Virtual flight through flight sim (flight simulation) is designed
to give a realistic flying sensation. It can be achieved in
mocked-up cockpits, or on a computer by a computer gam...
In the context of computer games a flight simulator i's a software
program that allows the user to simulate flying an actual aircraft.
So it has to be realistic. The user has to feel as though he is
actually in the aircraft and flying it.
A "real" flight simulator is the sort that is used for training
pilots, in civil and military settings. Obviously, as this is for
real, the technology has to be cutting-edge, as far as possilbe,
and the physical setting is also entirely realistic. Here "flight
simulator" is often used to refer to the room where the simulation
is run.
In the computer gaming world, flight simulator games try to achieve
the similitude of a real simulator.
The user is of course only in front of his computer, and the
controls are not as realistic, but the experience is pretty intense
overall.
