ORIGINAL: FlinVR
I find it funny how easily folks can make empirical statements on how one sim is better than another when it is such a subjective experience.
I have flown RC for 30 years and used Realflight for quite some time to practice and experiment.
I helped behind the counter of a local hobby shop over the Christmas holiday where both FS One and RF G3.5 were available to try and buy.
I personally didn't like the feel of many of the planes in FS One and the controller seemed to have weak springs on the gimbals.
I am not going to tell you that since I prefer G3 that you should go that way. Rather look at and try both of these sims if not AFPD also.
Then decide for yourself.
I agree, I listened to some of those people and as a result have purchased both G3 (now upgraded to 3.5) and FSone. a waste of money I know. but all these guys that say this one is terrible and that one is great, I just don't see it, neither one of them is perfect, think of them as a training aid. that's what any of them are in my opinion.
I own both of them and can honestly say I see no measurable difference between the two as far as flight physics. there are things I like and dislike about both of them. put all the hype out of your head and pick the one YOU like better.
and here is wht I run them on.
ASUS P5B Motherboard
Intel Core 2 DUO Processor at 2.4GHZ
2 Gigs of ram
Nvidia GEForce 7950 GS
runs both of them flawlessly, however, both of these simulators use more CPU than any game I play on the same computer.
Oh No, now I guess we can talk about the whole Nvidia vs ATI thing, aint competition great? LOL