Cessna 172 Simulator
Flight Pro Sim contains two different versions of the popular Cessna 172, the C172, and the 172R Skyhawk. As the C172 is still in an early state of production, we took the Skyhawk out for spin.
We’ve become huge fans of Flight Pro Sim since we first reviewed it, and are thrilled to present this inside look at the Cessna 172 simulator housed within the game.
Piloting light aircraft like the Cessna is, for many people, one of the most enjoyable aspect of flight simulators such as Flight Pro Sim.
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The Cessna 172 simulator provides a full flying experience. Whereas other aircraft types seem to excel at one or two different disciplines, these light aircraft are great at all of them.
Taking off and landing are brilliantly done, and actually flying the plane is also a blast, and can also be a real challenge at times.
If there’s one small complaint we have, it’s that their cockpits aren’t quite up to the level seen in the commercial airliners or fighter jets, but this is a small price to pay when compared to the overall joy of flying them.
Landing the Cessna 172 is the most thrilling, and at the same time terrifying, aspect of the game. It truly is an experience unlike any other in gaming, as you deftly manoeuvre your plane into alignment with the runway, monitoring your vital dashboard instruments all the while, and fighting crosswinds that threatens to push you off course.
You hit the runway, bounce into the air once, attempt to keep yourself aligned with the safety of the pavement just below your teetering wheels, and then finally come down for a smooth landing as you cruise to the end of the runway.
If this experience doesn’t get your heart fluttering and your palms sweaty, it may be that a Cessna 172 simulator simply isn’t for you.
The most indelible impression left on us by Flight Pro Sim is the constant evolving and improving of the program.
Despite the fact that the Cessna 172 simulator, world, and everything else could’ve easily been shipped to retail and sold to consumers a long time ago (and even then it would’ve been an outstanding and revolutionary product), the development team continue to press tirelessly forward.
Their most ambitious project yet is the implementation of actual landscape photos into the game client, which would provide very photo realistic graphics, as opposed to the squashed and somewhat odd-looking images provided by Google Maps.
There are several technical issues the developers will need to overcome, namely minimizing the potential lag that would arise due to the inclusion of these gorgeous images.
But we’re confident the Flight Pro Sim team can and will accomplish the upgrade in the near future. It will be just one more incentive to experience the excellent Cessna 172 simulator, which comes as a part of the package.
Flight simulators don’t get much better than Flight Pro Sim, and flight simulator aircraft don’t get much more enjoyable to pilot than they are in the Cessna 172 light aircraft.
As such, piloting a Cessna in Flight Pro Sim is pretty much the current pinnacle of the flight simulator genre, and should not be missed by experts and newcomers alike.
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