Hi guys,
I downloaded Aerofly FS2 at the weekend and have had about five hours on it so far. For fifty bucks I was quite impressed. It worked straight away in VR on my DK2. All my saitek controllers were recognised the first time I plugged them in. It was smooth in ultra settings with my gtx Titan and only noticed a bit of stutter while flying low level through the scrapers in San Fran. The scenery looks great from a few thousand feet, but a bit flat when lower, but lots to explore. I also downloaded the Austria dlc. There is a good livery of aircraft and you get the option of pilot or copilot, on the Lear jet you get to sit in the passenger section and enjoy the view.
It does feel more like a game, partly because there's not so many things to tweak, but having said that I've enjoyed just flying and not trying to sort out some spurious problem that I have with P3D. The view out of the window looks great and the cockpits ar visually impressive although not everything works. This is only the beta that's available currently, so I'm optimistic that they may cater for more serious simming if the demand is there.
Cheers
Bill