Just curious, seems like P3D, and X-Plane too for that matter would go to photoreal scenery like AeroflyFS2, it has a little ways to go before it gets to P3D & X-Plane sim territory, but the scenery it has looks so much more realistic.

With standard scenery yes, but thats all. Night lightning is awful, same as water, weather, clouds.

XPlane 11 could be interesting if ORBX deliver world coverage like in P3D. And maybe some good realistic payware planes come out. And it needs simulation rate acceleration + real looking and feeling weather. Otherwise no go for me. Textures and good night lightning is not everything ;)