Freelancer is a space simulator with roleplay elements. pretty good graphic and a huge universe with a lot of possibilities and btw, most of the game was made by the wing commander director Chris Roberts.
For me the funniest part of that game is the multiplayer part. There are a lot of servers active, some of them have about 40 to 60 players online the whole time. If you want to check out the page of a freelancer clan (where i am in) check the link in my signature.