So what's good with this game then?

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

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It's hard for me to describe, but the overall atmospheric ambience of CoD when you're sitting in the cockpit is unequalled anywhere, ...

I have to agree with you there – previously RoF did this for me, and the wind noise when you poke your head out of the cockpit only added to it, but those bloody rotating trees are a bit of an immersion-killer when you notice them at low altitude. I unfortunately had to upgrade my gfx card recently, and now have the common ‘blue stripe’ issue on the horizon, which (for me anyway) is worse than RoF’s trees, and a real reminder that I’m playing a game with graphic errors.

I am currently spending my spare time in a rally car in DiRT3 rather than in CloD, as although it isn’t a ‘sim’, it does feel very real with the difficulty set to max and no ‘assists’ enabled. And the graphics are faultless.

[addman]

It has many faults and even if I'd like complain about it, I won't because the OP didn't ask for that so here is my list.

1. Best "flight experience" I've ever had in a combat sim, IL-2 comes second.
2. Really comprehensive FMB that only misses comprehensive documentation to go with it.
3. When I fly over the channel during sunset/rise I feel like I'm really flying over the channel during sunset/rise even though I've never flown a real airplane myself.
4. CEM, gotta love it.
5. Details, second to none.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by TonyD

I am currently spending my spare time in a rally car in DiRT3 rather than in CloD, as although it isn’t a ‘sim’, it does feel very real with the difficulty set to max and no ‘assists’ enabled. And the graphics are faultless.

Definitely on my shopping list.

(Sorry to go off topic.)