Hello All:
My first post, very interesting topic. I have been flying sims since my first leap to the air in "Strike Commander". I consider myself as a "flexible hardcore". That meaning I will fly any sim I can get my hands on (the joy of just flying something different) for the experience of flying rather than the realism of it (although I have my FSX cranked to ultra realistic) because flying whether low and slow or fast and high is what takes me away from the real world. Yes I built my own cockpit to sit in (simple F-16 mock-up, no switches....yet) to help me get lost. I fly most of the time with ATC, NAV, ILS and the such and obey the rules of the road (most of the time) with all the AC I fly. But then there are the times I like to explore and hop in something fast and small so I can get there then go low and slow and see what is new. So given the fact that I go slow or fast, low or high, from MS5 to FSX and the all the others I have flown (I'll list them sometime), in my own little cockpit is what makes me a "flexible hardcore".
Pekay