Awesome Simulators

Whenever we fly, we just assume that the runway is long enough for our airplane to safely take off and land. But what would happen if you tried to use the world’s shortest airstrip with the world’s largest commercial jets? Aviation hobbyist Swiss001 decided to try just that using a flight simulator.

No, you’re not looking at actual 4K aerial footage here – this is in-engine imagery from the next-generation version of Microsoft’s famed Flight Simulator. The game uses satellite data, along with Azure AI tech to power its incredibly realistic flying. Coming to Xbox in 2020.

Learning to weld can be a daunting task. But with this slick bit of technology from Miller Welders, students can practice using an augmented reality welding headset which lets them practice all they need, and get detailed feedback on their progress.

Maneater is an upcoming action RPG in which you assume the role of a man-eating bull shark. Your objective? Build your skills to become the most deadly predator in the ocean, as you chomp on sea creatures and humans alike. Coming soon to Steam.

From the makers of Punch Club comes another potentially addictive simulator. Graveyard Keeper is like Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley, except you also manage a graveyard alongside the farming, dungeon delving, and crafting. Drops 8/15/18.

The latest game from Deadly Premonition creator SWERY, and developer Yukio Futatsugi of Phantom Dust fame looks like a trip. It’s a daily life sim RPG in which you play a journalist who must pay off a massive debt, and along the way uncover the secrets of a small UK town.

The military aircraft simulator Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) is preparing to launch its “most authentic and detailed simulation” yet. Developed with the help of Boeing, this upcoming add-on introduces the versatile F/A-18C Hornet.

(PG-13: Language) VideogameDunkey simulates his own rise to YouTube fame using the ridiculous sim game YouTubers Life, in which players attempt to create and share the most viral videos. Seriously, is it more than $5000 a month for 649 sq. ft. 1 br apartment in NYC?

We’re dying to take a ride on this platform, which can be used to simulate a wide variety of movements by tugging at its eight steel cables, taking its carbon fiber frame and rider on trips in six different directions. We can only imagine how cool this is with the VR headset on.

The latest game from Bossa Studios, the makers of the frustratingly hard Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread is – as far as we know – the world’s first bread simulator. The plot is simple – you control a slice of bread on a quest to become toasted.

Skyrim meets SimCity in Northern Shadow. Build, expand and protect your city from an overworld view. Then explore it and the world outside from a first-person perspective, while waging wars or forming alliances with other kingdoms.

This first-person (first-animal?) video game puts you in control of a not yet another gun-toting protagonist, but in the body of a bear. You’ll have to forage for berries, go on the prowl for meals, and explore a huge open world along the way.

It is downright torture for your tongue to sit idly by while you sift through photos of delicious recipes on Pinterest but your taste buds may soon get a reprieve thanks to electrodes that are able to simulate the main components of taste.

This sim puts you behind the controls of robotic vehicles to explore the sandy and rocky surface of the red planet. While it’s not the most action-packed game, it’s the closest you’ll get to driving NASA’s Mars Rover. Coming to Windows PC.

Ever wondered what happens to all of the blood, guts and ooze left all over the floors and walls after an FPS? This simulator puts you in the role of the janitor who has to clean up the mess left behind. Check it out on Steam Greenlight.

The crew from XCAR heads to I-Way World to ride in the most immersive driving simulators we’ve ever seen, with cars that move on hydraulics and surround drivers with screens. (Thanks Tom!)

An upcoming “riot simulator” for PC, Mac, iOS & Android where victory and defeat are not so easily defined. Based on real-world events, RIOT lets you play either as a protester or a law enforcer.

Maxis creative director Ocean Quigley shows off more of the fun you’ll be having when the latest version of SimCity hits in March 2013. Didn’t you always wanted a city shaped like a guitar?

A self-contained, portable vehicular motion simulator provides 180-degrees of photorealistic visuals (5760×1200 resolution) and accurately replicates every move of actual race cars.

Racing simulation for the 1%. This seat moves and sways as you race down the track, replicating your every move thanks to D-BOX motion encoding. Supports a number of popular PC racing games.