Flight Sim Joystick For Mac

It also supports a joystick or gamepad, which is a must for any flight sim, as far as I'm concerned. $5 gets you plenty of game play, but there are in app purchases that let you unlock new customization features and new airplane models.

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Hands On Throttle and Stick (HOTAS) systems help put you in the pilot's seat of a simulator the way nothing else does, giving you an intuitive and realistic way of experiencing the joy of flight from your office desk. If you're coming from Windows, you might have spent hundreds on USB-based joysticks and other peripherals. USB is the key; it's a universal hardware interface that works great on the Mac.

Software is a different story: Microsoft won't ever make a modern OS X version of Flight Simulator for Mac, and a lot of the games and commercial flight sims available don't run on OS X (or if they do, they don't run well). The Mac does sport some great flight sim software, though.

Top of the heap is, which has long had integrated HOTAS support. For Mac OS X is a free, open-source flight sim.

'AddOns' include multiuser racing tracks over places like Reno, Nevada and Narita, Japan. Lots of fun and challenge. You can find flight sims and games available in the Mac App Store, too, though support for sticks and other USB-based game controllers vary from app to app. In a rare turnabout from what I've said in the past, I'll actually encourage you to check out Mac App Store user comments, because it often comes up. If flight sims aren't your bag but instead you have a wheel and pedals you miss from your virtual driving days, make sure to check out.

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Flight Sim Joystick For Mac

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The latest and from Apple run X-Plane well, though they will not be able to “max out” X-Plane 10 (there’s not a personal computer on the planet to do that yet!).