With almost 180,000 buildings and over 3,000,000 polygons Manhattan X is a very serious scenery (and yes you need serious hardware to run it) and it has been in development for nearly a year. The FS2004 version was one of the most successful scenery products Aerosoft sold but for the FSX version almost 90% of the buildings were redone to full FSX specification. The result is nothing short of spectacular and as far as possibly as scenery can be used using current hardware. A mission is included that will let you fly one of the many tourist helicopters around what many consider the most exciting island in the world.
Instead of trying to update that one the whole projects was redone using new standards to ensure it would be fast enough to be usable. Almost double the amount of buildings and using all new effects of FSX, Manhattan X sets new standards. Designed with helicopters in mind, the scenery can also be explored with small aircrafts or ships. Even if you like to fly large aircraft you'll enjoy the views when you approach the nearby airports. FSX deserves Manhattan X !
Features:
- Covers the entire Manhattan Island (East Side, West Side, Uptown and Downtown) plus Ellis Island, Governors Island, Roosevelt Island, Statue Island.
- Four heliports
- Very high density scenery with hundreds of detailed buildings
- Full FSX features using bump maps, advanced shading and reflections
- Scheduled ship traffic (Staten Island Ferries)
- Many special effects included (like sounds, smoke, birds)
- Mission that lets you take a $199 helicopter tour of Manhattan
- Professionally designed charts with all helicopter routes
"This can be considered as one of those must have sceneries, so much entertainment for such a relatively small area. I know the scenery is not advertised as being 100% accurate but I truly felt I was there. This scenery is well ahead of anything else available both in quality and performance. A definite thumbs up and recommendation from me. If you are not into helicopters then learn!"
System requirements:
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (with SP2 or Acceleration)
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 (fully updated, Windows XP and 7 recommended)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 CPU (Core 2 Quad or equivalent advised)
2 GB RAM (4 GB advised)
Direct X 9 compatible 512 MB Graphics Card
Direct X compatible Sound card
Download-Size: 320 MB
Installations-Size: 500 MB
