I'm not really sure what the point would be to developing FS11 when 2% of PC's can run FSX at full throttle as it is. Or am I wrong on this?

Someone should own the Microsoft S FS system and continue development to, precicely, make the product better (improve performance is one aspect). Our hobby is at risk if this doesnt happen.

Mr._Ryan wrote on Mar 12^th, 2010 at 12:29pm:


You're not wrong.. just looking at it from the wrong angle.

Let's pretend FSX is photographically real on max settings.. and the computer able to run it at full potential might never exist. I like the idea of having that potential there.

If you were running stock FS9 full-out.. and then built a new computer capable of running FSX with some of the settings pulled back.. you got a significantly better simming experience. If M$ had thougt this through.. they would have released FSX with coding that made "full sliders" actuall only mid settings.. people would have been happy. The fixation for where the "sliders" are set is pointless. Then.. they could have released an update that esentially just removed the coding and recalibrated the sliders to what they are now. Or even saved that update and added a few pieces of eye-candy to it and named it FS11.

ANYway.. the future of FSX is right here, every day. Developers and hardware still have a long way to go before FSX runs out of potential. 

Brett_Henderson wrote on Mar 13^th, 2010 at 8:58am:


Yeah, that was my point in a way. Even if there isn't an up date coming soon, we've still got plenty of fun right in front of us. I know for me personally it will be a new PC before I can get significant gains on the game where I have it now, and I intend to do that at some point. So the beauty is, even if there is no FS11, I'm going to be quite happy for some time to come with good ol' FSX.