When you want to learn to fly, game or simulator is the way to go. But for somebody with a simple interest in getting airborne the complexity of the search can be daunting. I remember spending hours going from one link to the next, forever getting lost in some interesting detail or other, when I was looking for a learn to fly game. When you start searching the range and complexity of choice can be overwhelming and defeating.What you are looking for is the best experience in real-life flying. So how to get access to a learn to fly game that offers that, when most of the flight simulation game providers tout what they are offering as the best, is the challenge. However, fret no more; the software to make your dreams come true is fully accessible and operational. What you need is a checklist to make sure you are getting what you want.
What I have focused on in this learn to fly game list are the key features someone would want to learn how to fly.
Key Features:
Ease of use: This applies to two things.
1. How easy it is to get started using your new learn to fly game. You want the game to be simple enough for you to get started with first click. You don’t want to need a basic knowledge of flying or some sort of a guide to get you started. After all, it is meant to be a learn to fly game.
2. The download needs to be straightforward and fairly instantaneous onto your machine. You don’t want to have to access something on someone else’s website or have to wait for a CD to arrive.
Good support. This is critical! You know the comment that goes if it looks too good to be true it probably is? Well that applies in spades to on line flight simulator games. Free downloads are usually complicated with many quirks you have to troubleshoot through forums.
What you want in your learn to fly game is a supplier that has first-class, responsive support to help you through the early confusing stages when you learn how to fly.
(You can see that we have not even begun to talk about the technical features of the learn to fly game yet. This is because they are not of much use if you cannot use them properly).
Range of aircraft and airports available. You want to have a selection of at least a hundred different models and you want to land your plane anywhere you like from a selection of thousands of airports.
The cockpit and control systems of a top notch learn to fly game will be fully detailed, interactive, three dimensional models of the original airplane.
Animation: the flight simulator scenery resembles and feels like what it is like to fly over railroads, lakes, rivers, cities and towns. The sky and weather are real-time and change and move as you progress in your flight.
When it is night in Nantucket it is night in the learn to fly game. When it is snowing at Stockholm airport as you prepare to land, it is snowing in the game as well.
You want to be able to talk to other pilots while playing. This is really helpful when you are starting to learn how to fly because you can learn from each other as well as having a laugh.
The purpose of this checklist is to help your choice be more educated and intentional. Flight simulation games are great fun and can also lead on to other things, such as a career in aviation. But I have seen many people discouraged by the complexity of getting started.
I do have a favorite learn to fly game in Flight Pro Sim and gladly recommend it. But you need to make the choice that will work for you.