A question for the flight sim vets.

[Pyquila]

Been playing IL2 on the PC for a couple of months now waiting for BoP to come out. Not an avid flight sim player myself. So i maybe i don't have the advice you are looking for. But still, my 0.02 =)

It's really hard rate the planes in WWII. Maybe the spitfire won the battle of britain. Maybe the P-51 was indeed the best fighter of the war if you look at the win-loss. In the end it had much to do with the circumstances in which each plane operated. Would the p-51 been hailed as such an succes if it was met over germany by loads more ME-262's?

I would pick a plane that flies the way you like and stick with it. Everyone tells me the Hurricane is one of the best n00b planes in IL2 (pc). Too bad i really dislike that plane. I do really like the p-40. So i fly with that and each kill gives me a far bigger 'Yes!' than any of the kills with the Hurricane. And to be honest, it does handle n00b's pretty wel. My good old p-40 *hug*.

ps - Not wanting another discussion what plane is best. Just saying you should pick something you like and stick with it. Everyone knows a B-17 is the best plane of the war because it dropped chocolade instead of bombs. (at least over the Netherlands they did.)