I've had both. G3 is the better sim overall. They both have weak/strong points, but G3 gets the nod for closest physics to real flying, even though they both are a mile off. They are just sims. Both companies can and should do better, before I spend any more money on either, or the add-on planes for G3.

The above requires a caveat; G3 demands a gamer-class computer to run satisfactorily at maximum settings.

G3 needs to get rid of the ridiculous "active" scenery (floating clouds, leaves rustling). The only time it is useful, is while glider soaring, when you may see the different layers of clouds drifting in different directions as you soar.

The problem with it, is you don't watch leaves rustling and clouds drifting while raising hell with hi-perf 3D aerobats in close-in airspace. A useless feature, actually.

G3 could pare-down the bloated graphics code to run on lesser machines. This is a software writing issue. One could say, "yeah, well, what about thick smoke reducing frame-rate close-in"? Same problem.

If I had it to do over, I wouldn't have purchased either...

My computer below:

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 (2.6 Ghz) (200X13)
DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra D - N4D510-2 Bios
EVGA 6800 Ultra 256 Meg PCI-e Video (Auto OC)
OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum 2 Gig (2X1024) DIMMs (2-3-5-2,1T)
SoundBlaster Audio/Modem Card (Ham Radio Digital Signal Processor)
USB to DB9 RS-232 Adapter (Kenwood TS-2000 Computer Control)
2X Western Digital 74 Gig Raptor SATA Drives (Boot) (RAID 0)
AEA PK232MBX (Dedicated Packet Radio TNC) on Serial Port
Archos External 20 Gig USB 2.0 Drive/Player (MP3s)
Seagate 2.5 Gig USB 2.0 Pocket HDD (Utilities)
Seagate 100 Gig Barracuda IDE Drive (DATA)
Seagate 200 Gig Barracuda IDE Drive (DATA)
Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case (Black)
Thermaltake Silent Boost Cooler (Copper)
Thermaltake Silent Power 680 Watt PSU
2X Ultra 1000 VA 600 Watt AVR UPS
Windows XP Pro - XP Home - SP2
NEC DVD+/-RW DL ND-3520A
Samsung 900DF CRT Monitor
Asus CD-S480/AH CDROM
Asus Multi-Media Reader
Asus 3.5 In. FDD

You wanna play, you gotta pay! ;-}

Charles