To anyone flying any RealAir simulations wonderful aircraft, here's a tip I discovered by accident.They say in their manuals that, if you reduce the VC cockpit guage quality from "High" to standard, it can help with stutters. I've got a pretty high end machine, and only occasionaly get some lack of smoothness in steep turns (with FPS locked at 30). I decided to take the VC guages down a notch just to see what it looks like, in both the Marchetti and Scout (do this in the "aircraft quality" settings within FS).Well, not only did it eliminate all lack of smoothness in flight (and I imagine people with slower machines will benefit more here) but I also think the "lower res" guages look even better than the high res ones. The high res is just "too clear" for reality unless you've got perfect magnified vision, but the standard quality approximates what the human eye really would see at most ditances from the panel. Even without the performance gain I'd keep the lower setting; give it a try and see what you think.Best,Joel

HI Joel,That's good advice. Some systems seem to be able to handle high quality gauge settings in FS9 without penalty. On my own system I too find that setting them to "low" really boosts smoothness.Thanks for your post.Rob Young - RealAir Simulations

Lowering gauge quality does make for smoother turns on my PC, since it's still the Athlon 1900XP. But I do have good "closeup" eyesight which makes the gauges less readable on my 21" monitor than the ones I see in my actual airplane. However, I do use glasses (as required)for long range vision when it comes to driving & flight.In the meantime, it's a compromise here, since I enjoy lot's of auto-gen for these mountain flights. I might just keep the lower gauge settings & still keep an eye on those "shift Z" digital readouts in the upper left corner of my screen.L.Adamson