P3D v2 is awesome - I replaced FSX with P3D v2 and although I gave FSX SE a try, P3D is so superior that there is no turning back, and when you add all the add ons and flyables, it becomes the best flight sim there is.

P3D is where I spend most of my time - everybody I know has either FSX or P3D installed.

I started to explore California using photoreal terrain, and I have been doing this, exploring areas since 2007, FSX was great but P3D made it an even better experience.

P3D v2.5 needs a new clean install, going to make a full backup of my 2.4 install and this week I´ll update, the only and only thing I like in DCSW better than in P3D is the updater, I hope LM does something similar, it will make our life much easier.

I installed 2.5 last Thursday, mainly because I wanted to get to the fixes and enhancements to Simdirector. I like the measurement tool, but would still like to see angular measurement. It would be nice to type in an offset, in polar coordinates, to place objects.

Anyway, I installed Global Base and Vector which do work. However, the object flow dll cause the sim to crash -- there is an option when the sim is loading concerning this: a) run once, b) don't run. Select a, and you'll get a crash (at least I did), select b) and it will run without object flow.

I'm also running Opus FSI. Oh, the other thing I like is that I'm not seeing those crazy vertical clouds anymore.

I'm running this on an ACER 28" 4k display with a GTX 980 (at Plainsman's recommendation, thank you) and it's absolutely beautiful.

Good move to 4K, Goblin. It's truly beautiful. But I think I'll wait on 2.5 until after ORBX tweak Global Base just for 2.5.

How dramatically different is 2.5 vs. 2.4?

That's tough for me to say. For 2.4, I have a handful of screenshots and many of those are of the Aerosoft F-14A over water or with a carrier. I moved to 2.5 and upgraded my display and graphics card the next day. So, the real dramatic difference was going from 1920x1200 to 3840 x 2160 and moving many of the sliders all the way to the right. One of the things that REALLY got my attention was sitting on the deck of the Eisenhower in stormy weather and seeing the ocean come to life. Incredible. Again, though, this could be because I'm able to drag all those sliders over to the right. I'll do some experimenting tonight.

In Simdirector, I noticed the addition of weapons and combat specific AI and several other military objects like BMPs, URALs, T-72, SA-2 launchers, ect. I'm not entirely sure if these objects came from 2.5 or from the Aerosoft F-14 installation. Seems like I would have noticed them before though -- the object catalog looks MUCH larger. There are also hooks for weapons control in the controller setup.
I've been wanting to re-create some of the Black Aces missions that I read about in "Black Aces High".
The installation I have now seems to make this an attainable goal.

Sorry this is such a flaky reply -- I should have taken better note of the differences and what each installer added to the mix.

Anyone know if the A2A B17 and B377 will work with this?

Wow! How do you sit on the deck of the Eisenhower? Does that come with P3D 2.4? Or is it part of the Aerosoft add-on plane?