the G-3 sim is pretty sweet when I first got back into the hobby I got a NEXTAR which came with a sim for that plane, not to impressive ,the plane flys realistic enough but the backgrounds were like a weak video game this new one is pretty sweet lots of planes to try, and great backgrounds clear and some are photo real . the one thing I did have to do was upgrade my video card for the graphics my old one was just that old other than that it was plug and play for me when I get home fly on the sim for a few min. a day and when I get to the field my transmitter feels alot more comfortable in my hands. you can tweek the planes also to resemble your particular plane . BTW towerhobbies has the G-3 and a add on program for 200.00-there monthly special I think its 25.00 off for me it has been worth it .