I have heard the same thing that a lot of 3-d guys prefer the G2 over the G3. But I still think the AFPD is the best as far as realism for 3D. But I have also tweaked a lot of the planes to get them to fly the right way. Most have the CG too far fwd. I found the G3s Yak would tip stall way too easily and rather unrealisticly even with serious tweaking. However when it comes to helis I would say the G3 or G2 is way better. AFPD does it well but I feel it's just not up to par. And you cannot change the servo speed in AFPD either which sucks. It's all a compromise and there is no perfect sim... yet.