Very happy with this one! This is indeed a highly serious flat ride! :-) Lots (ton's, actually) of stick, but still a faint wash. It has all the qualities of a flat-ride, without being too "flat-ride-ish". It still crashes, more ore less like a normal crash. Not quite, but given that it's a flat, I'd say it has a nice crash. You can play as hard or fast as you want – there's a built in "limiter" which never exceeds a certain loudness.