dont have time for both,think i need relaxation and combat not giving it,plus i love the idea of flying everywhere,judt worried ill miss pressing fire:) come on guys convince me to retire from combat please.

ok what id like is your honest take on this cus im sure most of you play both types
thanks

How about this. Get the VRS F-18. They are coming out with their "TAKPAK" pretty soon. We'll have air combat right here in FSX. Best of both worlds.

Stick to combat sims for combat and FSX for civilian flying and done.

Each type of sim does best what it does best. And FSX just can't do (theatre based) combat convincingly; regardless of mil aircraft and payloads.

I think you can do both. I do both.

But I find FSX pretty relaxing whereas there is a lot of frustration involed in combat sims (cause I am no ace).

What's fun about FSX is that almost every day is like Christmas...you can d/l something new and try it out, all free.

Also you can fly around the world.

If you watch Ice Pilots or a show like that, and they are flying a C-46 out of Yellowknife, you can do it in the same way, with the same weather, etc.

Always something new.

I think you just convinced yourself, Scylla. Go forth young man and explore the world!

But save some money for add-ons. FSX is more addictive and expensive than combat flight sims. After adding Acceleration (no one flies stock FSX without the MS Acceleration add-on). You also have to get REX 2.0, GEX, ORBX for Australia, My Traffic or Ultimate Traffic X or Traffic X. Possibly UTX. Then there are the airplane add-ons...break out the wallet.

I like that with FSX I can take off from my local airport in real time/real weather and fly an hour or so following landmarks that I recognize. There isn't much of a goal or purpose in that but I find it relaxing.

To be honest, I don't even have a combat flight simulator installed on my computer right now. I used to have five or six installed at any one time, and sometimes multiple versions for mods and stuff.

We at VCVW 8 "http://www.carrierpilot.com/" are doing "work ups" for TacPac in the VRS SB. This bird takes effort and time to master. If you buy FSX Gold, then the VRS FA18E "http://vrsimulations.com/FA18EFSX.htm", one of our members has a "spawn on moving carrier" which is available on the VRS web site. Once you get into Carrier work, you will be HOOKED!

FSX can be a hoot. Landing too big airplanes on too small a runway, very low altitude flying in the Grand Canyon, and basic flying around and looking out the window. I fly both Rise of Flight DCS and I still enjoy FSX when I have time to play around on the pooter.

thanks guys

I do. Because Acceleration is still too expensive for my taste here.