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Comment by hellcow

X-Plane is a flight simulator. Its purpose first and foremost seems to be to create a real sensation of flying.

When flying a plane in real life, you don’t do it with a keyboard. It seems odd to build a simulator prioritizing that unrealistic use-case.

A quality HOTAS setup can be had for under $400 which gets you much closer to the real-world experience that X-Plane is trying to create.

parent hellcow 4 years ago

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