User Rating: 8.9 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 9 PC
This review is intended for those planning to upgrade from FS2002 to FS2004. The question most of you are probably asking is: should I upgrade? The answer to that question is not as simple as it may seem. The new incarnation of the popular flight simulator series offers, as usual, even more than its predecessors. A new weather system, improved ATC, new historic aircraft, even better scenery and a brand new Garmin GPS are all very well, however after you boot up your first flight and get into the air, you'll start asking yourself: what the hell is this? Did they stick FS2002 in the box and just put a new title on it? It is very hard to try and justify what it was that you just spent £40/$50 of your money on. However, if you take your time and examine what’s beneath the surface of this SIM, you'll see that there are hundreds of small improvements which you may not see at first, but which you do feel when you actually start flying. If you have nothing against spending £40/$50 on an expansion pack than go ahead and buy it, but many people will find that the improvements are too minor to motivate them on splashing out half a hundred dollars on a game they practically own already.
