I remember when AW died and we had a major influx of new players (I had got here only a month before AW died). There were a lot of requests for a Relaxed realism arena.
I suggested Fighter Ace to a few people, but everyone would get on my bellybutton on Channel 1, about my being a jerk. But I'm totally serious. If relaxed realism is your bag, Fighter Ace is your game. It doesn't suck, it just has a different target audience. It fills a void. If you want to pull a limitless Max-G turn in a Shokie, I beliueve that FA is the only place you can go lol.
-Sik