I'm kind of glad that the newtonian physicis model is not being used. EoC had alot of potential and was a very cool game especially since it went according to the laws of physics. Unfortunately, as many who play EoC know, the laws of physics don't like to be bent in a dogfight and as such Eoc is one of the more harder space sims out there. Geeze, i can't even count the number of times that I died due to a mid-flight collison at incredible speeds. In a game like Freelancer or Wc, even if you happen to hit something it usually results in maybe some minor damage, a wing being clipped at most. Yea it may not be realistsic, but hey, it's a helluva lot more fun