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X-Plane 8.5 for Mac

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Price: Free to try (5-minutes of joystick); $59.00 to buy
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Date added: October 15, 2006
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From Laminar Research :

This refined flight simulator includes a physics modeler that can simulate various weather conditions, as well as advanced technologies such as dynamic speech synthesis; hardware-accelerated, texture-mapped graphics; OpenGL support; serial-port output to drive cockpit instruments; motion systems; and moving maps. Other features include a variety of runway surfaces, oil rigs with helipads, and full rendering of other air traffic for formation flying. Cockpit textures, plane textures, and sounds are all customizable.

Version 8.5 enhances AI of planes in full flight models, tire models are now racing accurate, all new engine transmission setup, Bird flocks, visual improvements, speed improvements, and more new features and refinements.

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