Effective home flight simulators accelerate learning by preventing bad habits, but only when equipped with quality, realistic hardware. Essential components for a beneficial simulator include a ...

That’s an impressive accomplishment for the narrow slice of the gaming world that enjoys flight simulation software titles.

In Microsoft Flight Simulator, not only do you have the freedom to fly wherever you want, but you can also fly however you like. The game supports a plethora of controllers and flight stick replicas, ...

Although most modern controllers are designed to be as multi-purpose as possible, so they can be used to play a wide range of games, there are some genres, like racing or fighting, that are often more ...

Flying around the world takes plenty of time and effort. Keeping your plane on the right path, at the proper elevation, and correct speed requires constantly fiddling with your controller or flight ...

Turtle Beach has launched a new sophisticated HOTAS flight simulator controller in the form of the VelocityOne Flightdeck. This state-of-the-art HOTAS (Hands-On Throttle And Stick) flight simulator ...

A good flight simulator is way more than just a game. As flight sim technology has gotten more and more accurate, and realistic tools have become increasingly affordable, setting up a simulator at ...

When Microsoft, after a decade-long hiatus, relaunched its now 40-year-old Flight Simulator series in 2020, it reignited interest in a genre that had long been a mainstay of PC gaming. It’s one thing ...

Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...

Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each ...