I guess if you hadn't played GSC's Hornet sims in the past and you were pleased as punch with JF18 and your computer's performance, then your opinion on this is totally understandable.
This was one of the best sims IMHO of its time. Way ahead of its time and I guess that's one of the reasons I will most likely purchase it as I only purchased Hornet Korea for my Mac and would love to have this on my PC for quick F18C fun.
I've just never been as attached to Jane's F18 as I was to this one (although I've really tried). I guess slow frames and strange joystick feel in Jane's has taken its toll (although I still enjoy JF18 occasionally).
To each his own I guess. Realistic avionics is wonderful but it doesn't do it for me as much as other things (Something about Hornet Korea made it lots of fun).
AQ