ORIGINAL: rcdivot
Flight Simulators?
Well, I played Yahoo Pool on the computer and got up to a 2700 rating. I'll bet if I keep practicing on it I might be able to go to Las Vegas and beat the Pro's in Real pool!
I also played Sega Golf and shot a 57, 15 under par for 18 holes! I average 7 under par every round so I'm ready to take on Tiger Woods in a Real tournament!
As far as flight simulators? I think they're great if you are bored at home with nothing else to do! Whoever invented that was one-smart-money-making-guy!
Take your plane to the flying field and it's a whole new ball game!
Rather than buy a simulator, I'll save my $200 towards a nice plane and get me an instructor that will take off and land it for me while I learn to fly it while it's in the air.
And if I get bored at home I'll just work on building a new plane or play more "FREE" Yahoo Pool or Sega Golf!
Who knows! You keep practicing on that simulator and you just might be the next world champ!
Good Luck.....
The only problem I have with your argument is that with Yahoo Pool you're not using an actual cue stick, and with Sega golf you're not using a Golf club (or set of them). If you were, I'd be willing to bet my flight simulator, that you'd improve at pool and you'd be a much better golfer.
Of course with most of the R/C Flight Sims you ARE actually using the same controls, the same "tools" used to fly at "the field".
In my opinion, the very over-priced R/C Flight Sims are more then worth the money they cost.
john