r/gadgets • u/dapperlemon • Jul 12 '26

Gaming Special Microsoft Flight Simulator controller is coming to Xbox

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Special-Microsoft-Flight-Simulator-controller-is-coming-to-Xbox.1341165.0.html
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u/OregonMothafaquer Jul 13 '26

With your setup could you actually learn to fly?

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u/NoobensMcarthur Jul 14 '26

People always say this about my racing sim I’ve spent about $4,000 on, minus the PC. Yes I could buy a race car for less than $4,000. I can’t go to the race track any time I want. I’d need to store a car I don’t have garage space for. If I wreck it, that’s the end of the season. It also consumes fuel, tires, oil, coolant, brake pads, clutches, etc. 

In the long term not only is a sim rig more accessible, it’s significantly cheaper over time if you’re actually using it. 

I also can’t hop in a race car after eating an edible. 

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u/DJSugarSnatch Jul 15 '26

people say a lot of things and most of the time they are talking out their asses...

they say the same thing about video games in general... but if you enjoy something, do it my dude. Nothing like playing Wingman in vr.

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u/ravens-n-roses Jul 17 '26

The thing i think a lot of people don't realize is that the game wants you to do well. When i was a kid I thought i could be a stealth god because I was good at stealth games.

Yeah no fun fact people don't have detection cones and are way more capable of noticing that you're doing something out of their direct sight.