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Re:MS Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Real life by teabee89 on Monday May 11, 2020 @12:32AM (#23138937)
At Kennedy Space Center, the Space Shuttle simulation was pretty amazing. I believe the trick was to make us think we were sitting at rest at a 90 degree angle, when in fact it must have been less, such that when the shuttle did take off in the simulation the seat made an even higher angle (+ shaking). And the sudden lowering of the angle (when engine cuts off and we're supposed to float) was a pretty damn amazing illusion too. I definitely recommend it.
Re:MS Flight Simulator 2020 vs. Real life by JshWright on Monday May 11, 2020 @07:57AM (#23141156)
Yeah, I'd love to see a "behind the scenes" of that ride (it's entirely possible one exists, I haven't actually looked...)

I've ridden it several times, and while I intellectually understand how it must work, it's still super convincing.