For $40 it really is worth it. I've gotten soooooooooo many hours out of the game over the years, but God do I hate that game some times. Just always be prepared to lose your progress for no fault of your own, it's a perpetually buggy mess.

Just yesterday I flew down to a planet to check out the ship expo going on, called ATC, got assigned a hanger, was just approaching the opening to land when suddenly it wasn't actually open and I get teleported out of my ship. Had I had any cargo it would have all been lost, but I've played enough of this game to know only bring what is absolutely necessary and going to an expo meant nothing was necessary thankfully lol