Eon_Janus, i'm pretty sure that Gavin is making the game with pretty much the same spec requirements that BOTF1 had - so there's no need to worry about modern computers being unable to play it.
In case you wanted to know, the devs are also planning mods with higher quality ships. These ships will need more substantial computing power than BOTF1 computer specs, but it will be up to you if you want to download them or not.
And if you realise your computer can't take the strain of the new ships, it'll be easy enough to remove them.
