>Hi Mike,>I understand what you say and have read the article above.>However, it seems to me that many people may be more than>happy with what comes in the package, and this may deter>people from purchasing other add-ons. >>With scenery for instance, having looked at the demo and the>various film clips the whole experience is something we have>never had before. The majority of third party add-ons have>been created by individual developers or software companies>and the majority of these seem to be included in the new>version. It will be very interesting to see what type of>development arises over the following 12 months.>>As an example lets take a look at the roads and rivers, it's>not that long ago Just Flight brought out a product giving us>Roads and Rivers of Europe, on top of that individual releases>for other world areas have been released as freeware. But the>new FSX looks to have this covered. The same can be said of>other add-ons IE: weather, oceans/water, trees and we now even>have moving vehicles on the highway not to mention animals>roaming in the safari adventures.>>I think these are great additional features for Flight>Simulator, but am still slightly concerned as to just what can>be added by a community, apart from new aircraft. With so much>of what we wanted being "The As Real As It Gets" already>included. >>Like I say it will be interesting to follow the developments>though!Why do you find this concerning? I find it refreshing, I want a great default experience without having to add tons of performance bogging addons. There will always be room for improvements and people to step up and do themRegards, MichaelKDFWhttp://www.calvirair.com/mcpics/ambanner.jpg

>Hi Mike,>I understand what you say and have read the article above.>However, it seems to me that many people may be more than>happy with what comes in the package, and this may deter>people from purchasing other add-ons. >>With scenery for instance, having looked at the demo and the>various film clips the whole experience is something we have>never had before. The majority of third party add-ons have>been created by individual developers or software companies>and the majority of these seem to be included in the new>version. It will be very interesting to see what type of>development arises over the following 12 months.>>As an example lets take a look at the roads and rivers, it's>not that long ago Just Flight brought out a product giving us>Roads and Rivers of Europe, on top of that individual releases>for other world areas have been released as freeware. But the>new FSX looks to have this covered. The same can be said of>other add-ons IE: weather, oceans/water, trees and we now even>have moving vehicles on the highway not to mention animals>roaming in the safari adventures.>>I think these are great additional features for Flight>Simulator, but am still slightly concerned as to just what can>be added by a community, apart from new aircraft. With so much>of what we wanted being "The As Real As It Gets" already>included. >>Like I say it will be interesting to follow the developments>though!>>Astraboy>http://www.astraboy.com>>Why would you be concerned with features we are getting out of the box? You'd rather pay for them as add-ons?If including all this extra stuff saves me a bunch of money, then WOOHOO!