1. As confirmed by the FSX video released by M$, the 99,999ft barrier is no longer in effect. This feature alone can attract a lot of regular simmers who have grown severely tired of being limited by this barrier. Check out the following link to see the screenshots of Orbiter and compare it to the video. You will notice the similarity in height.
http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/ ... 1147879632
2. As seen in figure A [see below], there is definately no way FS9 with payware scenery can look better than FSX default scenery. So all you people out there who say FS9 looks better, I like to see some concrete proof. The shot in figure B shows how FSX looks when running under XP and DX9. Notice that the water reflections don't bleed nor stretch like the water in FS9 and that they reflect the sky in the exact way.
Figure A
Figure B
3. According to M$, a mission editor has been implemented to allow users to create their own missions. In case you don't like the default ones. Mission editors are common in Orbiter and IL-2 series.
4. Here is an article that gives more insight about FSX. Read it and read it carefully before you jump to conclusions. According to the article, FSX would most likely be released this "winter". To us americans, winter reminds us of Christmas.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/microsof ... e=previews
5. It is confirmed by the article that M$ will make FSX initially compatible for XP and DX9 and will release a free "update" when Vista and DX10 comes out.
6. It has already been known and confirmed that the multiplayer function has been improved.
7. Again, read the article carefully before jumping to conclusions.
That should clear things up.
