I know there is work to be done to ensure the CloD experience is enjoyable for the masses, but for me the CloD has been quite good so far!
I'm running 2600k + 580GTX and I get smooth gameplay at 1920x1200 with medium settings and grass, shadows and roads on. On top of medium I've got Buildings Amount set to unlimited to remove LoD. And I have almost no building popup at all!
My only stutters are when starting up a mission (2-5 sec stutter loading the cockpit) and after that it's smooth (40-50 fps) except a drop at big cities like London (10-20 fps) but all the time staying quite playable. Med cities flow without much impact .
I've thrown in about 25 or so planes into a quick mission and it has been quite ok experience. Havent' tried that combination over cities yet however.
The FPS might have been ok, but I've had to re-learn almost everything I've adopted in previous IL-2's. I thought I was a bit of an ace with previous versions, atleast against AI on ace level. So when I used to take off for a mission thinking how many bandits I would shoot down. With CloD I take off hoping that I can make it back alive.
Despite the all negative banter around I have to say that I've had the
BEST AI dogfight experiences ever with CloD! I can't wait to learn to handle my crate to perfection and get the engine fixed to allow everyone to participate 128 player battles. I hope the engine will be fixed to a level where more ppl can get same experience as I do! And top that with add-ons from all the fronts and we'll be busy for the next 10 years.
