I own (or have owned) every civil and combat flight sim sold on the PC in the past 5 years.
As far as a Civy flight sim goes, FS2K2 is by far the best sim I’ve seen on a PC yet.
FU2 and 3 were okay, but there was not nearly enough of a variety of aircraft or areas to fly in.
X-Plane, well, I had hope but I am unimpressed. It still has a loyal following but I think its starting to show its age.
Then came this. FS2K2 has some of the best graphics I’ve seen in a flight sim. You can literally see the scenery from 150 miles away now. Sitting on the runway in Vancouver I could see Mt. Baker in the distance. It was great! The ATC is the best I’ve played with in a sim. The weather is modeled quite well. There is finally other air traffic. It talks to the ATC as well. The gates are modeled with the jetways. The attention to detail is just great.
I have barely gotten into it yet, but so far I’m impressed. Microsoft, you’ve done a good job with this product. I’m very happy with my purchase. I highly recomend any sim-head purchase this game now.