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Flight sim people are on another level
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this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2024
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That's just a mid-range setup. The real simmers have at least 3 monitors.
Monitors are probably the cheapest part of a flight sim setup too
Real simmers have a VR headset and one of those human gyroscope things that spins on 3 axes.
You mean a head?
No a penis.
Man, at some point it might be cheaper to buy a plane.
A plane. A cheap, 2-4 seat prop plane. A full sim rig can fly ANY PLANE and spaceships too!
I am not in any way a sim gamer of any of these sorts. My inputs are keyboard, mouse, or controller. And I suck at everything I play, and I try to limit my gaming time (and expenditures on gaming).
But I kind of get it, you know?
But I feel like the sense of really flying and being able to go places would be far more rewarding. Even if it is just a prop plane.
You're probably one of these people who likes to go outside instead of playing localcarsimulator 4000
A real plane would be most definitely satisfying in its own way, but Sim planes let you perform crazy maneuvers, fly places you wouldn't be allowed to in real life, and fly aircraft that you would never even get a chance to see. Not to mention, the whole threat of death with real life flying.
Really good points that you bring up. I can agree with you fully now. Especially on the point of being able to do crazy tricks at no threat to your own real safety.
Yeah but I won't die in a sim rig unless that panel falls and crushes me to death
Oh, the plane is cheap. Aviation fuel and maintenance are where they get you.