Last night I took a Freelancer for a spin--what a ride! 4x gimbaled Mantis 220s ripped through enemy ships so fast it felt like I was cheating. Cockpit reminded me of a bus, though. Definitely didn't have the zip of my 300i, with a max 8g burn, whereas the 300i can pull 15. Still, wouldn't mind owning one.

Also tried to visit and land on Hurston for a third time. The first two times my ship entered an uncontrollable spin on approach to landing zone causing me to crash and explode. This time... I got close... BAM. Instant death.

I'm tired to trying to fly there, only to respawn back at Olisar. The devs definitely need to speed up quantum travel. By my calculations, my 300i only gets up to 1/6th light speed, whereas in Elite we go above factors of 10.