FSX Demo - Coming soon!!!

[EHM-1638 Nichlas]

Javier, i have the same problem... Mine also fails, i dont know if it is at 10%

I think its because the connection is so bad that it finally cuts it

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Javier/Nichlas - welcome to one of the big problems with Gamespot's unpaid servers... they have a nasty knack of dropping connections, especially on popular/big downloads (took me a dozen attempts to get the Prey demo...)

My download at home (which I started before I left for work this morning) is claiming 36 minutes to go, after which I'll seed it onto the Torrent "network" and drop a link here.

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

Well i got mine installed fine - pics are in the screenshots......excuse my bad system

[EHM-1638 Nichlas]

its on Fileshack now...
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/9240/Flight+Simulator+X+Demo

There you have to wait line, but is guaranteed good speed...

EDIT:
No line right now, downloading at my full line speed
On free accounts the line is capped at 500KB/sec !!

[EHM-1798 Conrad]

You can also get it from the microsoft website at a recent download speed i think

Edit: http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/downloads.html

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Here's a link to my torrent of it...

http://webmail.liquidthinking.co.uk/~murray/fsxprereleasedemo.exe.torrent

Isn't seeded yet (having problems connecting to the tracker...) but should work peer-to-peer ok. It'll be up until I get home

NOTE: In a quick test from work, there are 2 seeds and a load of peers for this demo, so get it before MS close it all down.

[EHM-1343 Jonathan]

I am very impressed by the screens...the trees for one look a big improvement....and i also like the new interface...

[EHM-1821 Javier]

Thanks for the links! that one from microsoft, is downloading 15times faster than the one from gamespot;D

[EHM-1152 Thomas]

I downloaded from fileshack.  Took just half an hour.  And what can I say.  I am very impressed!  You know that feeling when you get something new and you just want to press all the buttons and see what happens?  Well that is what FSX does!  There are so many new things.  The cars and boats moving about really add realism to it and the cockpit and vc are incredibly detailed.  Also the updated ATC screen seems easier to use.  And for anybody worried about it working on their system I am using a 6 month old laptop and it ran fine.  Just as well as FS9 actually.  The only bad thing about playing the demo is that part of me is disappointed going back to FS9 and I don't want to wait for months to buy the full version!

[EHM-0654 Murray]

Observations from my install/setup:

With similar settings, I'm getting similar frame rates, but FSX looks nicer at those similar settings.

With everything but weather maxed out, and Clear Skies chosen, it runs (frame rates feel better than 5fps...) but only just. As long as I point it over water rather than land it ticks over nicely

And having never been to Princess Julianna, think I'll be flying there tomorrow in my FS2K4 setup... Did the visual approach on the second attempt (tried it last night, but that was before I reset all the controllers, so my joystick and yoke were fighting for control of the ailerons and elevators, making aircraft control "interesting"), but for some reason the brakes are locked on in FSX (made roll out easy though...)

[EHM-1703 Philip]

Have had a great time playing with settings etc on this while I have had no internet. I must say, although there are still a few bugs which I am sure they will iron out before release, I am mega impressed with it. I have the settings maxed out and my system still gives me playable frame rates.

[EHM-1152 Thomas]

I know that everybody must be extremely bored with the demo by now.  I mean there's only so much you can do with 2 airports!  But believe it or not there are addons released already!  Just thought you all might like to see this.  I haven't tried it yet though.

http://www.weather-maker.com/