You cannot really trust a review of any PMDG product on Avsim. Why? Because Avsim hosts the PMDG forums and they drive a ton of traffic to this site. Having said that they aircraft is 5 star but still I think this is a conflict of interest. Mark.

This sir is simply untrue. I have been offering my services here for quite a few years only because Avsim is not biased, and upholds a high level of fairness. If it was otherwise rest assured that most of its' volunteers who devote countless hours of their daily time to make this the site what is is for simmers would be gone in a flash. Period...

With many of PMDG`s releases and others such as LVLD I excitedly used the aircraft the first few days and then at odd periods afterwards, I guess just when I felt like it. Except that is with the J4100 from PMDG. With that I had to keep going back to it and trying over and over again to get to grips with starting it from C&D, setting up the feathering, flying and landing. I take pills to counteract severe pain from a failed spinal operation that damaged 2 nerves from the spine, these act on the brain and unfortunately end up killing my memory and thought control at certain persiods-even blanking my mind for short term. This never helped, then one day it all clicked with the J4100 and ever since I couldn`t put it down. Now contrast this with the release of the 737 NGX, for some reason as complicated as it can be I worked it all out quickly. I fly it constantly, sometimes 3-4 flights a day. I have to force myself not to fly it, so adictive is the plane, the addition of Ezdok and now I actually feel like using my TIR4 where before I hardly bothered with it. The unfortunate thing is in flying another plane I have the constant nagging feeling I should be flying the 737 NGX instead. I even think about the plane when I`m not flying. No other release has made me feel that way. So far I`ve put off purchasing a yoke but now I`m planning to do so, because of the fun and enjoyment I get from simming the last 15+ years or more and now because of this aircraft. So what has that to do with this review. Well I feel the review was a good one and in favour of the 737 NGX. But at the same time IMHO it didn`t express that same feeling that I and many others feel about this release. I realise she has some problems still, that not all users feel the same way, that to some extent we get immune to the buzz that these releases give purely because we see so many. But this plane, to me, is one of the greatest releases yet. I really looked forward to the PMDG 747, the J4100 was an impulse purchase, this one I wanted to get from day one-from release day and boy oh boy it hasn`t let me down. The MD11 I`ve yet to purchase but no doubt will. Steve

Steve,I'm sorry to see that you are having these health issues. I share your addiction to the NGX. I think it is the knowledge that when you fly this aircraft, you are flying the closest thing to a real 737NG. I believe that is the real fuel for the addiction. We all know the J41 and MD11, and even the 747 Queen are excellent simulations, but the NGX has taken us to a new plateau in aircraft simulation. I just wanted to jump in here and let you know that I can relate to your feelings of the NGX. When I'm not flying it, I'm thinking about it....strange.

The reviewer states he's a hobbiest so there's your answer.

I am sorry, but what are you? Sorry, but some folks just take themselves much to serious! This is a game and a hobby....nothing more.

I am one of those posting in the review feedback... The PMDG 737 NGX is without doubt a very well done addon and will definitly earn alot of awards. No conspiracy theories from here, but.... I wonder why the reviewer didn´t mention some of the problems the NGX actually have and why not waiting until after the release of SP1 with a review.I think it´s common to give the developers a chance to fix the intitial issues before writing a review. 3 hours of testing is not even enough for a Piper Cub review. I also wonder why this review came so quick, considering that the iFly NG not has been reviewd yet, though it has been on the market for some month now and also have been updated. Again...This is not a post against PMDG at all. I´m a happy 737 NGX user who did not experience any of the troubles posted in the support forum.It´s merely a post expressing my wondering about timing and priorities. I have always used the Avsim reviews as a starting point for whereas I should buy a particular addon or not, but this time I think they failed with the timing. Finn J

Does Ifly have a forum on avsim? ..... might be your answer in that question.

I am sorry, but what are you? Sorry, but some folks just take themselves much to serious! This is a game and a hobby....nothing more.

Eh what you on about?

Does Ifly have a forum on avsim? ..... might be your answer in that question.

No..iFly has not a forum here at Avsim.com, nor has most other addons reviewed here on Avsim - So I really don´t know what You mean. At least the reviewer of the PMDG NGX had an easy job to look into the PMDG support forum hosted by Avsim if he wnated to know current state. Please read the entire thread ! Finn

I am sorry, but what are you? Sorry, but some folks just take themselves much to serious! This is a game and a hobby....nothing more.

I disagree, its something different to each person. To you a game, to me and many others a simulator-"nothing more" doesn`t come into it at all. Something that doesn`t have an ending like a game, it carries on in countless routes and endings/scenarios. Where one ends the next starts or it may start in a totally different location, even a different aircraft. Real world pilots find it that lifelike they use it themselves, I`m sure they don`t see it as a game. I`ve never played a game for 15-20 years like I have this simulator. Maybe you`re just not an enthusiast like the many who use this forum, this aircraft and this Flight Sim Program and others like it. Steve

No..iFly has not a forum here at Avsim.com, nor has most other addons reviewed here on Avsim - So I really don´t know what You mean. At least the reviewer of the PMDG NGX had an easy job to look into the PMDG support forum hosted by Avsim if he wnated to know current state. Please read the entire thread ! Finn

I am sorry that your critical thinking as failed you ...... I dont need the entire thread .. i was responding to your particular post ..... please read that post, thx

I disagree, its something different to each person. To you a game, to me and many others a simulator-"nothing more" doesn`t come into it at all. Something that doesn`t have an ending like a game, it carries on in countless routes and endings/scenarios. Where one ends the next starts or it may start in a totally different location, even a different aircraft. Real world pilots find it that lifelike they use it themselves, I`m sure they don`t see it as a game. I`ve never played a game for 15-20 years like I have this simulator. Maybe you`re just not an enthusiast like the many who use this forum, this aircraft and this Flight Sim Program and others like it. Steve

You are right, it´s a simulation....but still a computer game at it´s heart. It´s still FAR away from the real thing, believe it or not. And someone like VBHB disregarding someones opinion just because he says he is a hobbyist just shows that he takes this stuff WAY to seriously. I did flight simulation way back in the eighties and early nineties on my armstrad computer, so I know what simulation is, it´s a games represantation of a real world thing. I just don´t have any illusions of grandeur that I am able to fly those planes that I fly in the simulator, because it is just still so far off from reality. It is a hobby.

You are right, it´s a simulation....but still a computer game at it´s heart. It´s still FAR away from the real thing, believe it or not. And someone like VBHB disregarding someones opinion just because he says he is a hobbyist just shows that he takes this stuff WAY to seriously. I did flight simulation way back in the eighties and early nineties on my armstrad computer, so I know what simulation is, it´s a games represantation of a real world thing. I just don´t have any illusions of grandeur that I am able to fly those planes that I fly in the simulator, because it is just still so far off from reality. It is a hobby.

How do I take things seriously? I just pointed out that the review wasn't from someone who flies the real thing, it's an observation.Learn to comprehend champ.

well well done PMDGBest Regardsken

It's called a 'first look' for a reason guys! http://forum.avsim.net/topic/346918-avsim-reviews-behind-the-scenes/

I've read many comments about "opinions" on how forum contributors think we do reviews at AVSIM. So let me quell some of the misconceptions. 1. We are all vounteers, we have no loyalty to any company. We review to get the information about our experience with the product out to you. We are not ALWAYS right.2. We will review anything and everything that a developer or vendor releases to us. Unlike other sites, we don't care if you don't want to advertise with us, we want to expose your product to all the flight simmers who enjoy AVSIM and may want to purchase a product. (or not)3. I offer a list of products available to the review staff in chronological order that I receive them. I ask that they choose from the top down (oldest to newest releases). Now we all know that when a "shiny new airplane" is released, it's more attractive than a scenery from a little known developer who is trying to get some "air time". I take that into consideration when a reviewer asks for the latest release.4. I have more product than reviewers. I have some reviewers who write/review a lot more than others. Why? Some reviewers are really dedicated to the hobby and others get a review written as their personal lives permit. We're volunteers, remember?5. I'm always looking for new reviewers, but I ask potential reviewers if they truly have the time. It's been known to have a reviewer come on strong with 2-3 great reviews and then disappear over the horizon, never to be heard from again.6. If you don't want to be a "Staff Rreviewer", but would like to contribute the occasional review, then you can be a "Contributing Reviewer" and I can usually get a product title for you. That's the perk of reviewing, you get to keep your product sample.7. Point of interest - I received PMDG's aircraft recently....I'm still waiting for the iFly 737 to come in the mail (the developer emailed and said it's on the way)....thus the PMDG first look was published first...there is another staff member currently working on a full blown review of this aircraft....I also have a reviewer waiting in the pattern for the iFly 737 to arrive.8. If there is a product out there that you think should be reviewed, and it isn't already on my "available" list to the staff....let me know, I'll try to acquire it and get it reviewed.9. Communication....it's a 2-way street, but try to be kind. We all have feelings and written words can be so easily misunderstood. If you have a question about the review process, ask...don't point fingers without doing your homework.