What kind of beast Flight Simulator is: rules, tricks and a few tips

The igrasu.ru catalog holds hundreds of games, and this is one people keep coming back to. Here is how it works and how to get the most out of it.

What this game is

Flight Simulator is a full F-16 flight sim running in your browser on WebGL with a vendored three.js. Beneath your wings lies an endless procedural landscape: a quadtree of terrain tiles with heights generated in WebAssembly, impostor-tree forests, snowy peaks, rocks, beaches and normal-mapped water. The aerodynamics are honest: wing lift, sideslip, roll-yaw coupling and engine thrust — the jet feels speed. The sky features Rayleigh atmospheric scattering, cascaded shadow maps and bloom post-processing. Controls: W/S pitch, A/D yaw, Q/E roll, mouse wheel throttle; click the sky to capture the mouse for free look, V for cockpit view, P to pause. On phones, on-screen control pads and throttle buttons are available. Your score is the distance flown.

How to play, in short

1. Flight Simulator is a full F-16 flight sim running in your browser on WebGL with a vendored three.js.

2. Beneath your wings lies an endless procedural landscape: a quadtree of terrain tiles with heights generated in WebAssembly, impostor-tree forests, snowy peaks, rocks, beaches and normal-mapped water.

3. The aerodynamics are honest: wing lift, sideslip, roll-yaw coupling and engine thrust — the jet feels speed.

4. The sky features Rayleigh atmospheric scattering, cascaded shadow maps and bloom post-processing.

5. Controls: W/S pitch, A/D yaw, Q/E roll, mouse wheel throttle; click the sky to capture the mouse for free look, V for cockpit view, P to pause.

6. On phones, on-screen control pads and throttle buttons are available.

7. Your score is the distance flown.

A few final tips

• Check out the demo mode on the game page — the AI shows how it is played, and repeating it yourself gets much easier.
• Play in short sessions: the best results come with a warmed-up head.

Take note: it works great solo and in a "my high score is bigger" company. Ready to try? "Flight Simulator"