FSX or FS ‘20?

[CommanderHunter]

So I recently received MS Flight Sim 2002 Pro from a friend, and will soon be trying it out to get a feel for flight simulations (with some add-ons, of course).


Now, I am CONTEMPLATING purchasing FSX:SE, but it seems that FS 2020 is just around the corner.


My question is: should I buy FSX or wait until FS 2020 arrives?

[CommanderHunter]

I’m talking about FSX vs FS 2020, not War Thunder. Should I buy FSX or wait to see how good 2020 is?


Edit: I was speaking to Erazer, who tried to advertise for War Thunder and tried to crap on FSX:SE.

[gspectre]

Originally posted by CommanderCannon:

I’m talking about FSX vs FS 2020, not War Thunder. Should I buy FSX or wait to see how good 2020 is?

Ignore that other poster. He gets banned for taking threads off topic or just for offending others on just about every offensive topic you can name.

As to your question, YES, get FSX:SE if you really want to get into a real Flight Sim. Just check You Tube. About ever top 10 Flight Sim List still has FSX and/or FSX-SE listed (after 13 years).

It you want, wait for a sale but do not add any DLC yet. If you think you wold like it more if it had your favorite aircraft or real airliners flying around or even better graphics (scenery/Airports), then look into the DLC's you want. Many are FREE.

I do not expect FSXX (FS20) to come out for some time late next year. By then, you'll know what kind of PC will be required.

[TextRich]

Get FSX now and get MSFS 2020 later. Like gspectre said we don't know how soon in 2020 the new MSFS will be released and we doubt the vanilla version will have the same amount of aircraft and options available from FSX with add-ons. For example I have a payware Cessna 172 that is a nearly exact copy of the C172 at my real world flight school - even with the same Garmin GN430 GPS. I highly doubt I will see that exact aircraft in MSFS 2020 upon its initial release, so I predict I will still be using FSX to practice that particular aircraft.

[CommanderHunter]

Thanks for the helpful replies! Not including you, Erazer.

[CommanderHunter]

Well, then again, you SORTA answered my question in your second comment, so thanks? However, you did try to bring up War Thunder and such again, and I’ll be going with the advice from the other two.

[CommanderHunter]

Okay, thanks for answering my question guys! Perhaps one day I’ll meet you two in-game, perhaps even airforceproud95.

[CommanderHunter]

Originally posted by Erazer:

Originally posted by CommanderCannon:

Thanks for the helpful replies! Not including you, Erazer.

Huh!

Those other two guys could be anyone.

Lockheed Martin's P3D v4.5 is a 64-bit program whereas 2020 is a spoof on 20/20 vision...

Check it out with your babe dude...

Stop advertising for other games!

[CommanderHunter]

Freakin' troll, just stop. If it's true you get banned from topics all the time, I guess this is why.

[CommanderHunter]

LMBO did you delete your first comment?

[CommanderHunter]

"Better read the constitution as you are not allowed to ban anyone." I'm sorry, what? If you are causing a ruckus at a bar, is it not constitutionally legal to have you removed from the bar and banned from it for however long? The only difference here is 1's and 0's, Erazer. 1's...and 0's...

[CommanderHunter]

Well, thank you for that handy piece of information! Although I was already aware of that Alpha Tech build, thank you for being helpful.

This conversation is over. Moderators, please close this thread.

[eViLoZzy]

Just to clear an issue up here CommanderCannon, P3Dv4.5 (prepar3d) is in fact FSX but the code is now owned by Lockheed Martin and yes, it's 64bit whereas FSX is still 32bit, meaning that 32bit is limited to 4GB(3.4GB after windows takes its share) of RAM - I migrated to P3D after many years in FSX. Either way, using FSX steam edition is better if using payware airports and terrain and I suggest looking at the OrbX website for the most intensely detailed airports. Also the biggest warning from all flight sim enthusiasts re: MS FS2020 is the need to upgrade your computer's CPU, graphics card, RAM, hardrive(need SSD) and operating system. I'm sure a Steam sale is due soon, so FSXSE will be on special as always, maybe wait a little and see mate.

[CommanderHunter]

^^^ thanks.

[LHookins]

Microsoft *licensed* the ESP code to Lockheed Martin and the only thing LM "owns" is their changes, and possibly not even that if the license agreement specifies that Microsoft can use these changes. This will be interesting if they can use anything from LM in the new flight sim. Even more interesting if LM can use anything from the new sim in the next version of P3D. :)

The Steam version of FSX already has the 4 GB patch, so it will use the entire 4 gig, not just the 3.4 of the original version.

No hardware specs have been released for MSFS so we don't know what kind of upgrading might be necessary. It may turn out that Internet bandwidth will be the deciding factor on your flight simming experience, not your hardware, although better hardware certainly won't hurt. The problem is, no one knows at this point, but we should find out shortly when they actually open testing (although with a non disclosure agreement in place no one will be able to talk much about it.)

Wait for a sale or buy FSX:SE now, it won't matter that much and personally I'd rather have the experience sooner than save a few dollars. If you intend to buy a lot of DLC then you shouldn't be too worried about price; it's gonna be expensive in any case. I recommend starting with FSX:SE and not going directly to P3D because FSX has a lot more content for new flight simmers... and a better variety of aircraft.

Hook

[gspectre]

Originally posted by LHookins:

Microsoft *licensed* the ESP code to Lockheed Martin and the only thing LM "owns" is their changes, and possibly not even that if the license agreement specifies that Microsoft can use these changes. This will be interesting if they can use anything from LM in the new flight sim. Even more interesting if LM can use anything from the new sim in the next version of P3D. :)

The Steam version of FSX already has the 4 GB patch, so it will use the entire 4 gig, not just the 3.4 of the original version.

No hardware specs have been released for MSFS so we don't know what kind of upgrading might be necessary. It may turn out that Internet bandwidth will be the deciding factor on your flight simming experience, not your hardware, although better hardware certainly won't hurt. The problem is, no one knows at this point, but we should find out shortly when they actually open testing (although with a non disclosure agreement in place no one will be able to talk much about it.)

Wait for a sale or buy FSX:SE now, it won't matter that much and personally I'd rather have the experience sooner than save a few dollars. If you intend to buy a lot of DLC then you shouldn't be too worried about price; it's gonna be expensive in any case. I recommend starting with FSX:SE and not going directly to P3D because FSX has a lot more content for new flight simmers... and a better variety of aircraft.

Hook

Like MS did with FSX, I don't see why MS won't also have a full Pro version that LM would be able to switch to if they choose to. I don't see a reason to think that there will be any compatibility with components between what LM has now and the new FS20, but I guess it's possible. (I just think improbable).