Customer Reviews

Space Shuttle Expansion for Flight Simulator X

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1 star:		(3)

 

 

This sim has some great virtual cockpits. Unfortunately the install was a pain. After 2 emails with support I finally figured out the issue on my own. It will not install properly if FSX is not in the default install location. Even though it appears to find and install to the correct location it will not install one of the .dll's.

As for the flight characteristics- I am disappointed. In the reentry mission you get to simply sit there and watch until atmospheric flight is possible. Their documentation is lacking. Although they provide a 1000+ page Shuttle Manual there is nothing for the sim addon itself. The one reference I could find referred to to manuals/documentation that were not on the disc nor were they installed. Also the FSX graphics at orbit were disappointing to me as well though that is no fault of this addon.

If you really want to fly the Shuttle X-Plane is a much better choice and costs the same for a whole simulator! Even better is the Orbiter Sim which was written by a PhD, has a large community, and is free!

I don't recommend this product.

I am telling you now. Do not buy this product. It does not install correctly and will not work. The download that helps this problem that is on the website is does not work either. The support team for this product does not help either. Save your money for something else.

After installing this expansion not only did my computer crash(which is extremely rare with XP)but my desktop was damaged and now get an error message when I try to restore it. I tried re-installing the software with the same result. I will no longer trust anything from "Just Flight" again.

I bought this thinking it was going to be at least an ok game, but I was wrong. After I installed it, it worked fine. But, the game itself is awful! Graphics are chopy at best, (and graphics are not a problem with my pc.) Also, it only gives you 3 missions, and all 3 are boring and stupid.. Waste of time and money, and the game made my computer run slow, and seem like it was going to freeze but it didn't.... This game is pointless as is anything from justflight... I will NEVER buy from them again! If I didn't open the box I would have sent it back, but instead I wasted my hard earned money on garbage.... So a word of advise DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!

I love this add-on for flight simulator X, the only con is that doesn't include clear instructions for the game, you have to figure it out on your own. Everything else is all right.

Well I honestly have only been able to try it out a couple of times. I guess because my FSX software has crapped out a few times and so I have reinstalled it at least like eight times by now. So I really don't notice I even have this installed on my CPU. With the times I have played this expansion game I have liked it! I wish that threw the FSX game you could actually use the shuttles singly with out the boosters and fly it just the shuttle. Every time I have wanted to use the shuttles with FSX they just sit there on the run way and wont move :( or if I start the shuttle in the air they just free fall kind of stupid..

Amazing graphics of the Shuttle. Great rentry heat simulating. Great simulation of drag chute, payload bay, robotic arm, virtual cockpit, and the inside of the shuttle.
All 5 star but I can't seem to get a tow plane to bring me into the air.