[rslot]

Many thanks Luthier and team.
RC2 patch 1.10.20332 is a real step forward from my perspective.
Tested for a couple of hours last night.
Hurricane can now be started from cold and FM performance for both it and the Spitfire now feel at the right level.
The mixture control lever now is the proper way round (back for rich) and i can move it with the mouse click which had disappeared in the last version.
Took a Spit 1a up to 26.5k feet using just trim and radiator set at 50% which is reasonable. Couldn't quite coax the Hurricane to the same altitude but not far off. The engine temperature probelms seem to be fixed.
Some of the recent graphic quirks such as the terrible exhaust glow in the footwells has been sorted. I have even now seen 'contrails' from my own aircraft at high altitude which is a first as it thought my engine was fried until I realised!
I run mostly on high/medium settings and going from 1.05 to 1.10 the inbuilt landscape track went from Max/Min 79/14 to 79/38 so something has obviously been tweaked in the graphics but my eyesite can't spot it.
Black death is Max/Min 80/15 and unfortunately i didn't run it before i updated.

Some obvious bugs still exist such as the completely non functional AI Commands menu but i see from the Q&A that unfortunately this is not going to be fixed. Shame.
Some SP missions now have engines on at mission start which I don't like as I prefer to use full CEM and 'sandbox' approach to sims rather than arcade.
I have yet to experience F14 style AI evasion aerobatics but will continue to test. Much kudos and due credit to the brilliant Heinkill and Destastersoft for providing proper missions and campaigns which are what i fly rather than stock. it does show what potential there could be under the hood.
I don't fly online (yet!) and i don't have SLI so can't comment on any issues that may still be outstanding.
All in all, if this is where CoD ends then at least it playable for me now and I dare to say at least I am enjoying it which is all i can ask from my £9.99.
My thanks.