Prepar 3D v2 first flight - screenshots

After more than 10 hours of download, finally I have it. Too bad it's very late in the evening and I can't fly too much but here are the first screenshots I took in Prepar3D v2. As first impression, I was very happy on how the new DX11 rendering looks like: absolutely no blurries, ENB like effects, nice lighting and shadows. The best of the best, the improvements they did to the autogen loading logic is quite impressive. I will come back tomorrow with more details after I get to make some longer flights.

X-Plane 10 preview

My first contact with the world of flight simulators was one of the first demo versions of the X-Plane that I found on a CD received togheter with a popular gaming magazine. I remember I first installed that demo during the Easter and even though I was allowed to fly only 5 or 6 minutes, I got hooked and spent the entire Easter holiday learning as much as I could about the different airplanes and exploring the demo world (South California at that moment).
So, as soons as I found out yesterday about the release of the version 10 demo, I could not resist and  I took the game for a quick test run.

Get flightsim screenshots on your desktop

mySIMSHOTS.NET launched a free Windows sidebar/desktop gadget showing the latest screenshots uploaded on the site in a slideshow directly on your desktop. This will allow you to stay up to date with the latest additions without the need of checking the site every day.

The gadget is avaialble for Windows Vista and 7 operating systems.

Detailed instruction on how to download and install can be found on their blog.

Updates and brand new screenshots from Microsoft Flight!

The development team behind upcoming Microsoft Flight title has released some brand new screenshots, as well as a news update communicating the fact that the game will contain an offline mode next to the online experience.

Read more details and enjoy the screenshots directly on the official site!

New flight simulator screenshot website launched - www.mySIMSHOTS.NET

Flight simulators fans are invited to submit the best images from their virtual flights on www.mySIMSHOTS.NET website.

mySIMSHOTS.NET wants to be a portal for the flight simulators enthusiasts to share images from their virtual flights. Beside the upload  image feature the site offers the possibility to create albums, comment on images, browse the database or use the powerful search engine to find images of your favorite aircraft, airline or airport.

Images are ranked by the number of unique views and visitors have the option to see the best images of the last  month, six months, year or all time, calculated after the upload date.

In order to upload images you will simply need to create a free acount, which takes under 2 minutes to complete.