The_Chugster Posted February 4, 2021 Posted February 4, 2021 So I am getting on a bit of a retro gaming thing and am buying old sims from the 90s/00s and I wanted to get an F/A-18 sim but there are quite a few and i am not sure what to go with, I remember Janes FA-18 and FA-18 Korea but a google search found more, FA-18 3.0, FA-18E Super Hornet, Carrier Strike Fighter IFA-18 and FA-18 Precision Strike Fighter and others. Is there one that most would agree was the best? Kinda leaning towards the Jane's one right now.
Marcq Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) In the list you mention, Jane's F18 was the best, but can be tricky to make it run on today's computers IMO you should give Falcon BMS 4.35 a try, The sim is based on the F-16 but you can fly other jets as well and it's free, actually it's a must have sim And it is retro Falcon 4 Marc.. Edited February 9, 2021 by Marcq
Rudel_chw Posted February 9, 2021 Posted February 9, 2021 There used to be a Hornet for x-plane, but I don't know if it still exists: https://xplanereviews.com/index.php?/forums/topic/430-aircraft-review-fa-18-f-rhino-super-hornet-by-colimata/ For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
westr Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 Retro wise Digital Integration made an F-18 sim in the mid 90s 1999 in fact. RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV
Mr_sukebe Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 My vote goes to BMS, which is now rather special. 1 7800x3d, 5080, 64GB, PCIE5 SSD - Oculus Pro - Moza (AB9), Virpil (Alpha, CM3, CM1 and CM2), WW (TOP and CP), TM (MFDs, Pendular Rudder), Tek Creations (F18 panel), Total Controls (Apache MFD), Jetseat
VpR81 Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Mr_sukebe said: My vote goes to BMS, which is now rather special. While i have played Falcon since 4.0 was released and realy love it, i have to disagree. This is just a different flight model and different external model built around the F-16 avionics. No real Hornet avionics in BMS, unless this has changed since 4.33... 1 Phanteks EvolvX / Win 11 / i9 12900K / MSI Z690 Carbon / MSI Suprim RTX 3090 / 64GB G.Skill Trident Z DDR5-6000 / 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD / 2TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD / 2TB SATA SSD / 1TB SATA SSD / Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora Pro 360 / beQuiet StraightPower 1200W RSEAT S1 / VPC T50 CM2 + 300mm extension + Realsimulator F18 CGRH / VPC WarBRD + TM Warthog grip / WinWing F/A-18 Super Taurus + F-15EX / 4x TM Cougar MFD / Slaw Device RX Viper V3 / HP Reverb G2
C3PO Posted March 7, 2021 Posted March 7, 2021 (edited) I cut my teeth on Graphsim's Hornet 1.0 on an Apple LC475 back in the early 90s. It got me hooked on flightsims. My friend owned the Apple and game and spent hours on it! Edited March 7, 2021 by C3PO Now: Water-cooled Ryzen 5800X + 64GB DDR 4 3600 (running at 3200) RAM + EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra 24 GB + Reverb G2 + Add-on PCI-e 3.1 card + 2x1TB Corsair M.2 4900/4200 + TM HOTAS Warthog + TM TPR Pendular Rudder 'Engaged Defensive' YouTube Channel Modules: F/A-18C / AV-8B / F-16 / F-15E / F-4E / Persian Gulf / Syria / Nevada / Sinai / South Atlantic / Afghanistan / Iraq Backup: Water-cooled i7 6700K @ 4.5GHz + 32GB DDR4 3200MHz + GTX 1080 8GB + 1TB M.2 1k drive & 4K 40" monitor + TrackIR
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