hello ,i haven't had a chance to try this out out yet but will give it a test tomorrow. had a quick flight last night to test the FPS Tweak that was suggested..didn't seem to work :( i was getting 11 FPS on the ground and on average 18 fps when flying around..
cut a long story short , crashed in a ball of flames when attempting a landing , as soon as i crashed my FPS counter showed 56 fps ! ..which got me thinking, is it my graphics card?.
done a burn in test with furmark on my HD6870 at 1920 x 1080 and was getting consistent frame rates of 27 and with no errors reported so its not my set up ( i say with optimism ! )
i will try what you suggested and let you know the outcome.
thanks :thumbup: