FS2004 has code to run multiple views I’m sure, however I don’t know about LOMAC. My problem was I saw LOMAC running on a friends machine, thought it looked fantastic and rushed out to buy it. Got it home and realised the true difference between my GeForce4800 and his ATI 9800 PRO 🙁

Anyway I’ve got myself a Hercules 9800 PRO now, which is overclocked to almost XT speeds! 🙂 So now I can run it with all the effects switched on at 1280×960 (my monitor won’t go higher 🙁 ) I always expect more from my PC than it can actually manage.

Saitek make some good sticks, unfortunatly nothing like the sidewinder which is a corker! It really depends on wether the force feedback was important to you.

Saitek’s top o the range bit of kit is HOTAS system, I think called the X45 now, I had the AT version the X36. It was a great stick, nice and steady fluid movement, the stick was nice and heavy with large base, so it supported itself well. More buttons than you know what to do with as well! I purchased mine in 1999 and its still going strong. Unfortunatly I can’t use the HOTAS system to its full potential any more though cos not all the data will go across the AT connection anymore, something to do with XP. Anyway I digress, its a really good stick, the X45 version is USB, so no compatibilty problems with XP.

Saitek are also re-releasing it with more functions and an electronic display on the throttle, it will be released in October this year for around £150. If you’re feeling extra plush you could always look at the CH stable of products, which are very well made, and if you want to push the boat well and truly out purchase the Cougar, a marveolus aluminium stick fashioned on the F16s flight stick and throttle.

Hope this helps.

UBI Soft are releasing a Pacific Theatre sim, however it will be WW2.

Thats really my issue as well, space, although the lack of 2 extra monitors doesn’t help 😀

Imagine a 3 TFT display!!!!! One down, only 2 to go, at least I have a spare machine to run the other two views.

I’ve always found sims to be poor in relating the speed of aircraft on take-off. Perhaps its a limitation of the simulation experience with just one monitor in front of you. I should try hooking up more than one monitor at some point.

gmax from discreet is the best IMO.

I’ve started a few projects but have never finished as of yet, perhaps over the next few weeks I’ll get a few finished, not like there’s any football to watch now 😡 😡

Nice to see a flight sim forum here at last!!

Lock-On was initially riddled with bugs, not helped with the rushed Chrimbo release on UBI’s part.

However there have been two patches so far which have dealt with most of these issues. Lock-On is a good game and was unfairly dogged by its entry into the retail market by the, in my opinion too early release.

The patches are available from http://www.lo-mac.com

IMHO Lock-On is the best modern sim around at the moment overall, one thing I would say though is that you’ll need a ninja PC to get the most out of it. I had to buy a new graphics card to get some decent frame rates.

I’ll post some screen shots over the weekend if I get time.

I’d go for the XBox, more powerful and there are some corking games out there.

In fact I’ve been pondering about purchasing one myself. Halo looks the mutz nutz, and its probably almost 18 months old!