Don't worry, Mark. I wasn't questioning the like or dislike on the other sims. I can understand them.

It's just that people seem to believe in miracles with the old FSX/P3D engine, some things it can't deliver. Slight improvements, yes. Huge gains or major steps over that old basis? No, maybe with P3D 2.0, but this may also involve the break of the current backward compatibility.

Fun fact, they currently revive the DX10 stuff in FSX, thanks to some user mods, ruling out some former problems with that faster path. http://forum.avsim.net/topic/384221-a-how-to-go-dx10-doc/

So, for the guys liking the tweak&fiddle things, maybe it's worth a look.  :)


Well, my main point was the in, in my eyes, unreasonable fear of a loss of activation with FSX. MS clearly states what 'end of support' means. Folks can still activate their very old MS soft even without using other methods.