Why Play a Combat Flight Simulator?
Both a combat flight simulator and a civil flight simulator offer the same basic flying and those satisfying moments, such as the first time you take off and land, or the joys of successfully navigating between two places. However, combat simulators include the ability to simulate advanced combat operations, and that means a new level of excitement and challenge to your simulation experience.
Getting Started in Combat Flight Simulation
To succeed in a combat flight simulator, you first need to learn the same basic flying skills as general aviation; these include take-off, landing, flying and navigating from point to point, managing different types of weather conditions, and managing basic aircraft systems. Then you can add to the challenge and excitement of flight simulation by incorporating elements of air-to-air combat and military-specific flying. In other words, a combat simulator.
The best way to get started with a combat flight simulator is to determine the type of experience you want. Once that is determined, pick one of the simulators and content packages that best supports that experience. More on this step later in the article.
Are you looking to fly a modern combat aircraft with guided missiles and precision bombs, make use of radar, or perform in-flight refueling? These are typical in a modern military simulator. Or would you prefer something from a historical setting like the swirling dogfights of World War I or II? These key decisions will help guide you to the simulator that suits you best.
Choosing the best combat simulator for you.
There are literally dozens of combat simulators to choose from, each of them with similarities and each of them with unique features not found in other games. The trick, and challenge, is to find the one which best fits your needs.
How do you do that? Do you simply read the summary blurb attached to each game and hope that blurb is accurate? Do you read reviews? Do you hope one of your friends has an informed opinion based on actual experience? None of those approaches sound promising, quite frankly.
In our opinion, and we’ve been in this market now for twenty-four years, the best way to find the perfect flight sim game for you is to play them all and choose from actual playing experience.
But how do you play the games without purchasing them? Some games, like our own Aces High, offer a free two-week download, an opportunity for potential players to play the game before purchasing and this, in our opinion, is the only way to make a reasonable decision.
But what if all the flight sim games do not give free trial periods like Aces High?
Then they are not worth considering in our opinion. It costs a gaming company nothing to give a free trial period, so if a company is not offering that option, they must have a very good reason why not . . . and that reason cannot be good for you.
A final word about Aces High
Aces High is the product of HiTech Creations, one of the very first combat flight simulators ever produced. Since 2000 we have been offering the very best in military action, centering mainly on World War Two. Download us for free and find out just how fun a combat flight simulator can be.
