Need a Recommendation for a Star Wars Flight Sim

[evandorf]

I've been on a nostalgia kick recently. Played through Mechwarrior 2 and 4. Played some Dark Forces and other dos games. Had an urge to go back to X-wing or Tie Fighter, but I know there are other flight sims that have come out since then that I've not really interacted with. Are there any that you're recommend or should I just stick with the nostalgia train?

[Mr.Popper]

I strongly recommend you try a Star Wars Galaxies private server if you've never played it, I think the most populous one is still Galaxies Legends. The space portion of that game had no right being so good. Besides there being dozens of ships you can get with X-wing esque gameplay, there's fully supported multiplayer ship mechanics where you can physically walk around in a ship (ie. the millennium falcon) as it's flying, see everything through the windows, and pop back into a turret/pilot seat whenever.

 

The only shortcomings are unfortunately the population is limited, still decent for a dead game, and you may have to grind the less interesting land-based gameplay to get resources. Space leveling is counted separately so in theory you could only play space stuff, but I don't think you would be able to afford good ships and equipment (the economy is almost completely player-run). If you're a Lucas Lunatic like me you might enjoy the land stuff, but be warned the combat's VERY dated. On the plus side it seems like the RP community is still alive so maybe you could get into that.

[Carver]

Echoing the SWG Legends recommendation, other servers might not have the Jump to Lightspeed content that includes the full space combat. Last I played it the server gave new players enough starting credits to easily buy ship part kits that help jumpstart you into the space combat content as well.

Also, X4 has a mod called Star Wars Interworlds that’s absolutely fantastic if you don’t mind that the game can be a bit obtuse to get into. Though it tends toward large scale battles as the game progresses.

[Shimmer]

X-wing Alliance Upgrade is the one Star Wars flight sim I've played and I only really stopped because my controller started to get insufferable drift.

 

 

The upgrade mod makes it look less shit while retaining the fun flight aspects. It's worth it if you want to play Alliance.