I loved Elite, even though I was terrible at space combat, so when Smugglers 4 came out I bought it quick, but the combat was on a timer, and it was too simple. I never bothered with Smugglers 5, but after seeing it on Gog.com I thought Id pick it up for no real good reason, and Ive only looked at it for a few , and the combat is turn based and is complex enough to be enjoyable, also the whole game is much more indepth , this is a turn based elite now. I ran for the addons Gog.com has, thanks gog! :) I know Im a little late into Smugglers 5 but I didn't know it was turnbased if you ever played elite and wanted a turnbased equivalent get smugglers 5
I got it at GOG awhile back. There have been some updates since then, and I don't know what was patched.
Its light years and eons better than version 4, I love it.
Its just poped-up on Gog.com sale NOW at £1.59 , for a turn based elite :)