For all intents and purposes the game is already released. They are basically advertising it as a released game (see if you can find the single reference to "alpha" here: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen), in game purchases have been live for years, you can grind and save your progress etc etc. It's a live service game just like any other, practically speaking. Source: 12 months ago

Open a incognito browser window and follow the experience of a new potential player. Here's the first page you'll land on: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen. Source: 12 months ago

There are two components to Cloud Imperium Games' (CIG) project. Star Citizen is the MMO component, a first-person experience in a simulated 30th-century universe. Squadron 42 is the single-player component, a story-driven campaign where you enlist as a UEE Navy combat pilot. Our current understanding is you will be given the option of having your Squadron 42 character, who musters out of the Navy at the... Source: about 1 year ago

Just go to https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen and it's clear as day. The whole thing is written in the present tense, with big play now buttons and like 2 small disclaimers saying "Note: Star Citizen Alpha 3.18 is currently available to download and play. Additional features and updates will be released as they are developed." as the only disclaimer. Literally anybody not intimately familiar with Star... Source: about 1 year ago

Https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen is broken for some reason, did not spent the time debugging. Page just will freeze at some point, possibly some js error. Source: about 1 year ago

Orbiter is more of a hardcore spacesim than a "game" in traditional sense, but also qualify. Source: 6 months ago

Orbiter does it, but I doubt the solution they use (whatever it is) would work with the game engine Nova uses. Reentry does it too. I guess it depends on how the game has been coded. Probably difficult to implement if it wasn't designed with time compression in mind to start with. Source: 9 months ago

Kerbal (KSP) is one way, but I would highly encourage you to seek out Orbiter Space Flight Simulator 2016 here http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/ (all free) and its forum here https://www.orbiter-forum.com/. Tens of thousands of hours of work here for your enjoyment, when you look at the base simulator (Dr. Martin Schweiger's work), the rendering engines, the vessels, the mods and the expertise from the community ...... Source: 12 months ago

I’ve searched a bit and found this: http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/ Has anyone played orbiter ? Source: about 1 year ago

This looks amazing! I don't play KSP but Orbiter, not sure if you've heard of that? Would it be easy to make this compatible with the keyboard keys Orbiter uses? Source: about 1 year ago