Difficult to find a free flight simulator that maintains high levels of realism and that allows fans to live a real airplane pilot experience. Among the most famous flight simulators there is certainly the Microsoft Flight Simulator, whose latest version was released in February 2012 and is free of charge.
The most advanced flight simulator, on the other hand, is the least known (by non-enthusiasts) X-Plane, an extremely realistic program for aspiring pilots, also used in training courses, which bases its physics on the true concepts of fluid dynamics.
Of X-Plane, for those interested, there is the version for Windows PC, that for Linux, for Mac and for iPhone and costs about 30 Dollars.
Those who want to play the best open source, free and super realistic flight simulator must download FlightGear .
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FlightGear is a flight simulator that can be installed on Windows, Linux and Mac .
The environment on which you can fly by piloting the chosen plane is the sky all over the world with a database of airports reproduced in a real way. Even the planes are faithfully reproduced and can be unloaded and piloted from cargo planes, passenger planes and lighter single-seat aircraft.
The graphics are truly of a high standard, with a great rendering of ambient lighting, reflections, sun and artificial lights, night lighting in the cockpit, on take-off or landing runways. There is a menu to decide the weather with clouds, drawn in 3D and, optionally, also rain and snow. The terrain is also well rendered, although without large details, buildings, trees and ships will be seen in the sea. Sound effects are also present and realistic, with ambient sounds, engine noises and other background audio effects. Last but not least feature is the ability to play on the net by flying with a friend so as not to feel alone during the interminable long-haul flights.
FlightGear, now in version 3.2 of 2018, is a complex and complete flight simulator that requires the reading of guides and manuals to learn the flight rules, the commands and the way to land and take off. Flightgear is therefore the best and most advanced free flight simulator in circulation, which has nothing less than the paid simulators, a great resource for enthusiasts and people who want to experience the thrill of piloting a plane really . I am sure that the experts of this special type of computer game will be able to confirm the goodness and realism of this Flightgear.
If you prefer something simpler, a flight simulator is also found on Google Earth.
Finally, I remember the universal simulator Rigs Of Rods which also allows you to fly planes, helicopters and whatever you want and the spaceship simulator in a spaceship.
