Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration Expansion

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Sold Individually

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000U96L54
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 23, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,090 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #6 in Video Games > PC Games > Simulation > Flight
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Flight Simulator X: Acceleration is the action-filled expansion pack for the award-winning Flight Simulator X video game. With Flight Simulator X: Acceleration gamers of all ages, types and skill levels can race against friends in amazing, highly detailed locations around the world, test their skills and heroism in many new missions, fly three exciting new aircraft, and share rewards, photos and videos with friends and the broader flight community.

Flight Simulator X: Acceleration features:

Multiplayer racing mode
A new multiplayer racing mode that will allow gamers to compete against friends with four types of racing: aerobatic style, Reno high-speed, cross-country and sailplane. Gamers will be able to test their skills in three different levels of difficulty from simple pylon racing to racing in harsh weather conditions.

New missions
More than 20 new missions that will allow gamers to test their skills at tasks ranging from test piloting a fighter jet to search and rescue.

New aircraft
Fly through highly detailed scenery in three new aircraft: the F/A-18A Hornet, P-51D Mustang and EH-101 helicopter.

Connected world
Online mode allows gamers to race against friends and work together to complete missions as they interact with other aviators from around the globe by chatting in real time via headset and keyboard.

Easier set-up
Easier installation, reliability standards and support for key features of Windows Vista, including the Games Explorer, and Parental Controls.

Product Description

Microsoft Flight Simulator X Xpack Win32 English North America DVD DVD Box

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Install Failure, November 8, 2007

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Willy (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration Expansion (Video Game)

Expansion pack won't install - says it requires FSX to be installed first. It is. I can be flying a plane in FSX, and the Expansion Pack Installer says FSX isn't installed. The support rep did say they have been getting a lot of calls from people who are having problems installing the expansion pack...
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Support Update: It's now December, and after a month of working directly with Microsoft Games Support, the problem appears to be caused by running 64 bit Vista Ultimate on an Intel Core 2 Quad processor. The base game, Flight Simulator X, does not install properly, and the expansion pack can't find it. I tried a single cpu system, running XP, and everything installs and runs fine, including the expansion pack.
When you install FSX, if the install screen says "IDS_WELCOME" and "IDS_CONTINSTALL" you've got a problem. Another symptom of a bad install is if the Add/Remove Program screen in Control Panel says "PRODUCT_NAME" instead of "Flight Simulator X". Microsoft does not appear to have a fix yet for the installer failure on 64 bit Vista. XP works fine.

42 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Upgrade for Flight Simulator X, October 29, 2007

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Arkansas Traveler - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration ExpansionLet me begin by saying that I'm an FSX newbie. I have only the basic FSX installed and have had it for only around a month now. There's an old pilot's saying, "if God had wanted men to fly, He would have made them rich", and I'm a walking testament to the truth of that saying. I earned my license in 1987, but it was just too expensive a hobby for me to continue trying to fly. Having been playing with FSX for the past few weeks now, I'm thrilled to be back in the air! I thought that I had it pretty good before installing the acceleration pack. But that was before I had an F-18 at my beck and call. WOW!!! My installation of the acceleration pack went reasonably flawlessly and the improvement is fantastic. New aircraft, many new missions to fly, what a deal! Oh, and did I mention that an F-18 Hornet comes with the pack? It flys like a dream! My only complaint is that I haven't figured out how to navigate with it yet. Anyway, I couldn't be more thrilled with the acceleration pack and got my new copy for only $24 from one of the Amazon merchants.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ho Hum, November 21, 2007

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R. L. Frank - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Microsoft Flight Simulator X Acceleration Expansion (Video Game)

It isn't as bad as some have indicated, but unless you are dying to get an F/A-18, P-51 or another helicopter, you would probably do best to pass on this and wait for SP2 which is free.

I'm not going to mention the missions because I wish MS had omitted missions from Flight Simulator X, altogether. They are too game-like for anyone who takes the word simulator seriously.

Acceleration does add some minimal DX10 features, but nothing to get excited about. They call it DX10 Preview because it is a very small subset of what DX10 is capable of.