British FM killing the fun of the game for allied pilots.

[Robo.]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I dunno. To me, it is cheating. There's no way in real life you would hear an aircraft behind you with a 1000+ horsepower V-12 roaring away in front of you.

I think the 109 guys who jettison their canopies are cheating too.

I guess it's a leftover attitude from IL2FB. Guys used to tweak their config files so they could hear aircraft behind them. It was BS.

I agree with the engine sound, it should be addressed asap. All I was saying that not every RAF pilot flying with canopy open is enjoying the advantage of the 'ClOD sonar'. I suppose it has something to do with the sound settings and / or the soundcard...

What you describe from Il-2 era is pathetic, but still no cheating per se. Cheating in flight sims is more like having different (better) FM than everybody else or having your guns 'tweaked', more or less based on altering game files. We had that before, I-16 climbing like MiG-15 - that is cheating.

People are people and some guys will always try to use every advantage possible in order to be succesful - do you remember the good old prop pitch macro exploit on the Bf 109. It was a nasty exploit but didn't involve anything that the game wouldn't offer anyway. Same with everything else - flying with canopy open, overusing the Erhoehte Notleistung, using Spitfire flaps to turn better or using 100% M-geschoss loadout. That is the same thing for me. Game should resctrict that because people will exploit it if they get the chance.