You start to file it next to similarly slothly pleasures like Microsoft Flight Sim.īut there's actually something genuinely compulsive here. It's not as if there's a turbo-boost key you can apply.
#Virtual skipper 5 boats full
The full ones take forty-five minutes – with five minutes of authentic manoeuvring before you even are allowed to start - and it's quite possible to screw up with one mistake and throw the whole race at any point. The shortest races take five minutes or so, which normally just involves going over there, around a buoy, and back again. Suffice to say, this is a phenomenally slow paced game. Just a thorough simulation of a ship presented in an accessible fashion and a whole lot of blue. Well, because you may fancy something as simple as a change, and with the licence attached – meaning the America's Cup ships and the Cup itself to compete in – it's as good a time as any to cast off into the ocean for. Why would you want to get into it now if you haven't already? It's Virtual Skipper 5 in all but name, and – as the name and the number show – Nadeo have been serving a niche for years. If your immediate response to hearing the name “America's Cup” is to try and remember whether that's the one with the golfers or not, then it'd be easy to dismiss this out of hand. Meaning I suspect that while it'll be free for a bit, you'll need to pay for an account to carry on using it. They're doing a yearly-subscription model. I think it's a case of them moving from one business model to another. But still - here's my review of America 32nd cup for you to try and work out whether this may be worth your time.īut do remember, it may not even be the same game.ĮDIT: Actually, it's. I don't even know the difference between ships and boats.
#Virtual skipper 5 boats Pc
I realise this because I (er) reviewed it for PC Format when it was going under the 32nd America's Cup – The Game moniker, noting it seemed to be Virtual Skipper 5 in all but name (which is clearly serious bluffing on my part. I suspect it's because it's already been out back in 2007, and its initial UK release was under a different name. It's only been out in the UK properly for about a month, but is already available for a free 800Mb or so download. This surely can't be right (And not just my pun.