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FLY II, released too soon because of MFS2002 !!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: May 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game. I write "game" because this is more a game than a simulator... - I was not able to install the soft from the CD. I had to copy it first to be able to install it from my copy ? - No manual. You need to download it but... because nobody has this manual everybody is downloading at the same time and you can never get a connection... The keyboard command are not included in the box ! - Some crash too often... - No scenery, you need to download 170MB if you want to get San Francisco for example... Or order a burned CD for almost free... You have to pay for shipping...

So, I was believing FLY II better than MFS2000 but I'm very happy to have my old FS2000 ! Even more since I bought "Corporate Pilot" and Phoenix Simlator (nice job guys) add-ons for FS2000.

If you want a good flight simulator buy the old FS2000 Pro (on sale now) and try some very nice free add-on on avsim.com or flightsim.com or wait for MFS2002...

Like Demo-ware

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: June 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Lacks maps (charts) from previous versions. Very poor support - download site (File Planet) so overloaded it is impossible to access. Manual must be downloaded. ILS systems flawed. DON'T BUY IT!

Has promise, but features are not readily accesible...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: May 03, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this simulator because of the "Easy to Use" scenery editor touted on the box. However, I was unable to find the scenery editor anywhere in any of the menus, or even on the disk. "Easy to Use" does not mean I should have to be a programmer to even find it! Another problem is shared with the first FLY! release - it is an unfinished product. I hate spending 40 to 50 dollars for a product that might someday be patched into functionality. My 466mhz Celeron, with a GeForce 2 MX card and 256mb's of memory still struggles with stuttering. The framerate indicates in the 60's, but it stutters nonetheless. The documentation is akin to a takeout menu, and promises an extensive manual available for free online. Hate to complain, but "state of the art" flight sims should really come with a fairly hefty manual, not a link to a manual that at this date is not even available on the website! Fly! II also claims an extensive map feature, if you decide the 30 or so map packs (at 50 megs each) are worth the time and the drive space (most of them are only available as downloads). The maps and complete manual should have been in the box, not available in the future for download. Another thing that the box doesn't mention is that you must have a 64mb video card to take advantage of the detailed textured scenery. Most of us simply don't have a 64meg card at this time, so we are stuck with low resolutions, or forced to turn off the very features that are the selling points of the game. In all fairness, this is a potentially great looking sim, with teriffic lighting and great flight models. The cockpits are the best of any of the commercial flight sims, and it is obvious that love and attention were given to FLY!II...but they should have packaged a COMPLETE sim. I gave it a 3 because it does have enormous potential, and comes from a great company. The scenery looks cool, if you have the horsepower, but I didn't recognize many features that would make VFR flying a realistic endeavor. Also, the interface is clumsy and slow, and sometimes just confusing. Hopefully, future patches will address these issues...If I wanted flimsy documentation and buggy software, I would get my games from bargain bins.

Fly! +2 ? or FLY! -2

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: May 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think that's product name must be FLY ! minus 2. Bad performance flying any aircraft,nice for the new 2 aircraft additions,but in general FLY! 2 is not complete..beware whith your money sim guys.

bad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: May 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

ive seen freeware better than this sim very slow frame rates no manual,if your a sim guy wait for fs2002 this is a total waste of money!

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