I hear ya on all you said, sir. What you described is the exact same boat that I find myself in - - -once again. I've been into flight simulation since 1980 or so, and have lost count of the number of times I've upgraded to a new system when the latest and greatest iteration of MSFS came out with more eye candy, better flight models, better aircraft representations, etc. And of course they're always fantastic, but, at nearly $2,000 a pop on average, it does tend to get a bit pricey after awhile. I'm almost thinking I might switch to Xplane 11.5, but have no experience with Xplane at all. Are the graphics on that a bit better than FSX or would you say about the same?