On Saturday 01 June 2002 11:43 am, Michael Basler wrote: > Dear developers, > > I received the June issue of FlightXPress, a German language (actually THE > German language) language journal on Flight simulation > (http://www.flightxpress.de/) today.
<snip> > Unfortunately the review on FG as such is negative. This are the main > points: > > - Old-fashioned overall appearance (4 screenshots delivered, including KSFO > + C172 panel), not to be compared with state-of-the art simulators > > - Very few functions compared to other simulators Or perhaps just not as easily accessable? > > - Cockpits "from yesterday" > > - Some good 3D effects (sunset...) > > - Bad flight characteristics (sometimes planes react too sensitive, > sometimes too sluggish), much worse than X-Plane > > - comparatively good frame rates > > - Weather + Scenery disappointing > Considering SuSE FGFS blurb says you can fly through a thunderstorm and see lightning and other weather effects thats not a surprise. > To be fair, they refer to the project as being free, open-source, multi > platform and sketch the way development is done. > > Their summary: FlightGear is for a minority of technically advanced simmers > who are prepared to go into programming only, but not for the normal > simmer. > > Please: So far this was only a quotation. Don't beat me for it! > > To add my personal impression as a user: First, I thought it was a bit > unfair to compare a project run by a handful of enthusiasts to a commercial > package produced my several dozens of paid full-time programmers with the > backing of a company like MS and their ressources. However, I recall a time > when FlightGear was in some respect quite close to the then recent MSFS > (and in some respect even better than it). I think this was around 4 years > ago. It's a matter of fact, that MS has created a real hit with FS2002 on > the one hand side while we might have lost some momentum. > > This said, we might perhaps be better off re-thinking a few prorities than > just spitting on the guy who wrote this. > > Okay, now you can beat me. > > Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
