Weird, iv'e just been looking into elite remakes, especially oolite.
I loved elite, and really wanted to like frontier...but the combat! I love my hard SciFi, but newtonian combat just wasn't for me
I loved just flying about in frontier though, I reckon it's the single greatest work of 3D on the base 68000. Real gravitational slingshots, curved surfaces, clouds..right down to clock towers that tell the right time. And all hand coded assembler by Mr Braben!
I'd love a frontier style game, with Elite combat. I hope Infinity does'nt have newtonian combat.

For those with a 360 who want a nice (but simplistic) slice of Elite action, 'Final Rift' is available for the grand prce of 80points (or about 60p in sterling)

http://www.xblaratings.com/component...728-final-rift