Hey Mitch, cool post, thanks for sharing your sentiments! :( I got this email from Richard "Georender" Goldstein the other day (and he's OK'd it for me to share it):Now I gotta say, as a huge fan of Richard's beautiful airfields for FS2004, to get an unsolicited email like that from the great man himself - well, it made my year really :(

Hi John!You can't imagine how happy I am to hear news from Richard!This gentleman is not only a wonderful artist, he is a very kind person I was very happy to meet through the internet during years.And I can understand your emotion getting this mail from him because it's the best compliment you can receive for your beautiful work.

Hey Mitch, good post. But...You really should experience the sheer joy of feeling the wheels of an Aeronca Champ (insert any small-engined tail dragger here) lift off the grass on an early morning summer joy ride. With the window open, and the smell of fresh-cut grass filling the cabin, a flight down the shoreline at 50 feet with the window open is about as immersive as you can get. I really do appreciate my nicely tweaked - thanks again Bojote - flight sim, but I think I enjoy it so much because of my memories of the real thing.Mitch, if the opportunity presents itself, go for the real deal, at least for a few hours. The old cliche is true, you know, the thing about the most fun outside of sex. But, if the real deal isn't possible, I will be the first to admit we have the next best deal going. Never would have been able to say that, and enjoy FS as much, without the tremendous add-ons and the tweaks that so many of you guys have provided.

---------------------------Sound's really good! Maybe one day...that PPL will come... :)

I drool over that scenery, but I'm concerned it would bring my system down to a 'slide show'.Anyone running the latest with a system spec like mine (see below)?Thanks

I drool over that scenery, but I'm concerned it would bring my system down to a 'slide show'.Anyone running the latest with a system spec like mine (see below)?Thanks

Hi Phil,I ran FSX (and Orbx's scenery) for quite a while on a system that was lower spec than yours - an E6750, OC to 3.4GHz. As long as you don't dwell in Portland or Seattle in the PNW scenery, you should see satisfactory results. Bear in mind that your autogen settings have a strong effect on frames with the FTX goodies, so use that as your performance dialing-in tool.

I'll jump in too on the kiss the FTX guys bum!FSX sat in it's box on the shelf here in my office until I seen ORBX OZ stuff last year. Once I got the OZ DVD and wondering what all the hype was about (the DVD I have included Coffs).I installed FSX again, then the ORBX FTX OZ DVD. WOW! I was blown away by the FTX magic and immediatly bought some more airports (now owning them all).It is not starnge at all to hear John compare it to Richards Geo Renders (that I owned too). As both really bring the sim to life. ORBX has made FSX a whole new sim for me. For example, I land at Concrete and as I pull up to the ramp some jackarse is standing there talking on his cell phone! GET OUT OF THE WAY! Hehe..... :(

Bum kissing?Time for some British understatement, I think. It's not bad at all. In fact, it's pretty good. :( And I look forward to future ORBX products of a similar high standard. Ian

Yes bum kissing.Warrented as it is a whole other world. It is not just a slogan from them, they speak the truth!

I drool over that scenery, but I'm concerned it would bring my system down to a 'slide show'.Anyone running the latest with a system spec like mine (see below)?Thanks

I run Orbx scenery on a similar rig. only differences, I have a quad Q6600 @2.8 so not as overclocked as yours. (and I have the affinity mask set to only run 2 cores) Ram is same, and my vid card is a lower spec 512mb model. like bill said, it drags at KSEA and at Portland, (and for some reason at the ORBX 1s2 darrington strip) everywhere else I am smooth as silk at a locked 24 frames. even over seattle CBD I get 15-18 frames. the new PFJ scenery has NO areas where I don't run absolutely smooth.