[RickRuski]

I believe that Oleg's vision for this sim as others have said was to produce the best he could technically. Oleg left or was pushed before the release of C.o.D. so he never was able to see his dream fullfilled. Don't blame Oleg for a sim that was released half done it wasn't his decision.
If he ever comes back into this genre he will have my support, when the original Il2 was released we had a playable demo. From that he gathered a huge support group even though our pc's weren't capable in a lot of cases to give the best results.
A lot of people rubbish UBI but at least they supported him through the series, and from that series has come the true flight simmers that love this genre.
I have both C.o.D. and R.o.F. (and all the original il2 releases), of the C.o.D. and R.o.F. Cliffs is by far the best.
I have always had an issue with Sli not being finished (and I have voiced my opinion about this often), but with the last release to Steam and Luthier's Sli code (plus another alteration I have made) I now have Sli working to where I can run my Hurricane/Spitfire at roof top level over London with smooth game play. Ok I have taken a lot of time to get to this point but I kept trying different things until I got it to work.
Luthier and the team were so close to success with this sim, too bad they weren't given the time.
I wish Luthier and those of the old team success in their new fields, may they find somewhere to expand their dreams with success.