Why optimize VR: Flight sims are among the most demanding VR uses, needing steady frame rates, sharp visuals, and low latency to keep immersion intact. Key performance tweaks: Updating GPU drivers, ...

While Microsoft Flight Simulator is a great sim experience even if you're just using a single monitor and the best PC controller, Nvidia's taking it a step further. Its rig shows off the potential of ...

Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...

I've always loved a flight sim (or, more specifically, a good space sim), and while I've been lucky enough to test a few in my time writing about games, one has always stuck with me. The Thrustmaster ...

[Tom Stanton] has been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator a lot recently, and decided his old desktop joystick needed an upgrade. Instead of just replacing it with a newer commercial model, he built a ...

Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each ...

The Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flight Universal Control System was released last year. However, it was missing rudder pedals to complete the flight sim experience. Today, the company has announced the ...

Virtual Reality (VR) and actual reality often don’t mix: watch someone play a VR game without seeing what they see and you see a lot of pointless-looking flailing around. [Nerdaxic] may have found a ...

Saitek has supported flight-sim fans through thick and thin, maintaining a rather strong product line of flight sticks, pedals, yokes, and throttles year after year even as the genre has waned since ...

Most people would struggle to fit the flight deck of a plane into their living room without at least moving the sofa, but the Honeycomb Aeronautical Echo Aviation Controller lets you leave all the ...

When most people sit down in front of their PC intending to play flight sims, there's usually just a mouse and keyboard at their disposal. Some may have a flight stick, and a few might even have ...