Addons might make FSX look good too but whats the point. Sure for some FSX is great but it has a few problems
1. Addons can yes make it look good. Although of all the addons for FSX ive tried (GEX, REX, UTX...) It looks like a waste of money if the default Flight looks like the pictures suggest. Plus. MOST addons cost a decent amount of money.
2. FSX being so outdated is so under optimized for todays machines that one person with a Dual core might be able to run it better than someone else with a Quad core. Ex. I have a ATI 4870 1gb with a Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.2ghz with 8gb of DDR3....on MEDIUM settings....im lucky to get 10-15 frames a second. Its a total crap shoot and its because of poor optimization by Mirosoft.
And besides to have a DEFAULT sim look that good without any addons means more money in our pockets, and if its properly optimized it will run 20x smoother than FSX ever could have hoped. Which would mean you wouldn't need a super computer to run it.
I don't understand why some people cant have faith