Flight Simulator Pilots Make 16-Hour Flight From LA To Dubai in Real Time

PCGamer: One of the big draws with Microsoft’s new Flight Simulator is that it recreates the entire planet to scale. What that means is that, if you want, you can fly from one airport to another in real-time. And few airports are further away in a single trip than LAX and Dubai International Airport. It takes around 16 hours to fly there in the real world, on a seemingly roundabout route that takes you over Canada, the North Pole then down through Europe and into the Middle East

[LightofDarkness]

G'wan Bruce

[Double_O_Revan]

Long flight for the Gooses!

[waverider]

jesus...

[Psychotica]

satan..

[Lionsguard]

Flying Spaghetti Monster..

[Futureshark]

Boooooooooooooooooorring!

[King_Noctis]

Apparently it is not for those who enjoy it.

[Futureshark]

Fair enough, although 16 hours in front of a computer screen watching blue sky and the odd instrument change as the autopilot does it thing isn't personally what I'm after in a gaming experience.
But as you rightly say, each to their own.

[franwex]

That’s impressive. It truly is. If you are into those games-if you can call them games that is.

I personally do not like these things. Hell, I don’t really like Gran Turismo either. Endurance race? Nah, pass.

But you can’t deny the monumental work that goes into it.

[ActualWhiteMan]

Losers

[ThereGoThatManQ]

I love video games but this is honestly sad to me. I have taken that actual flight. Well from Texas but anyways NO ONE LIKES TO FLY THAT LONG. This reminds me of how people shat on DS as a walking sim but will crown this game.

[MadLad]

"Reminds me of how people shat on DS as walking sim but will crown this game"

Yet both titles mentioned largely found critical success, though you're simply on the other end of the argument, seemingly propping up one title, and slagging the other.

Do you understand the definition of hypocrisy/hypocrite?

[ThereGoThatManQ]

Lol too bad it’s not hypocrisy when one game IS AN ACTUAL GAME while another is an actual flying sim.... and yes they are completely different when criticizing like this.

People were saying you “all you do is walk and see beautiful scenery, when that’s not true in the slightest. BUT it is true to say all you do is fly a plane.

I love how smug you are 100% of the time you must be a real live party in person......

[Vanfernal]

This is a genuine question... So they are basically just flying on a straight line... From point A to point B... For 16 hours?