This game is touted as 'the' great space flight sim, but I would go so far as to argue it's 'the' great flight sim, space or otherwise. Few games can really pull me in like this one and provide such a rewarding play experience. If you really want to take this to another level, get your hands on the work the Freespace 2 SCP guys have been doing. Running this game at 1920x1200 with high res textures, it's easy to forget this game is 10 years old. The gameplay just holds up that well.