• Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    I doubt it’s pulling in massive amounts of data.

    But the maps data it does pull in will be messed about with, a bunch of trees splatted all over it, buildings extrapolated, water flows, etc. That’ll be what’s taking the RAM.

    The actual flying seems like the least interesting part of this game, and what they’ve really made is Google Earth on steroids.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, the Google Maps equivalent that you’re flying around in is the massive amount of data. The flight sim part isn’t insignificant, but the massive amounts of canned data will be all those maps.

    • areyouevenreal@lemm.ee
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      2 months ago

      From what I heard they do actually put a lot of effort into simulating airplane aerodynamics at least for the smaller planes. So the flying part is kind of important.