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PC Gaming Roundup - February 27, 2009

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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: June '09

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Flight Combat simulator???

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Just wondering if there are any good Flight combat simulators out there...??? Modern and or futuristic ones.

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dont know if there are any new ones out, but back in teh day Janes Falcon 4.0 rocked the friggin house. just be warned it has a very steep learning curve

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Falcon 4.0, also a very steep learning curve.

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Ace combat 6 is probably the best modern one out (xbox 360)
If not, IL2 sturmovik Collection is probably one of the best WW2 combat flight simulator.

Others include: Falcon 4.0, Lock on: GOLD etc. There really isn't many new air combat simulators that impress me.

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He said Simulators not crummy Arcade toss. hahahaha

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