Actually on second though I withdraw my last statement, at least to some degree. I do understand that if you make real good graphics, of course you like to show it the way it SHOULD look but on the other hand it's a shame that it won't look like that in the simulator during real play.Let's just hope MS will realize the time has come to polish up their graphics engine to the next version of FS...

About that nose gear close up, if you look at the bottom of the screenshot with the nose gear you see the words "Not an actual FS2004 screenshot".

Nice to see the rumor mill is alive and well, I'm sure the PMDG crew is smiling from ear to ear as they read some of the material.The renders mean that: not in game, but it looks like something out of 3DMax. If in game, I'd want that computer and video card yesterday, but, bump-mapping isn't probably a reality in VC.Very nice! Keep the pictures rolling - we want panels, we want external views, we want it yesterday, we want flexing wings, we want rear steering gears, we want ACARS, we want high polygon counts, high res textures and high FPS, we want to fly now, we want more, and rest assured we also want what we don't know we want yet ---- but I digress.And I can't help but notice that on the 400, there is a private restroom in the cockpit. Dang those pilots have it made. Imagine that, after the inflight service, no need to wait on line...Thanks for keeping us posted... I need to take my tongue off the floor now, but that is too much information.