I paid 200 dollars for G2. It taught me to fly and I am grateful. I seem to have found it's limitations when it comes to aggressive 3D flying...both the planes and the flight physics do seem to have some problems but, all in all, it was adequate.

But dare I say it was worth it?....here's my quandary:

I paid 200 dollars for G2. It taught me to fly and I am grateful. I seem to have found it's limitations when it comes to aggressive 3D flying...both the planes and the flight physics do seem to have some problems but, all in all, it was adequate.

But dare I say it was worth it?....here's my quandary:

I purchased a program called Falcon 4 a long time ago. I paid 20 bucks for it new at a local franchise computer store. With it came a user manual that was as thick as a phone book. Not only did it have a flight physics !QUOT!engine!QUOT! that was impressive for it's time but the complexity of the program and all the features that were incorporated was mind boggling! I soon realized that it would help to enjoy this flight sim if I was already an F-16 pilot.

Twenty bucks for all this programming/coding etc!!!!

I spent a hundred bucks on the HOTAS worthy of that game. This Saitek joystick had separate throttle and stick and over a hundred different commands that could be programmed into it.

Why should such a (seemingly) crude program like RealFlight G2 with it's it's command limited controller be so expensive? It doesn't appear to me that it took one tiny fraction of the programing prowess that Falcon must have commanded. And if Saitek can produce that much product (with it's own software) for that price...


I dunno....maybe it's me!



Deadtired