Beneath the Waves

For years, I have been looking for a decent simulator for submarines, and after all of the flight simulators and such I think I may have found one. It is called Silent Hunter and looks to be just about what I was looking for. Good graphics. Good interface. More true to life. Strategy. Now if it will only work on my system. I always seem to get something that my system is just a little too old, too slow, to underpowered....
The main storyline behind this simulator is a German U-boat submarine of World War Two in the Atlantic area of operations. Back in the old days when firing a torpedo meant knowing the distance, speed, and angle on the bow of what you were shooting at, not simply letting the computer do it for you.
You can move around the sub just like you were there, from the engine room, the battery room, crew quarters, torpedo room, control center, up the ladders to the bridge, just like you were walking or running thru the sub. The whole thing looks pretty realistic to me... if you get depth charged then you have bursting pipes spraying water all over the place.
You can shift views from inside the sub to outside the sub, underwater or topside, and any angle or zoom you want. You can follow your torpedoes all the way in to their target, see the explosions, see the damage, and follow the sinking ship to the bottom. I just know I'm going to love this simulator! There are many short videos on you-tube, just type Silent Hunter 5 into the you-tube search box. Here are some pictures....