Has anyone mentioned this? I did a search and found no sighting. Gamespy got some hands on with it already.http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/flight-simulator-x/679528p1.htmlStill no mention of physics processor support. I wish they could get that in there and offload all flight dynamics from the CPU.

You'll find that's a review of the CES show presentation. :)

"There are authentic road layouts, and you'll actually be able to fly over your hometown and navigate by the streets below."That's the first I've heard of this... if that's true the UT folks may not have a product anymore... :(

"There are authentic road layouts, and you'll actually be able to fly over your hometown and navigate by the streets below."Why do I get this feeling I'm not going to be able to navigate MY home town with the help of accurately laid-out streets .. ;) My guess is the "reviewer" is extrapolating a small sample of a higher-detail area to global scale and forgetting that to get accurate, world-wide road network coverage is beyond a $50 PC simulator (where the road network data is not the ONLY price-deciding factor).

Where do you live?

They said that about FS2004 as well, and I believe FS2002 ;)

Near a small town in southern Finland :)I'm not sure what kind of road detail FS9 offers in this area by default, because I've installed a couple of freeware add-ons that improve Finland (including roads, I think). Wether its the add-ons or FS9's default data that plots the roads in the area, though, I can only see the larger ones and none of the streets that make up the town (nor the street I live on).Road network data for Finland is available in sufficient resolution for drawing all of the abovementioned streets, but I suspect it's not cheap :/

>"There are authentic road layouts, and you'll actually be>able to fly over your hometown and navigate by the streets>below.">>That's the first I've heard of this... if that's true the UT>folks may not have a product anymore... :(Doesn't the FAQ about FSX here on Avsim mention something about partnerships/alignments with other vendors? Could be UT may be one of them? Given tdraggers' comment below, kind of makes one hopeful of what's to come!Jim

"While flying around, he mentioned that the previous games featured unrealistically sterile environments"Very true!

Considering my area looked like 1920 out of the box in FS9 (tons of barns in Destin FL and near Eglin AFB), I hope MS gets it at least close this time around. http://www.dreamfleet2000.com/gfx/images/F...s/Mullins01.jpg"A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting."Don MullinsNiceville, FL.

What does it look like in Microsoft Map Point Europe? We're sharing the same data.

Considering that NavTeq and Tele Atlas databases are widely used in GPS road navigation systems in north america and europe, I see no particular barrier to MS having accurate road data, at least for those areas. I understand there are other systems in use in asia, I don't really know what the coverage is there. scott s..

>What does it look like in Microsoft Map Point Europe? We're>sharing the same data.Wow... raising the bar indeed...Simpit

Wow Impressive.. Just wondered if you are also using the Map Point Australia data ?John.

Wow, It