I now use MSFS for hand flown VFR flights and XP11 for IFR/Airline flights. Best of both worlds!
Good idea. I’m kind of hoping Laminar chooses to focus on airliners. I rarely fly them myself but if they want to get an edge over MSFS in some way in a newly competitive market, then that seems like a good way for them to go. They’re unlikely to be able to compete on scenery but they could become the best sim for complex systems, advanced avionics and jetliner flight models. Meanwhile, MSFS can capitalize on what they’re best at, which is low and slow scenic flying and VFR (I don’t mean just a game, but proper navigation by visual landmarks, etc.).
Way back in the early days there was an airliner-only simulator. Can’t remember what it was called (anyone know?), but I think it came out of Bruce Artwick’s group. I learned a lot from it at the time, and enjoyed having that and FS (2.0-ish) for different reasons.