Paragliding Sim is a highly-immersive free simulation game created by indie developer Evan. In this hang gliding game, you will take control of a paraglider—a lightweight, free-flying, and foot-launched glider aircraft. You will also maneuver its soft-body wings that can easily be flexed and twisted. You get to slope, soar, and thermal up to move across the country and fly around the realistic terrain located in New Zealand. This game also offers real-time wind and thermal physics effects.

A realistic experience

Paraglider pilots and even those who are not but have a huge interest in the activity would enjoy this flight simulator game as it provides good AI, dynamic winds, great physics of sailing, and fresh textures which creates a perfect 3D environment for paragliding. However, it would even be better if the game could provide a variety of environments such as forests, buildings, and such. Future improvements that include a multiplayer option will also be fun to have.

The thermals in this game can most likely be seen where the terrain faces directly into the sun. You have to listen to the beeping variometer and fly in circles around the core once you've entered it. Bear in mind that the thermal is the strongest in the center and can possibly contain sinking air on the outside.

Meanwhile, for you to ridge soar, you need to find a hill that faces into the wind. Afterward, you have to travel back and forth along the slope to gain height. The steeper the hill, the higher the lift you’ll experience. With all these outstanding game features, the anticipation for the release of its full version is bigger.

One for the books 

Paragliding Sim can be confidently said to be the best release of this game genre yet. It contains good AI, dynamic winds, amazing physics, and nice graphics that really immerse into a realistic paragliding experience. You will have fun controlling your glider and enjoy testing the thermal physics effects and ridge soaring that the game offers.