SIMON CRAGG Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 With the demise of the Phoenix Sim, I am on the lookout for a substitute. Can anybody reccomend their favourite / best place to purchase it / price etc? On the face of it, the choice is fairly small!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I have a Reflex XTR from about 10years ago. It’s now so old it’s stopped working on all the computers in the house except one old lap top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 My two pence worth Simon A genuine Pheoeix disk and lead will still upgrade to Phoenix 5.5 On loading up, this can default to " Everything ON " at start up, and overwhelm your computer. You can do two things, " Clean up " and " Defragment " your computer drive, and then go through The Phoenix features, and turn some off, like clouds and details to reduce their impact on slowing down your computer A correctly set up Phoenix is still exceptional and is hard to beat for flying experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Howard 1 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 You're right, there's not many to choose from these days. The main alternative seems to be Realflight 8 which is available as a disk or as a download via Steam. A seemingly less popular sim is Aerofly RC7 which is available in the same ways as Realflight. I use Phoenix, RF8 and Aerofly RC7 for planes (AccuRC for helicopters) and like them all. Aerofly has the best graphics, followed by RF with Phoenix being not quite as good. I think that Phoenix has the best flight physics (it can simulate tip stalls and snap spins better than the others) but RF8 and Aerofly are not far behind. Realflight benefits from a fairly active user community generating user models that are available from the Knife-edge swap pages - some of them are better than the supplied planes, some are not. Realflight also has a Horizon Hobbies add on package that includes a number of the current HH planes (including their SAFE system where applicable) if that floats your boat. There are a few other cheapie/freebie sims around but I'm not sure they are worth the effort unless your budget will not stretch to the above mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alan H Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Take a look at Picasim for Android and Windows PC's. It does have a strong bias towards gliders and slope soaring in particular but there are some fixed wing aircraft and even control line! The flight dynamics are superb and best of all is the price, it's free or (as I did) make a donation if you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON CRAGG Posted November 10, 2018 Author Share Posted November 10, 2018 Posted by Denis Watkins on 10/11/2018 08:58:47: My two pence worth Simon A genuine Pheoeix disk and lead will still upgrade to Phoenix 5.5 On loading up, this can default to " Everything ON " at start up, and overwhelm your computer. You can do two things, " Clean up " and " Defragment " your computer drive, and then go through The Phoenix features, and turn some off, like clouds and details to reduce their impact on slowing down your computer A correctly set up Phoenix is still exceptional and is hard to beat for flying experience Denis, tried all the above but its still a jerky / glithcy thing! Computer has more than enough spare capacity etc. I notice that the resolution cannot be changed?. I'll probably stick with it, as RF is a bit expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hess Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Posted by SIMON CRAGG on 10/11/2018 13:37:20: Denis, tried all the above but its still a jerky / glithcy thing! Computer has more than enough spare capacity etc. I notice that the resolution cannot be changed?. I'll probably stick with it, as RF is a bit expensive. Most likely, your graphics card (if you have one) isn't up to the job. A decent one will allow you to run in the best quality without jerkiness. You can improve your situation by adjusting the slider under Program setup/System/display. Slide it to the left until you get smooth movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON CRAGG Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Very odd. I have a high end graphics card which plays other programmes perfectly. I suppose its a case of keep trying or shell out for Real Flight!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hess Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 It's nothing to do with the simulator. Realflight will do the same. It's your settings that you need to look at - either your PC or within Phoenix. I'm using my old gaming PC with a GTX 750 card, and It runs it perfectly. What sort of mjnitor do you have and which graphics card? Did you try sliding down the quality slider like I suggested? Edited By Dave Hess on 11/11/2018 12:28:48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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