NOOOOOOO! New addiction....

[wedg1e]

Why. Why the hell did I think it was a good idea. After all, I'm usually happy to simply bimble around the skies of Britain in my virtual Learjet, daintily dropping in to remote airfields as the fancy takes me, mooching amongst the fells and dales of Cumbria... then it happens. I find my old copy of Combat Flight Simulator.
Before I know where I am, there I am, aboard my Mk. IX Spitfire, taking on the Hun hordes over Harwich.
Then it occurs to me: this game is as old as the hills. Surely there must be a revised version of it by now? So I get on Kazaa (or similar )and within hours I have two disks full of the shiniest shootemup an Athlon can download.
Before you can say 'Achtung Spitfeuer' I've realised it has an online gaming option, and I've just spent an entire evening dodging Me109s over Cherbourg.
God's teeth it's fast. But I can see some limitations in the graphics, so I reckon it's time for a new AGP8x with sackloads of onboard.
Julie has gone to bed in disgust: all I've done is yell orders for 'More coffee, wench!' all evening. Shame about the tiling I was supposed to be doing...

Now, tomorrow night: PistonHeads meet or Me262s at dawn..? Now THAT is a beautiful aeroplane...

[mybrainhurts]

Saw a 262 large scale model some years ago. Powered by turbines.

Looked superb in t'sky and the sound was perfect.

[just dave]

AMD CPU and m/board, ATI's latest Graphics, 1 Gig RAM and a DSL line....

Should cost Sir 1,000 quid.

Suits you, it does!

Doing "Half Life 2", here.

[father ted]

What you want Ian, is to load 'Cold war classics' into CFS......i.e Hunters,Javelins and Lightnings et al.....that's much more fun up against Me 262s

[Road_Terrorist]

which CFS? there is CFS 1,2 and 3, I've got CFS3, sometimes I network it with my brother and we basically blow the crap outta other, great fun

[ErnestM]

The original CFS: GREAT GAME! Loved the ability to fly under London Bridge...


ErnestM

[Beaconbouy]

Goto www.totalsims.com and play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SpencerO]

Great choice of addiction. Many years ago I used to play a networked version of B17 with some mates. You used to be able to assign different crew positions to different people. The abuse that used to be dished out when one of the gunners failed to spot incoming fighters was phenomenal.

If you can find a cheap copy try Crimson Skies for undiluted online blasting.

Just, whatever you do, DONT try Everquest II - it'll cost a fortune in 'sorry i forgot your birthday/anniversary/birth of first child' gifts to the missus...

[wedg1e]

Road_Terrorist said:

which CFS? there is CFS 1,2 and 3, I've got CFS3, sometimes I network it with my brother and we basically blow the crap outta other, great fun

The one I just got is CFS3. See you online...?

Don't worry, I'm crap...

[wedg1e]

ErnestM said:

The original CFS: GREAT GAME! Loved the ability to fly under London Bridge... ErnestM

You mean Tower Bridge? London Bridge was sold to an American some decades ago...

In the MS civilian Flight Sim you can fly under the Eiffel Tower too. I tried it a few times in Concorde, but I wrote off more than they built...
To be really clever, you fly through the mid-section of the Tower...

[TheExcession]

wedg1e said:

To be really clever, you fly through the mid-section of the Tower...

In Concord! you mad bastard. I can just see all those al-fresco froggies running for cover, spilling their expressos an quoisants all over the place.

Phwoooaaarrr - imagine the noise as you nail the throttle to the max having just done this, now that would be a video worth watching!

best
Ex

[wedg1e]

TheExcession said:

wedg1e said: To be really clever, you fly through the mid-section of the Tower... In Concord! you mad bastard. I can just see all those al-fresco froggies running for cover, spilling their expressos an quoisants all over the place. Phwoooaaarrr - imagine the noise as you nail the throttle to the max having just done this, now that would be a video worth watching! best Ex

Not in Concorde, it's too big! Try something smaller, but it's still bloody hard... actually, the original MS Flight Sim had the option to 'replay' the flight so you could, in effect, watch the video. I don't think the latest one has the facility, must check.