Future of simulations 2010 discussion

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Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

Some accept the challenge to push through "adapt, overcome, survive" or give up and go home, its human nature... but secret squirrel hidden settings aren't, I feel, the way to go.
The "casual gamer" does need to be taken into account as much as older hardware/ operating systems do (as well so do experienced simmers and product scalability into the future. Having said that though, it is impossible to please everybody). By not taking casual gamers/ low end hardware into account, there is a real risk of running an extremely small niche market and that means very high prices., if in fact it is viable to develop a product at all. Some like to just "shoot s%^& up, others like to hang around at high alt and drop in on unsuspecting newbs, etc, etc the full range. Something which can cater to all tastes effectively has a greater chance of success.

keep in mind, we were all newbs once...

I agree very much that the sim should be immediately accessible to the casual gamer/newb. Without them the sim really has no future. But to dumb down a sim just to keep the pride of casual gamers intact would be a big mistake IMO.

If a real aircraft has a very violent torque roll under certain circumstances then it should be part of the sim, not left out just in case a newb can't handle it. The default options should of course eliminate such characteristics. Mastering a powerful fighter is an important part of a combat sim. If systems or flight characteristics are intentionally left out to cater for the masses then you might as well be flying a star wars TIE fighter.

If full real can only be achieved through a 3rd party paid for add on then I'll still be happy. There must be a way to accomodate the dreams of newb and hardcore alike.