Aviation Simulator
About Aviation Simulator: Flight Through Diverse Skies and Aircraft
Aviation Simulator puts you in the cockpit for a flight experience that spans classic cornhuskers, modern passenger airliners, and powerful fighter jets. Each aircraft carries its own handling characteristics, giving every plane a distinct feel in the air. The game pairs that variety with maps drawn from diverse real-world landscapes — European peaks, Arctic deserts, and other locations — so no two routes look the same.
Quests and assignments run through the experience: completing tasks unlocks new planes and maps, giving each session a concrete goal beyond free flight. Stunning graphics and detailed post-processing shape the visual side, with weather, lighting, and atmospheric effects that shift the mood of each flight.
One scene shows snow-capped gray mountains sitting beneath a dark blue sky dotted with small white circular lights. Another moment captures a bright yellow light source washing over a hazy valley of green-textured ridges and a flat body of water below.
How to Play Aviation Simulator
The core loop in Aviation Simulator is straightforward: take off, navigate the landscape, and work through quests and assignments. Finishing those tasks is what opens up additional aircraft and new map locations. Each plane behaves differently, so switching between a propeller-driven cornhusker and a fighter jet means adjusting to new characteristics rather than repeating the same routine.
Controls
On Computers
- WASD: Steering
- Q / E: Steering wheel
- F: Air / ground braking
- Shift: Full throttle
- Up arrow: Increase throttle
- Down arrow: Decrease throttle
- 1 / 2: Flaps
- Y: Parking brake (handbrake)
- T: Engine start
- U: Engine stop
- G: Chassis
- C: Camera change
- Left mouse button (LKM): Camera rotation
- Right mouse button (PCM): Moving the camera
- Middle mouse button (SCM): Zoom in and out of the camera
On Phone
- Screen and corresponding buttons: Full aircraft control
On Gamepad (PlayStation DualShock 4)
- L3: Steering wheel
- L2 / R2: Steering
- Square: Engine start
- Right arrow button: Engine stop
- Cross: Increase throttle
- Circle: Decrease throttle
- Left arrow button: Handbrake
- Triangle: Brakes
- L1 / L2: Flaps
- Options: Camera change
- R3 + Hold and direct: Rotate the camera
- Upper / lower arrow buttons: Increase and decrease camera distance
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