Actually, I'm using the deluxe version. I am not sure if it has the "see the ground" feature (I think that is the one you are talking about) or not. I've flown with that feature on G2 on a friend's machine, and I found that it was kind of a strange zoom perspective. While it makes for easier ground reference, I found that it was kind of tricky to judge incoming speed. The plane's size doesn't change at a proportional rate like it does either in real life or in a conventional zoom display. I guess whatever you get used to is the easiest, and I've been used to standard zoom. Dave Brown's simulator from way back helped this problem (and the problem of no sky texture) by supplying little tick marks in each direction so you could see how fast you were moving. They also provided a simple aerial view of the flying area with relative location to the runway, and a vertical cross section of the sky to indiate altitude. G2 is definitely super cool, but it takes a super cool computer to run it too; at least by my cheap standards.