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X-Plane 11 for Windows

  • Paid
  • In English
  • V11.0
  • 4.4
  • (222)

Innovative Piloting Experience

X-Plane 11 is a simulation game created by Laminar Research. The game provides detailed and realistic flight simulation. Players get the chance to fly around the world and interact with the plane’s consoles like an actual pilot.

Authentic Flight Practice

X-Plane 11 features life-like and rich graphics. Players will be impressed by the intricacy of the graphics. Even the aircraft consoles and 3D cockpits look authentic. The dials and buttons are interactive while the meters move as the aircraft flies. The visual effects and 3D sounds complete the immersion with flying the aircraft. Players choose an aircraft of their choice. Aircraft range from light aircraft to commercial airliners, helicopters and even a space shuttle. Each aircraft is modeled after real-life models and they even have avionic parts. The aircraft can be tuned up for piloting preferences. They can adjust parameters such as the center of gravity, fuel amount and payload weight. The game includes Weather Settings. Players can change the weather condition, as well as the day-night cycle for an extra challenge. Anyone trying to learn how to fly an aircraft can try impossible scenarios that would test their piloting skills. Players can assign their flight destination and adjust their starting position at the airport. They can select more than 3,000 airports as their starting point.  The minimap indicates the aircraft’s current position and altitude. Players will notice that the airport has living and breathing environments for realism. There are A.I. controlled airplanes, fuel trucks and pushback tugs in the airport. The A.I. controls those non-playable vehicles. They have to be careful when lifting off and landing on the runway while avoiding hitting any vehicles or structures. The game comes with sceneries based on real-life locations. Players can explore places like Las Vegas, New York City, Canada, Amsterdam, Finland, Germany, and China. Anyone with a virtual reality headset can play this game for absolute immersion. The game is constantly patched even the expansion packs. This makes sure that any bugs or problems are addressed.

Mastering The Aircraft

X-Plane 11 offers a realistic flight experience for casual players and pilots in training. At first, the game can be overwhelming but the sceneries and flights are enjoyable. The most important part of this flight game is learning how to fly aircraft effectively.

  • Pros

    • Highly detailed visuals
    • Educational for real-life pilots
    • 3,000+ sceneries and airports based on real-life locations
    • Supports virtual reality headsets
  • Cons

    • More features at the expansion packs
    • Some aircraft lack stability
    • Requires large size of system resources
    • Poorly optimized gameplay
 0/8

App specs

  • License

    Full

  • Version

    11.0

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    Windows

  • OS

    Windows 8

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    43.4K

    Last month's downloads

    • 287
  • Developer

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X-Plane 11 for PC

  • Paid
  • In English
  • V11.0
  • 4.4
  • (222)

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