August Reviews: Simulation
	Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 Overall Rating: 10 Gameplay: 9.4 Tilt: 9 Sound: 9 Graphics: 9 Value: 10

Review:  FS2002 very good upgrade from previous versions. The ATC works well, though there a few bugs that are annoying. MS should design an auto-save feature when the game crashes, so that you can restore it upon re-launch. Links 2001 performs this very well, and FS 2002 needs the same function incorporated badly.

As for the game when it works...it is extremely fun to fly just about anywhere. The scenery auto-generator is a big plus. Of course, the terrain detail is not perfect, but it's as close as anybody has gotten so far. Buildings in cities tend to be represented pretty well. They are not exact, though...perhaps by design they couldn't be due to trade marking or something, I don't know. For example, Kansas City has a "twin-tower"-topped building. In the game, this building only has one tower. Also, not all of the planes have the virtual cockpit which is my favorite view. Not sure why.

Best Runs on a 866 Pentium III, with 256MB RAM, and a GEFORCE card, and the game was reasonably smooth, though it got a little rough when flying at night. I had turned up the graphics level and ran 800x600x32 resolution. Overall, though, it was smoother than previous versions of FS on my previous PCs.

It's a tad bit expensive, but if you love flying, it's a must have

Cheats:

Its a simulation not really a game. Duh :p