"Will you be buying"

We run flight sims over a private network, ok there are only three of us.

We usually operate CFS3 & FS9.

After a many, many months of work most of the annoying defects of these sims have been rectified. We have superior dynamics in almost every respect with a number of aircraft, in principle these are the Me262 & Vampire.

There are also sound files for these two aircraft which in my opinion are probably 'as real as you can get', they are specifically taylored for the actual type of engine.

Armament in CFS3 was, to say the least abysmal. This has been corrected and with genuine sound files for the specific cannon used on these two aircraft.

We have similar work carried out with FS9, and produced excellent dynamics for the DC3, Cub, Trimotor, Comet, and also Bill Lyon's Moth.

DC3 and Tiger Moth dynamics were very popular in certain circles a couple of years ago.

So after all this effort, I really don't fancy embarking on any work with another sim.

Besides we are building  back to back rear projection cockpits suitable for 262 & Vampire, and Mig15 & F86.

As for FSX: I'll have to give this one a miss, perhaps the good fozzer would do us the honour with the new sim

Jasper

Will I be buying?  Don't think so, purely for financial reasons.

It has been eluded to in a previous message but you will need a 'better' (for want of a better word) PC than you might already have.  Vista and graphics cards are also other issues, don't even want to go there.  I have only been simming now for just under 2 years and have got my current PC to the point where I am more than happy with FS9.

As Clint Eastwood said "A man's gotta know his limitations" and that applies to my PC.  Whilst it performs admirably on FS9, it would take quite a bit of cash to get FSX to run to the standards I would expect.

In short, everyone's different.  There will be those who rush down to the shops and get their copies on the day of release and there will be people like me who can't justify the expense of having to upgrade their PC's.  All things considered, MS have come up with a very fair price for FSX.....it's everything else that's gonna get you!!

Optmising for Vista means that it will only look really good on Vista. On XP it will look just like FS9. And not only that, they are to produce 2 versions. One of which will clearly (as they have said it is built on top of the FS9 engine) be nothing more than FS9 with the best free addons incorporated. Meaning of course that WE will now have to pay for the free addons in order to run FSX. But that's the way MS$ has always done it's business.
I have to say that I'm certain that the majority of developers  who have worked hard to create great addons for FS9 are not really that keen on starting all over again.
We have seen a number of videos and screen shots all of which are not great quality and no better than the best that FS9 can deliver.  If I were MS$ I would try to sell FSX showing the very very best it can do and so far all I see is a marginal improvement for a not marginal cost!!!
Vololiberista

Its always good to hav sum1 to put the resident conspiracy theorist (Vololiberista) down every now and then.  Thank you Daube.

Yah, that was a good movie.

Whats that got to do with Vololiberista and Daube? ???

The only conspiracy is that MS$ is out to empty our pockets. (That's their game!!!) I have to say I have seen many a/c and loads of scenery in screenshots on SimV that are way better quality than anything I've seen of MSX so far. It's a lot of money to fork out not just for the game but also for a new pc etc etc just for 10-20% improvement
I won't be buying until I have seen what FSX really CAN deliver. To spend €80 just so that I can occaisionally see the sun reflecting in the windscreen and scenery go by at 1 fps   a week on my present PC is not good economics.
It's about time that MS$ released images of the very best MSX can do.  Looking through many posts and threads you will find I'm not the only person with this opinion!!!
I'm no conspirator. I'm a real pilot of thousands of hours flying experience. I know what the "Real Thing" is like. So I have a very high standard of expectation. What in American is called "Eye Candy" is all very well but there's a lot more that makes a flight sim programme.
FlyII for instance HAS ground effect. Has better scenery than the default FS9. AND as a pilot I would also say that the flight characteristcs of their a/c are still superior than FS9. If any of you want to know what it's like to fly a REAL simulator call up one of the airlines and ask to have a go.
Better still take some trial lessons in a REAL a/c!!!!!!!!!
Vololiberista

Yah mun, chill. 8)