Hello everyone!
This thread made me remind of all the flight sims I played in the past 20 years... And as far as I can remember you could fly (virtually) any plane there is (or than-was-supposed–to-be like F-19 and F-29) today. In terms of popularity over those years, three birds come to my mind: F-15E (as in my love of all times: Strike Eagle [series], my very first PC game), F-16 (under SO MANY titles) and F/A-18 (not only EIE, Jane's but also the Mac ones).
Back to the topic - ED made helicopter sim (Ka-50) and now is working on Close Air Support/Attack plane sim (A-10), so I think it's time for some multirole plane sim. If ED is going for the general sim public that is. Hence modern F-16 or F/A-18 is a good bet. The first one would somehow conciliate all the Falcon fans and to their amusement – finally will bring some fresh take on “The ViPeR” subject. This also means good sales. This applies also to the Hornet but since there are other (recent) sims with F/A-18 (SuperBug, FSX:Acceleration) it could be harder for ED to actually sell it.
But if it's just a wishful thinking than I'd bet on F-15E - it has been around for over 20 years so the data should be out there. Also some modern version of MiG-29 (like SM, 35) or Su-27 (also SM, 35BM) would be nice. I know both MiG-35 and Su-35BM are pretty much "virtual" for now but the SM-variants looks like the core of current Russian Air Force inventory. All three planes are already modeled to some extent in FC2 (in fighter variants). One plane that is "real" and wasn't too much covered in games of the past few years is Eurofighter Typhoon - another modern multirole jet that's quite popular by now. If that’s too “fresh”, Tornado is a good choice too.
In short: F-15E, Su-27SM, MiG-29SM, EF Typhoon, Tornado
Unfortunately for me IF IT WILL BE A JET SIM, it will be F-16 or F/A-18. But I will still buy it;)!
