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FS Acceleration is Ok

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A very nice addition with varying skill levels to challenge. Some I won't complete, some no interest but Acceleration is a worthwhile addition to FSX.

Great addon for FSX

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this for Christmas. Its great! The carrier landing tutorial is hard, and the slingload thing is nearly impossible, but the new planes and new missions are awesome! I would recommend this to anyone.

Good but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

You do get what you pay for. Overall I am satisfied with this program. The extra adventures are a natural extension of where fsx leaves off. Some of the extra aircraft are good some are not. You do not get a 2-D instrument panel on the P-51 or the F-18 in fact the only instrumentation that works at all on the F-18 is the HUD. It looks like another Microsoft rush to get it on the market before Christmas and fix the problems later. I am very dissappointed with not having a 2-D panel (the only panel view you have is the virtual cockpit view).

Dosn't even deserve ONE star

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

After I installed this, my frames got up to 35fps...35 FPS!!!It even got up to 40 one time!!! I did EVERYTHING to make it run better, even got a better graphics card...I crashed my computer 3 times in a week, which almost NEVER happens on an XP. I would NEVER buy this game again untill those drunk idiots at Microsoft make a patch for this game. I am not kidding!!!

Funny

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

It's funny, you can fligth the F18 without weapons, This is great if you hate war! Spectacular graphics!.

Activation error 8000405 will drive you nuts

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Two days of trying to make it work. I keep getting "WE'RE SORRY, AN UNEXPECTED ERROR OCCURRED WHICH IS PREVENTING PRODUCT ACTIVATION FROM BEING COMPLETED.
ERROR CODE: 1-80004005"
Three Emails to tech support and three phone calls to Microsoft and still no help.
From the hits on Google about problems with the product, many people are having problems with it.

Nice idea. Crashes a lot. I mean - a lot!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Great value. I mean, 3 new full function aircraft, a bunch of new and interesting missions. But, it crashes. A lot. The more times I ran it, the sooner into the game it would crash. Started out crashing after a half hour or so. Before I uninstalled it, it would crash within 5 minutes. Now, this crash is simply a "power off". So, nothing was ruined. But what good is the game if you can't play it? I have a nice, high end laptop, so hardware isn't the issue. Some small code error, I suppose. Hope Microsoft is working on it because when it works, this is a nice add on. But it doesn't work.

Very Enjoyable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

From reading the other reviews, I was sort of not wanting to try this but I am SO glad I did!

First (the way all PC game reviews should start), running this on a Dell Inspiron Laptop 1720 w/2.2ghz Centrino Duo, 256 mb 8600Gt, 2g RAM (yes shortly going to 4), Vista Premium.

Could not be more delighted. Of course, you have to tweak the settings to optimize to your system. Mine, I like very high detail on the plane and scenery, but med low on the clouds and traffic. This setup, I cap my frames at 35, and it rarely dips below. Sometimes in a highly congested areas it will dip to mid 20's. By the way, as I will be doing soon for a gaming rig, you must have some decent hardware to run this. However, if you see my specs, it not top of the line...well, 7 months ago it was close :)

With all the new missions, this is a cant pass up deal. Especially when you luck into very reduced price on Amazon! low twelves! yes, you read that correctly!

Flight Sim X Acceleration Satisfactory Add-on

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

PROS: Great new features. Cool new adventures to test your flying abilities. Reworked/different ATC options for specific missions. Still supports full DX10 while looking sweet on DX9 systems.

CONS: Still requires substantial horsepower from CPU/GPU/RAM. Requires an additional 1.5 GB hard drive space bringing the total to 16.6 GB, expected with a few add ons to scenery and some aircraft. Not a big deal for a flight simulator. Bigger the better, right? The F-18 piloting is difficult/glitchy at times, maybe just my comp.

Overall, it is worth the price. It has cool missions and new aircraft to play with. The racing is fun as well. If you really enjoy FSX, then get the expansion.

An excellent Flight simulator

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have purchased many of the Microsoft flight simulators in the past. This one out does them all by far. It is blast to fly free and the tutorials are awesome and easy to understand.

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