Well the Aerofly RC is meant for people who want to learn how to fly remote controlled planes from a ground based perspective. Available airplanes are a selection from the RC market, some are models of real world airplanes others only exist in the RC world. The Aerofly RC 7 has couple of sceneries where you can fly behind the plane but those are all fictitious. The rest of the sceneries are photo-spheres where the viewer (rc-pilot) can't move.
The Aerofly FS series on the other hand focusses on full scale aircraft, aircraft that are flown by sitting in them. In the Aerofly FS 2 you fly in real world 3D scenery and you sit in a fully modelled 3D cockpit and click on the individual switches to manipulate them. It contains airliners, general aviation (GA) airplanes and gliders. The Aerofly FS 2 is available for download through the Steam client. That is a free software that you install on your computer that allows you to purchase, download, install and update games from the Steam store.
Concerning your new computer setup:
- The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 seems very promising, I would buy that, too.
- 8 GB of ram should be plenty, I have that too and don't feel like I need more. But more doesn't hurt either.
- Get a 256 or 512 gb solid state drive (SSD) for your Windows boot drive and install Aerofly on that as well, that will speed up the PC start and also reduce the loading times.
-If you need extra storage you can manually install a 1 TB hard drive (HDD) later, too. Its not that difficult, open computer case find a free slot and slide the hard drive in, secure it with a few screws, plug in two cables, close the computer casing done.
-For a processor an Intel i5 should do the job just fine. (I don't know if the latest i5 processors also have hyperthreading... If not then an i7 could be interesting, otherwise its just a lot more expensive for little extra processing power)I would recommend purchasing a Joystick for the Aerofly FS 2. It doesn't need to be a very expensive one. I have been using the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro for a long time, so that would be my recommendation.
Cheers,
Jan
Thanks you so much for the run down on what i should get for my computer. I am going to do some google searches now and price a build it yourself PC. Then i will have to go to the local computer shop to get someone to put it together but this shouldn't be a problem.
I think i am going for the aerofly FS, this is more my kinda game with the full size planes and switches to get yourself going. After i have done some research i will get back to you!!! thanks guys