I've tried all kinds of Piano VSTi's and seems no one by itself "does it" for me. Layering different ones together seems to cause more competition than compliment.
 
Then I bought Mixcraft 8 Pro and was pleasantly surprised by Pianissimo. A little weak in the low end but all-in-all the most playable and pleasant sounding piano so far. Play it as soft or loud as you like. More playable than a real piano. :O
It even beats the $200 vsti I bought (and never use anymore).
 
I tried layering it with True Pianos and others but wasn't impressed. Then I tried it with VSCO2 Piano (Kontakt). These 2 seem to be made for each other. It sounds like one vst and brings the overall sound up a notch.
 
http://vis.versilstudios.net/vsco-community.html
https://github.com/sgossner/VSCO-2-CE/tree/SFZ
http://bigcatinstruments.blogspot.com/2016/07/vsco-2-kontakt.html
 
I use the Pianissimo "Canyon Piano" preset w/full Sympathetic Resonance and pipe the VSCO2 thru BREVERB2's 1.Hall-7.Cathedral preset.
 
These are rather "soft" sounding vst's so they may not impress those who like a harder/brighter sound.

Thanks soens!

While you're out there looking for the perfect piano keep an eye out for that horse with one horn, will ya.
Thanks for the info on the piano layers. This is something I love doing but am aware it doesn't always give you something better or even useable.  And you never know when you will find a gem, too. It's not always easy but I'm learning to enjoy the journey more. Enjoy your journey and update us when you can.

The pianos that come with Dimension Pro are pretty darned good.
 
I have only found a few instances where I have needed to look elsewhere...
 
They are crisp, highly realistic and cut through a mix so beautifully.

Anyone have a view on
http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/26-percussion/g49-the-hammersmith/
lots of mic options for layering without competing. They claim to approach sustain differently than other's (which they do with the vibrato on a vibraphone, which seems the best out there)
 

Probably as good as any $200+ piano set. I'll never pay that much again for any VSTi! I like simplicity. There is no one perfect piano but it's fun to keep searching.

Whao, yeah, sorry I thought it was 139.99. I had been looking at the vibes and pan drums in the same collection and thought it was the same price.

The newest one from Embertone is pretty sweet, as is the one in Keyscape. I've also use Pearl quite a bit as it responds very much like a piano, to me.
 
Dan

soens
I've tried all kinds of Piano VSTi's and seems no one by itself "does it" for me.

Have you tried PianoTeq?  I promise you that even if you don't love the sound, you will find that it's the most responsive vst piano you will play.
 
https://www.pianoteq.com/

+1 on Pianoteq, long time user of that one--physically modeled, it takes very little space on your hard drive and loads quickly. I also love Orangetree Samples Evolution Rosewood Grand, a sampled Yamaha C7 piano with great realism and expressivity.