Flight Sims – The Retro Gaming Treasury

The Virtual Reality Cockpit

On October 24, 2018October 25, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

One of the things I discovered flying a World War II warbird in Virtual Reality is just how small those cockpits really were. This is true of many modern fighters as well. After years of seeing the front panel stretched out from screen edge to screen edge. Sure, I used […]

Fly the Unfriendly Skies for Free!

On September 27, 2018September 28, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Okay. Just in case you wanted to see what a modern, hardcore-realism jet combat simulator was like, Eagle Dynamics is offering a “free weekend” to play two (and a half) of their newest products: The F/A-18C Hornet and the Persian Gulf map (both of which are still in “early access” […]

Biplanes and Virtual Reality

On August 1, 2018September 4, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 1, 2018 I’ve been getting back into flight sims again… just dipping my toe in, I tell myself. VR support is a big deal for me, even though it is about as likely to make you motion sick as… well, as actual high-speed aerial […]

Eagle Dynamics Announces “Entry-Level” Combat Sim, “Modern Air Combat”

On July 13, 2018September 4, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Posted by Rampant Coyote on July 13, 2018 Eagle Dynamics, creators of DCS World (Digital Combat Simulator), just announced a new flight sim to be released this fall, “Modern Air Combat.” This simulator comes with a whole bunch of aircraft that are all extremely familiar to fans of the DCS […]

How PC flight simulators have changed…

On June 28, 2018September 4, 2018 By Rampant Coyote

Posted by Rampant Coyote on June 28, 2018 My first simulator for the F/A-18 was Jet, by SubLogic. I think the F/A-18 in that game was just the F-16 with a different plane model and the ability to land on a blocky aircraft carrier. The real F/A-18 was newly deployed […]