This is all pretty interesting (no sarcasm), and surprisingly well-mannered. What I prefer in RoF over CloD (visually) most is the horizon. I don't know about the technical side of it, but the RoF horizon is the closest to what I see IRL that I've come across in games.
I think that this really helps to conjure up the sense of distance and the volume of space that you're "flying" in. What also helps is the maintenance of resolution of plane models at distance, so that when you look over the side of your cockpit and see little aeroplanes wheeling about below you, they really appear to be in the distance rather than just smaller sprites. This in turn gives you a feeling of height.
As has been pointed out, it's all subjective, but I don't get those same sensations when flying CloD.
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