more realistic in the ... Read More
Rating: - A Solid Sim With Few Flaws
As other reviews have mentioned, this definitely isn't a game. I purchased it to practice before beginning flight school. There are some "game"-like features, such as a combat mode, but they comprise a very small portion of the sim. As far as realism, this game seems to encompass just about everything. I will sum up this review by listing a few pros and cons.
Cons:
From ground-level, the ground around you (apart from the runway) seems blurry. This, of course, is because it is to ... Read More
Rating: - Could Never Get the Game to Install
After receiving the first game, the 1st disc wouldn't read. Customer support said they would send out a new disc. We never received it. Amazon exchanged the game for a 2nd game. Still, the first disc wouldn't read. After attempting to load it onto more than one MAC (thinking the problem may be the MAC), the disc wouldn't load. We are very disappointed in the fact that customer support is not available for help and that they lied about sending out a replacement disc. We are in the process of returning ... Read More
Rating: - Absorbing, demanding flight simulator for serious aviation enthusiasts
X-Plane 9 is my first experience of the X-Plane series, and given the mixed reviews I was not expecting to be so thoroughly impressed. On my platform (Mac) it is smooth, stable, fluid, intuitive, engaging and very demanding; in short, everything a serious flight simulator ought to be. I bought a Saitek AV8R-01 (Aviator) flightstick, which is designed for Windows platforms but which functions perfectly with my Mac, and the flying simulator is almost flawless. I have a G5 with 2GB RAM, which is about the bare ... Read More
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- More than expected!
- A Solid Sim With Few Flaws
- Could Never Get the Game to Install