Condor 2 Soaring Simulator

Condor 2 Soaring Simulator
Version	Current Release : 2.1.7[1] (as at 2022-10) Changelog
Developer(s)	Condor Team
Platform(s)	, Template:Mac - needs Windows and Boot Camp[1]
Platform(s) VR	,
Media	Digital
Release	02-21-2018
Genre(s)	Flight Simulator
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer
Input	Common sim input devices Head-tracking with TrackIR and similar.
Price	49.99€ for Condor 2 199.99€ for Condor 2 Pro bundle: all DLC at time of purchase (Prices as at Oct 2022)
Preceded by	Condor Soaring Simulator
Store(s)	Condor store
Website	CondorSoaring.com

Condor 2 Soaring Simulator (known as Condor 2) is a glider (aka. sailplane) (Wikipedia) simulator made by a small group of glider enthusiasts working part-time in Slovenia. It was released in February 2018.

Condor 2's landscape features a 37,000 square km slice of Slovenia, the developer's home country. Its weather and physics focuses on gliders. It supports VR as of v2.05, and has multiplayer including glider racing.

Aircraft

Included

• Lange Antares 18S (Class: 18 m. Model: George Winnard. The Antares is one of the newer generation high performance sailplanes in the 18m flapped class.)
• LET L-13 Blaník (Class: 2-seat trainer. Model: Jiri Brozek. Blanik is the much loved metal trainer from Czechoslovakia. It has been flown all over the world, and is probably the most numerous training glider ever made.)
• Avionic Diana-2 (Class: 15m. Model: Condor Team.The Diana-2 is the most successful 15m sailplane in World Championships and Sailplane Grand prix in recent years.)
• Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus XL (Class: 20m 2-Seater. Model: Condor Team. The Duo is a very versatile glider. Good in the training role, good for cross country, and competitive in 20m competition.)
• LAK Genesis 2 (Class: Standard. Model: Condor Team. Revolutionary design, it has a good performance at low speeds, almost matching the LS-8.)
• Schneider Grunau Baby (Class: Vintage. Model: Condor Team. The classic single seat glider of the 1930’s, made in their hundreds and copied in many countries.)
• Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (Class: Club. Model: Tom Eagles. Nice handling glider, and the leading performer in club class.)

There are further paid DLC gliders available from the Condor store.

The Condor 2 Pro bundle features: "Condor 2 Pro version with all gliders available at date of purchase, 4 towplanes and Slovenia landscape".

Media

There is a time-of-release "review" on FlightSim.com - these types of release reviews/notices go over UI and what's in the sim, but only briefly touch upon or examine physics/weather.

Videos

These videos are from the developers website:

• Planes

  Gliders

• Terrain

  Terrain

• Weather

  Weather

• Physics

  Physics

System requirements

See condor website.

• OS: Windows 7, 8 or 10
• CPU: Intel i3, i5, i7 CPU or equivalent.
• Hard drive: 5.5 GB of free space on hard drive or SSD
• GPU: A dedicated graphics card with 1 GB memory. The graphics card should have benchmark (www.videocardbenchmark.net) result of 1000 minimum, 4000 is very good and 8000 perfect. (Integrated graphics cards and cards with benchmark result below 1000 are usable, but with severely reduced graphics settings).
• Internet connection required for activation