Aviti - that's fair enough, and I have NO PROBLEM with people having a preference of one sim over another based on their own personal criteria. I think the problem was with your seemingly overly harsh comment that "G3 seems more like a tree blowing simulator or windsock simulator". Those of us that have spent many many hours with G3 (on systems that are powerful enough to run it well) have found that G3 is actually quite a good rc FLIGHT simulator - even if it was not quite to your liking.

I'm glad that AFPD, XTR, and G3 are all here to put some serious pressure on each other. I just hate to see things deteriorate into a "yours sucks, mine is great" kind of thing. It almost always results in people giving their preference more credit than it deserves and cutting the other sim more than it deserves. I think they are all useful for their intended purpose (which is RC flight simulation, not windsock simulation), and all have their limitations.

One last thing - don't sell Multiplay short as a gimmick. I have found it to be quite useful as a tool. It's great to watch all the pilots that are far better than I to see how they pull off all kinds of moves and to give me all kinds of ideas and things to work on. It also makes learning and practicing more fun. I have little doubt that if AFPD had multiplay, those supporters would not be putting it down as "fluff". It just goes along with that "Yours sucks, mine is great" mentality I was referring to.

Jim H.