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DRL vs FlightGear
When comparing DRL vs FlightGear, the Slant community recommends FlightGear for most people. In the question“What are the best free (No F2P!) games for PC?” FlightGear is ranked 17th while DRL is ranked 53rd. The most important reason people chose FlightGear is:
FlightGear has scenery that contains environments to fly in from the whole globe.
Specs
LicenseOpen source
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
GenreRougelike
Licenseopen source
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi, FreeBSD, others
Graphic design3D
MultiplayerYes
PvEno
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Pros
Pro Easy to learn
Unlike many. Like many, hard to master.
Pro Worldwide scenery
FlightGear has scenery that contains environments to fly in from the whole globe.
Pro Free and Open Source
All code written for FlightGear is opensource and available for anyone to use.
Pro Crash animations in some aircrafts
Pro It has world-wide multiplayer
Pro Live cockpit
Pro A lot of aircrafts to add
Pro It has amazing graphics
Pro You can almost recreate real incidents
Pro No bugs
Cons
Con Not maintained
No longer works with Sierra and above. Known issue but author has moved onto other projects.
Con Not as graphically advanced as commercial competition
Con Getting stuck upside down
After a crash a pilot may be stuck in an upside down position with no way to recover.