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X-Plane 8.0 (DVD-ROM) | 
 enlarge | From: Graphsim Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 17397
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000, Windows Nt
Genre: racing_and_flying_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
MPN: 26147
Model: 26147
UPC: 740569000386
EAN: 0740569000386
ASIN: B0002VRPC8
Release Date: November 16, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
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| Features:
| • | Try out both subsonic and supersonic flight dynamics, sporting aircraft from the Bell 206 Jet-Ranger helicopter to the supersonic Concorde | | • | Fly 40 aircraft spanning the aviation industry -- plus hundreds more downloaded from the Internet | | • | Customize the textures, sounds and instrument panels for your own airplanes -- or redesign the flight panels of pre-existing planes | | • | Detailed failure-modeling with 35 systems that can fail randomly -- fail instruments, engines, flight controls, and landing gear at any moment | | • | Variable weather patterns, from clear skies and high visibility to thunderstorms with controllable wind, wind shear, turbulence, and microbursts -- rain, snow and clouds are also available |
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Product Description
X-Plane 8 is the comprehensive flight sim available today. It offers incredible accuracy in flight models, wider scope in aircraft and a more versatile set of aircraft types and weather conditions. Users can download new aircraft, scenery and more -- for a flight simulation that's amazingly close to the real thing. Land at any of 18,000 airports across the world, with realistic scenery from all of them - you can even land on Mars, thanks to the Mars Orbiting Laser Altimeter
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 More than i was expecting March 18, 2007
Allen R. Swayze
great sim.
more than i expected the program to be.
Should You Buy X-plane? January 22, 2007
enterthematrix (Earth)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are like me, the reviews on X-Plane probabally will make you more confused than ever. To help you make an informed choice I have addressed the questions that most complicated to process for me.
Is is the latest version?
This is the same verion you buy in the store (8.0). You will need to download the free update from the x-plane website to bring it up to date to version 8.50.
Is the scenery up to date?
USA scenery only, if you would like the entire world on 7 DVD's you can upgrade latter for a reduced price or buy the 7 DVD version from the x-plane site. The scenery detail is no better in the world-wide version, just more extensive. HINT: It is cheaper to buy this version on Amazon and upgrade to the global version.
Do I need a super computer to run X-Plane?
No. Frame rates are typically much better than Flight Simulator X and display options are great.
In summery this simulator was well worth the money and is full of many advanced options... Not a game but a great tool for a very serious flight simmer or real world pilot. No graphical interface for the menus, but after some tinkering it's easy to get where you need to go (i.e., picking your plane and location). Although I would not suggest this to somone new to simulators or flying, if you own Flight Simulator and want to have another great experience with thousands of different airplanes, give X-Plane a try.
 Buyer Beware! December 29, 2006
B. Komanetsky (Tracy, Ca United States)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
X-Plane customer service is horrible. Contrary to their web site, the free lifetime customer support is support with an attitude. No one there wants to talk to you, no one wants to believe that their product might have problems, basically, they don't care about the customers. Beware customer - Beware!
 not great November 4, 2006
Richard M. Shanahan (pa)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
took over 9 gigs of space to install, plane detail is very poor, not worth the money,
I feel cheated October 2, 2006
Paul (USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
WARNING! This is NOT the version with the brand new global scenery you see on the X-Plane website! This is version 8.00, and the new scenery started with version 8.20. You can download the latest version of the flight engine itself (version 8.50 at the time of this writing), but Laminar will not upgrade the scenery for you if you buy this orphan. I bought this, didn't get what I was expecting, and thinking there was something wrong with the way I was installing it I let my 30 days to return it run out.
X-Plane is a great simulator and I would recommend it wholeheartedly. However, Amazon should not be selling this version which is obsolete and not supported by the developers. If you want the nice graphics (who doesn't?), get the 7 DVD version.
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