Long before LFS took over my life I was an active member of a forum called Soar, that was dedicated to bolting on clever bits of software onto Micro$oft flight sim in order to recreate cross-country gliding competitions with thermals, varios, off-line race courses, etc. Great for me as an old glider pilot.
Now I see there are 2 competing bits of software addressing this exact sport; Silent Wings and Condor, with accurate thermals and task setting, good flight physics but somewhat disparate graphics. Does anyone here with a Flight sim interest and especially gliding have any knowledge of these 2 progs?
http://www.silentwings.no/
http://www.condorsoaring.com/
Which one is the best to spend the money on?

I got that dizzy sick feeling in my stomach when I saw this video of the glider , looks sweet Im gettin the Australian pack

never heard of those programs, i've only been in a glider, which i'm gonna boast about it because it's the only sailplane of its type that exists in the USA, and i'll add that the production building burned down which was located in England. It was the last wooden model produced by Slingsby, a T-49 Capstan http://wingsandwheels.com/images/DSCF0754.JPG
cool thing about that is that.. that IS the only one lol so thats the exact same one i got to ride in that picture there

and i got to ride in it , that was a good 8 years or so ago though

but anyway, i love gliders, my dad used to fly them (even set a distance/height record; distance he started somewhere in South Carolina, flew to the southmost tip of Nevada, and came back [in 2 days though], and height i can't remember, 12,000ft i think?)

but we dont have any gliders anymore, we see his around at some glider meetings at times.. which we haven't been to one in a LOOONG time

as for me, i still prefer MS Flight simulator

otherwise.. go out and buy your own glider

I legged meself off the top of Sutton Bank once, in a glider.. amazing experience. I bought a share in a Cessna in Chicago, a couple of years ago, came home and told my wife and was promptly forbidden from going near the airfield ever again so I'm not in a position to advise, but I suspect Mike Rogers/Nighthawk may well be the bloke to talk to. He seems to know his flight sims well