CFS3 strikes out on all the requirements of a combat flight sim.The terrain graphics, touted as new and better, are muddy and look artificial. The aircraft graphics are no advance.The game play is poor--no advance over cfs2 in any paramater.The flight modeling is arcade-like--no real feel of flying, and all planes feel pretty much the same.The 'virtual cockpit' is a step back with poorly detailed instrument panels.The 'stutters'--widely complained about--are the final straw.Even on a high end system, the graphics stop, jerk, start again for no apparent reason, far too often.MS would have been far better to continue to evolve the CFS2 model than to go with this--it's certainly not better in any respect.Overall, I'd give it a 0 if I could, based on it falling so far below what was the state of the art in flight sims even 2-3 years ago.