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The best flight simulator I have ever played. In REAL Life,most enemy pilots were jealous of the Mustang, that's why they don't give it glowing appraisal. Most games I have played with the P-51 Mustang limit the performance in order to give the other guy's a break, this one doesn't. Graphics are wonderful, flying is life-like. When I whack the Japaneese I fly home, make landings and taxi to the hard-stand. Great Program.
The flight models are so complex that only a really deep understanding of aerodynamics can offer maximum performance. The core of the game is by now 8 years old with a few improvements along the way, but the Il-2 community stays quite large and that is the best testament of the success of the game. The good news is that the game designers have added several difficulty settings that can introduce you to the daunting complexity of the game piecemeal. Such squadrons can be reached via the game distributor's forums (UbiSoft Il-2).
For example, just yesterday I flew a mission in Forgotten Skies, where 43 Axis pilots flew against 51 Allied pilots. I have played this game almost weekly for 8 years now and I must recommend it as a real milestone in the field of WW2 simulators. These squadrons then organize themselves into larger units and some of the more successful wars contain dosens of squadrons on each size. The good thing is that there is a squadron that would suit almost any taste.
There are hundreds of squadrons all over the world who recruit members. Some are very historically oriented other are looser. By that I mean details such as truck drivers jumping out of the vehicle and running for cover if you strafe them, or aircraft being flipped over by an explosive round placed in the wingtip. First off with the facts: The graphics are rather good, but not spectacular measured with current standards. This has to be the best flight simulator ever invented. The learning curve is both steep and not so.
Such wars pit enormous air armadas against each other. The attention to detail on the other hand is meticulous.
The squadrons vary in their size and setup. Once up though, the difference between mastering the aircraft or not is synonimous with winning or losing.
And this is where the potential of the game really shines. One important aspect of this game is also the on-line community which has evolved around it.
What I mean is that one can fire up an aircraft and figure out how to take off rather quickly, althogh even there one needs to compensate for the torque of the engine. There are several on-line wars which are available through a portal called HyperLobby.
I am for example a member of II./JG1 and we currently have 40 active members.
Incredible Flight Sim.land on carriers.Bombers,fighters,,,you name it.it's in here. Endless scenarios,,night flying,,bad weatherFly any warbird.for any Country.in any campaign.you will love this SimMake sure you have a good joystick.
goos Flight Sim, but for the same price get IL2 1946 the signature Collection, Pacific Fighter is in that collection.
In fact, according to the simulator, most of our aircraft were sub-par and we (allies) likely won the war based solely on sheer numbers. Given the fact that the vast majority of the developers are themselves Russian, I suppose the products bias is not particularly shocking. This simulator allows the player a level of realism and a sense of actually flying the like of which I have not seen for a home computer system. Graphics are tantalizing, and the aircraft rendering is great.Having said that, there is a definite bias in favor of all things Russian in the simulator.
It is however a little hard to stomach at times in the face of, well, reality. Chock it up to airframe envy. If this simulator is accurate, than the U.S. Not only in terms of numbers of available aircraft to be flown, but especially in terms of the performance of the respective aircraft.
had more or less no aircraft that could hold a candle up to the Soviet Yak-3 (to name only one). All in all a great sim, just needs more objectivity.
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