| Features |
- Dynamic weather system based on realistic
atmospheric physics, with true three-dimensional clouds that form and
dissipate, and automatic real-world weather updates when you're connected
to the Internet.
- Weather “themes” that generate a wide variety of stunning—and
challenging—flying conditions with just a few clicks of a mouse
- Enhanced interactive air traffic control (ATC), including traffic at all
airports around the world (including non-towered airports), altitude
changes en route, pop-up IFR clearances, and precision and non-precision
approaches to multiple runways
- Interactive 3D “virtual” cockpits—tune radios and operate key aircraft
controls and avionics by pointing and clicking in the virtual cockpit
view.
- Scenery improvements, including taxiway and runway signs, enhanced
auto-gen 3D objects, more high-detail airports, and improved lighting and
sky effects
- Garmin 500 and 295 series GPS with colour moving maps and airport/facility
information
Improved full-colour map view with terrain display
- Improved support for 3D graphics hardware acceleration in multiple windows
and across multiple monitors
- Learning Centre--a “Web site on the disc” available while the simulation
is running that includes a Key Topics visual guide to the features in
Microsoft Flight Simulator, direct links to flights and lessons, flight
briefings, how-to procedures, aircraft handbooks, and more.
- New and expanded lessons and ground school topics
- Kiosk mode for unattended demonstrations
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| Core Features from Previous Versions |
- Worldwide scenery with accurate 3D terrain and auto-gen objects that
fill in the world with appropriate buildings and vegetation no matter
where you fly.
- Jeppesen NavData database, including VORs, NDBs, ILS, low- and
high-altitude airways, intersections
- Approximately 24,000 airports worldwide (increased from about 22,000
in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002).
- Flight planner to create realistic VFR and IFR flight plans and
navigation logs
- Flight analysis to play back a flight on a moving map that shows
ground track, key flight data, and a vertical profile
- Instructor's station--link two PCs so that one pilot can observe a
Flight Simulator session, change weather, fail systems, and provide
comments and help via a chat window.
- IFR training panels for selected aircraft that include all key
instruments, avionics, and controls in one window for realistic IFR
flights.
- Multiplayer capability over a local network or the Internet.
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| System Requirements |
- Windows PC
- 2000/XP – 128 MB Ram. We tested with XP Pro and 512Mb Ram.
- 98/Me – 64 MB Ram
- Processor:450 MHz minimum. We tested with P4 1.8Gh.
- Available hard drive space:1.8 GB. We used 2.6Gb of hard disk space.
- DirectX 9 or later (included with Microsoft Flight Simulator: A
Century of Flight)
- Video card: 8 MB/3D with DirectX 7.0 or later drivers. We tested
with Gainwold G-Force 4 460 128Mb video card.
- Other: mouse, joystick/yoke, sound card, speakers/headphones
- Online/multiplayer: 56.6 kbps modem or LAN. We tested with 10/100Mb
switched LAN and ADSL 0.512Mbps down / 0.256Mbps up for internet play.
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