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Budget + Better KSP2, If you want to have fun and save money, stick to this.

My fellow KSP lovers: there is hope.

Imho, this is what KSP 2 could have been, and it would've been good. JNO is /my/ KSP "2" now.

Excellent game you can tell had passionate developers. Spirit.

I like the simplicity and canvas-like nature of the game. My imagination is more free here than in KSP 1. I also like that the simplicity is a feature, not a problem, since everything you could want to change is there if you look for it (and more?). I spent the last few days looking for things I didn't like but couldn't find many or any worth mentioning so far. I happily recommend this game to anyone who had their heart broken by KSP 2. It's not what KSP 2 promised, but it's better than KSP 2, and newer/shinier than KSP vanilla, with every realistic spaceflight simulation feature that I love even from modded KSP here in stock vanilla JNO. Vizzy for example is a good replacement for the kOS mod for KSP, imo.

Definitely worth a try. Let your imagination be free, and a whole new world will open up to you. That's been my experience so far. :)