X-Plane also has detailed failure-modeling, with 35 systems that can be failed manually, or randomly when you least expect it! You can fail instruments, engines, flight controls, and landing gear at any moment. X-Plane includes Plane-Maker which allows you to create your own airplanes, and World-Maker which lets you create your own scenery. Also included is Weather Briefer which produces a weather briefing based on actual weather conditions downloaded from the net.

X-Plane is extremely customizable, allowing you to easily create textures, sounds, and instrument panels for your own airplanes that you design.

New in X-Plane 9
New highly-detailed aircraft: Piaggio P180 Avanti II, Cessna 172, Cirrus' "The Jet."
Support for new-gen hardware including dual-core CPUs and the latest in video cards.
Stunning new global scenery and atmospherics, including reflective water and volumetric fog.


Supported Video:

(256 MB VRAM recommended)

ATI Radeon series (7000 or better): 7000/VE series, 7200, 7500, 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500, 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X800

Nvidia® Quadro series: Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4

Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better): GeForce2, GeForce3, 3 Ti, GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440, GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950, GeForce 6600, 6800

Intel® Extreme Graphics (non-T&L requires 2.0 GHz processor): 82845, 82865, 82915