[Swagger7]

Originally Posted by Houndstone Hawk

I can't help you with the online questions because I'm primarily a single player & as yet, have not even felt the need to even try out the online play because the single player gameplay is so good. With the right PC, Wings of Prey is a stunning experience & is far, far superior than Birds of Prey in every aspect. The gameplay is very much improved with fantastic handling with all fighters including the P-51D; the graphics are incredible & are being added to & bettered with each patch. The recent patch this week (over 700MB) fixed a ton of online issues aswell as (mentioned above), graphical improvements like fully animated & reactional wheels, realistic scratches that appear within the cockpit glass when exposed to sunlight, swashtikas on liveries, the list is endless.
Every aircraft is unlocked & available from the start, including the P-47, the new LaGG 3-35 & Yak-7B & the beautifully fun-to-fly P-40E-1 (latter is a dlc that costs under 3 GBP).
There is now a third person view option for SIM players & an option to save entire mission replays. The playback views are ok but still basic (no flyby as yet but that is coming in a future patch, along with a possible addon that enables users to create & make their own liveries).

A mission builder has been announced for the months ahead & this will help to make WoP a long-staying game with endless amounts of replayability.
The deadzone issue, as you would expect is null & void & if there was an issue with your stick, there are so many control settings that you would soon have it rectified.
There is support for all PC joysticks & perepherals. I use a cockpit combination of pedals, standalone throttle & flightstick aswell as track ir & no setup was involved with any of it, other than to assign custom assignments to buttons.

Compared to IL-2 (1946 etc), it's still inferior at the moment but with each patch improvement, the gap is closing. There's talk of take off & landing being made an option but even now, many of the single missions aswell as all the Battle of Britain campaign missions give the players the option to start on the ground.

Still no bomber cockpits or gunner, bombadier stations but hey!! Hope this goes a little way in answering some of your questions.

There is a demo available over at yuplay.com & the limitation is not being able to run the demo at full graphics settings.

Wait. The P-40 is only available as DLC? DLC published at the same time as the game? SCREW THAT!