An Inside Look at Microsoft’s Newest Flight Simulator

Re:An Inside Look at Microsoft’s Newest Flight Simulator by Cthulhu_ on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:37AM (#21180034)

I don't know if the physics are realistic, but Elite: Dangerous is the closest thing to a space flight simulator. Distance wise it's realistic at least, in that even with FTL speeds going 300x the speed of light you take forever to get to another planet.

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Re:An Inside Look at Microsoft’s Newest Flight Simulator by jon-wood on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:41AM (#21180059)

The flight model in Elite is very much tuned for fun rather than accuracy. You can if you wish turn on a kind of newtonian physics flight model, but even then I very much doubt its representative of how actual objects in space would react.

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Re:An Inside Look at Microsoft’s Newest Flight Simulator by UI_at_80x24 on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:46AM (#21180092)

Another vote for Elite: Dangerous.

By default you get a "fighter-jet" flying model, which is an easy and necessary toggle to full Newtonian physics as the situation merits.

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Re:An Inside Look at Microsoft’s Newest Flight Simulator by o-__-o on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:48AM (#21180107)

Your first line and third lines conflict with each other. AFAIK FTL travel is not possible.

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