If they are making an aircraft as payware that another developer already did a payware rendition of, that’s basically saying they think they can do it better. Even if they improve on the current Stearman and bring something out closer to the Tiger Moth level of immersion and detail, how many people will buy a 2nd one ? I must say the choice of an aircraft where we already have an acceptable version is a bit odd. One would hope they have learnt the lesson about the need to closely supervise outsourced work and presumably if this one is contracted out they are using a different developer. The FM, sounds and external views were great, the big let down was the truly bad textures in the 2D cockpit view, ironically the default livery was the worst. That said, I actually really liked the Sportswing, but as a trackIR user I spend most of my time looking around and was not really noticing the bad textures that stood out like a sore thumb in fixed 2D cockpit mode that upset some people. The Sportswing was contracted out rather than developed in house - so the issue was inadequate management and quality control of an outsourced product. Golden Age products for other sims have always had a good reputation and they have a fantastic range of rare classic and vintage aircraft in other sims, aircraft that we are missing here.
