Welcome to the Flight section of Simulator Hardware! Here, you’ll find a wide array of articles relating to Aviation Simulation Software. As you probably know by now, we’re huge airplane nerds. When we first came up with the idea of Simulator Hardware, we knew what we wanted to focus on primarily. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 came as a long awaited sequel to a much beloved and critically acclaimed series, so we imagined people would be very excited. But then MSFS2020 was finally released, and we noticed something was missing in the online discussions. And we didn’t want to stop at MSFS, we noticed it was worse for other hit flight sims like X-Plane, DCS, Prepar3D and Flightgear too. There were not nearly enough high quality or reliable guides for what you needed to maximize your aviation sim experience.
That’s where we come in. We put day and night together trying to see how you, the simulation enthusiast, could guarantee an amazing simulation experience. Let’s say you’re in the market for a shiny new monitor. Simulator Hardware has you covered with the Best Monitors article. And that’s not all, we’re so deep into this niche that we’ve got a whole bunch of enthusiast accessories lined up next. From Yokes to Flight Sticks, we’ve left no stone unturned in trying to level up your enjoyment. With an incredibly consumer friendly list of accessories, categorized at different specifications and price points, you’ll surely find what you need here in the Flight section.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has often been described as ‘the best looking game ever‘. Not only does it feature highly detailed mega-realistic scenery, but it also recreates real-time traffic and climatic conditions. With the right controllers, the realism is uncanny and you (sure as hell!) don’t want to miss those cutting-edge graphics. As far as MSFS 2020 is concerned, … Read more
What’s a rudder pedal? Well, it’s like your car’s gas and brake pedals. This is used to control an airplane just like gas and brake pedals are used to steer a car. And in case you’re a flight simulator junkie (in that case you already know this though), you can use such rudder pedals to up … Read more
When you are playing ‘the best looking game ever’, sometimes even the best monitors can’t cut it! With Microsoft Flight Simulator creating a digital replica of the globe with integrated real-time weather and traffic systems, all that is left is for you to do is to get into a jet and fly to the Taj Mahal in … Read more
While Microsoft Flight Simulator is set about rapidly changing the landscape of virtual aviation, it’s only fitting that you update your set-up accordingly. Update your displays, upgrade your CPUs and GPUs and for an extra dose of realism, buy some Controllers. Just to be clear, it’s perfectly fine to play a flight sim using a … Read more
Microsoft’s Flight Simulator’s latest installment took the gaming world by storm upon its initial release in 2020. The graphics, and the consequent realism stunned masses, with some even describing the AAA title as the “best looking game ever”. A year later, the game is available on Microsoft’s latest Xbox consoles (series X and S) via … Read more
The release of Microsoft Flight Simulator in 2020 and the events coinciding with it sent the world into a frenzy. Simmers set about upgrading their PCs and building home flight simulators to fully enjoy the beautiful yet punishing reboot of the Flight Simulator series. Hardware sales rocketed up, so much so that Jon Peddie Research (JPR) … Read more
With its mega-realistic scenery and controls, Microsoft Flight Simulator took the gaming world by storm upon its initial release in 2020. Since then, the rage has refused to die down. While awe-inspiring realism shoulders the majority of the blame for that one, the pandemic has helped too. With people being restricted to their homes, Microsoft … Read more
Back in August 2020 when the AAA title was launched, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 could eat up 170 Gigabytes of memory. Since then, however, the install size of the base game has been reduced to 83 GB. The initial steam download comes in at a little over 700 MB and once you have that running, another … Read more
It is no secret that with its other-worldly graphics and realism, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 has revolutionized flight simulating and gaming, in general, forever. We are a year into the release, and the craze refuses to die down. Other than the obviously immaculate graphics and life-like controls, one factor that has worked in the game’s … Read more
Set to celebrate its 40th anniversary in November 2022, Microsoft Flight Simulator is one of the longest-running video game series of all time. In these 4 decades, it has gone from black-and-white wireframe graphics on 6 by 6 tiles to the cloud-powered ultra-immersive graphical marvel that it is today. In this article, we take a trip down … Read more