Summary

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight

## Description

As the name suggests, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, is
that year’s version of the popular simulator from Microsoft and celebrates 100
years of flight. Flight Simulator 2004 includes 9 historical aircraft such as
the Wright Flyer from 1903, DC-3, Vickers Vimy, Curtiss Jenny and the Ryan NVP
‘Spirit of St. Louis’ that you can pilot and new challenges centered around
the historical aircraft. It includes a new help system called ‘Learning
Center’ and an improved ATC, and a new dynamic weather system. The GPS systems
in Flight Simulator 2004 have been completely overhaulled and are now based on
real world Garmin 500/295 GPS systems.

Windows

	Minimum System Requirements	Recommended System Requirements
CPU	Pentium II or Athlon equivalent	Pentium III or Athlon equivalent
CPU SPEED	450 MHz	1 GHz
VRAM	8 MB	32 MB
RAM	64 MB for Win 98/ME, 128 MB for Win 2000/XP	128 MB
OS	Windows 98/ME/2000/XP (95 & NT not supported)	Windows 2000/XP
Graphics Card	8 MB 3D Video Card	32 MB 3D Video Card
Direct X	7.0	9.0c (included)
SOUND CARD	Yes	Yes
HDD Space	1.8 GB	2.2 GB
CD-ROM	4x speed or faster CD-Rom drive	4x speed or faster CD-Rom drive
Game Analysis	"Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight, also known as FS9 or FS2004, was shipped with several historical aircraft such as the Wright Flyer, Ford Tri-Motor and the Douglas DC-3 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Wright Brothers' first flight. The program included an improved weather engine, that provided true three-dimensional clouds and true localized weather conditions for the first time. The engine also allowed users to download weather information from actual weather stations, allowing the simulator to synchronize the weather with the real world. Other enhancements from the previous version included better ATC communications, GPS equipment, interactive virtual cockpits, and more variety in autogen such as barns, street lights, silos, etc."
High FPS	0 FPS ( GTX 1060 )
Optimization Score	6.7