Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Very Cool Simulator
by A Customer from Chesnee, SC 
Pros: All roads,including secondary and interstate networks
Cons: Houses on most of the secondary roads and some missing
Review: This simulator is awesome, even has my own home street could of had the little neighborhoods but it is an awesome simulator and the plane maker is great as well too.
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Demo was really dissapointing
by X-C-130 crew member from Idaho 
Pros: Great audio and graphics, and the realism was very good.
Cons: Setting up flight controls way to difficult for a typical user. Maybe need two versions of the software, one for teh newbe and one for the expereinced.
Review: I usually check out a demo on a program before I buy it to see what it really looks like. I was disappointed even in the demo. I looked through the setup for the flight controls and couldn't calibrate my throttles, forward went back, back went forward, couldn't switch views to see outside or rotate within the cockpit and though it was technical enough for me to handle it was shall we say an interesting experience.
The demo needs to be a bit more friendly to use, less technical to show the user a relative experience prior to purchasing though show its capabilities.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!
by Robert from Los Angeles, CA 
Pros: Eye catching graphics only in some areas and some planes
Cons: Often joystick recalibration. Bad 3D screen commands.
Review: X-PLANE promise to impress you with graphics which are just fine in a few areas but will disappoint you in a long run. Most airports are building-empty. Try Dubai's airport. The joystick fails to hold calibration. You have to re-calibrate almost every other flight. 3D cockpit sucks. Only fun is to land in freeways and ghosting through traffic, that's about it. This product is not ready folks. There are better ways to expend $100. Get FSX (not that perfect either but less disappointing) and you will still have some money for a decent joystick.
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Monday, July 09, 2012
X-Plane 10 ... Very disappointing.
by Nima from Oakville ON Canada 
Pros: 1. Great graphical performance. 2. Highly real night environment.
Cons: 1. Airports without buildings and jetways. 2. Almost without major landmarks. 3. Many default aircraft without 3D cockpit. 4. Premitive flight planning feature which disallows SIDs and STARs.
Review: I am a flight simulation fan with hundreds of flight hours in Microsoft's FS9 and FSX environments.

I recently purchased X-Plane 10 and from the early moments, I was very disappointed... A high performance flight simulation software (in terms of graphics, night time in particular) without major airport buildings and jetways!

Then I reviewed people's comments many claiming that, those like me who are migrating from FSX to X-Plane world have grown "false expectations" from a flight simulation software and to be fair, they should not be concerned about abcense of major airports! Then I realized in YouTube that, the two widely presented and bragged about features of X-Plane are:

1. Highway signs can be illuminated by aircraft lights at night
2. The location of all main roads in cities is pretty close to the reality

and then, I start wondering if these "highly attractive" features were more necessary than airport buildings for a flight sim software.

Some X-Plane fans are claiming that, it's a matter of time and airport details will gradually be presented by third party programmers. This is not acceptable. I strongly believe that, X-Plane without airport buildings, without SID/STAR and without majors landmarks is simply an incomplete software. It must have been equipped with such basic content prior to distribution to milions of flight simulation fans around the world.

I paid almost $100 for this software and now I have uninstalled it and gone back to my FSX. I am very discouraged...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Very helpful product for practicing IFR APPROACHES
by Jeff D. from Sandusky OH USA 
Pros: GREAT FOR PRACTICING IFR APPROACHES
Cons: GPS could be better/ unable to split screens, but it might just be me.
Review: I use to use Microsoft X for practicing my IFR approaches for my IFR rating, until my computer went down and I couldn't find my disc to load it back on. Downloaded Microsoft Flight, but it wasn't the product for my needs. Downloaded x-plane 10 before my check ride and flew all possible approaches beforehand and my check ride was a breeze. Don't care for the Gps features on it though and so far I am unable to split the screens like I did Microsoft X. Would 100% buy again.!!!
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
by Dennis from San Antonio TX USA 
Review: I am simply underqualified to be able to download this software and get it "up and running." The instructions/user manual have to come by way of PDF, and they are written WAY technical and too verbal to get things working. My software thus is sitting on my shelf...uninstalled. I feel I have wasted my money on X-Plane 10. FSX is much more user friendly. What a disappointment this purchase was.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
by Rafael from Fort Lauderdale FL USA 
Pros: weather radar,FMS system
Cons: 1-.Does not show airports terminals. 2-.Although the first time you activate the HUD,(B-777),its shows the numbers,after,BLANK,nothing. 3-.The C-130 it is not view for the cockpit. 4-. No charts to figure out weight,altitude,temperature to calculate T/O,LNDG bug speeds especially for the heavy metals A/C
Review: Lacked important information. Not met my expectations complete.


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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Bugs a plenty
by A Customer from New York 
Pros: graphics
Cons: Prone to crash
Review: Wait at least a year before considering buying X-plane 10
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Not much there...
by T0mmy from Seattle WA USA 
Pros: Good flight models, weather realism, terrain mesh.
Cons: Lack of refinement in scenery, and multiple monitor support.
Review: Promising Sim but needs refinement. Must incorporate photo-realistic scenery and have more airports. I am sticking with FS2004 because of the familiarity with key commands, frame rates and $ invested in scenery.
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Really Good
by A Customer from  
Pros: Good graphics, great experience
Cons: Can take a while to install
Review: I thought it was a really good sim. It had really good graphics, and it was overall the best simulator for me.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
by Billy from Spring Hill TN 
Review: I thought I would try this simulator out, was not impressed. I was in my 182, flew for about an hour, came home to work on my landings and was all over the place.  Is not close enough to flying for me.
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Yes, ADF approaches are an option when utilizing X-Plane 10.