Microsoft managed to drop a monster game release on the world this August in the form of Microsoft Flight Simulator. The latest installment of a franchise dating all the way back to 1982, Microsoft ...

Quality flight controls like yokes, rudder pedals, and throttle quadrants are essential for achieving a realistic and immersive flight simulation experience. The article recommends nine specific ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 was cleared for takeoff today, and if you’re an Xbox Game Pass member, you’ll find it’s now available in your library.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is magical no matter how you play - but it definitely gains a little something special if you use the proper sim hardware. If you'd asked me who all those specialist flight ...

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 ...

Effective home flight simulators require specific, realistic hardware to reinforce good piloting habits, emphasizing quality primary controls (yoke/joystick), a separate throttle quadrant, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flight yokes are key to getting an authentic experience when playing a flight simulator, but [Michel Rechtin] didn’t want to pay big money for a commercially-available solution. He ended up building a ...