That may be the case, but what I like about it is that: a) it's going to be made here; b) it's going to be inexpensive; c) it's going to run on regular petrol; d) the engine is old-school, anyone could work on it; and e) it's an excellent commuter car, which is what I need.

I got to see the previous prototype when they came down to the Barrett Jackson auto-show in West Palm beach, also sat in the front and back seat. I was impressed.

I Kickstarted Elite:Dangerous. I was looking forward to it. Then, at the 11th hour, right before release, they said, "oh, hey, and it's DRMed!" Fortunately, I was able to get a refund.

I'll second the thought that you should look into the <i>X series</i>.

I've played both X (aka X1), and X2 back when they were released; and purchased all of the X's here on GOG (and will play X3 but it's in my backlog atm), and I spent a lot of time in them just flying to the different sectors just having fun exploring.

I also highly recommend Freelancer - I loved just exploring in that game - but, alas, can't get it here on GOG. Hopefully one day...

I wonder if the money they've made (and online interactions) justify going always-online... Since it's not a subscription model it's only a matter of time before the servers have to go down (just depends on if the game sells few enough copies long enough)

edit: SteamSpy says about 16k own the game, and there's about 3k actively playing it...

I would like to mention Darkstar One, which is not bad. The story is written by Claudia Kern, who wrote for the biggest SF-Series in the world.

Cool, lots of good suggestions, I'm going to look into them all.

I did not like Dorkstar One, too linear, it is like a space adventure, the trading and stuff is totally pointless. Evochron Mercenary is not bad, but it's not on gog.

You say that like DRM in a purchased product is ever justifiable. (It isn't.)

I agree it isn't justifiable... But at what point and why did they swap to always-online? Either they always planned it and lied on the kickstarter, or maybe they figured doing stuff server-side and doing multi-player was easier than incorporating competent AI. Maybe they figured they'd get the customer base that insists they want multi-player only games and it would sell better that way...