What is the most up to date IL-2 PC sim?

[House MD 221B]

Thanks, I think I still have a copy of that from 2006 when it came out, sweet. I think I'll have to see if it will run on this laptop. Hope Its still got its CD-Key with it :S better search the boxes in the spare room. lol

It was brilliant from what I remember, but i'll take a hit in graphics for a game that actually works and wasn't coded by a special needs day outing.

I appreciate the reply.

[dazz1971]

there is a good helo sim out too dcs blackshark dont know if you are into helos house but it looks pretty amazing im on the look out for 1946 in my local game or gamestation

[House MD 221B]

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3251...&ob=Price&fb=0

£6.44 from Play.com

I'll check that out, I'm not a huge Helo fan, but I used to love the Comanche series, and I'd love to try one.

[House MD 221B]

JESUS CHRIST Black Shark looks bloody impressive and VERY hard!!! Might have to give it a go, just to see how badly I'll fail lol.... the physics looks amazing *cough* I can think of some people that could learn some stuff form that

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

JESUS CHRIST Black Shark looks bloody impressive and VERY hard!!! Might have to give it a go, just to see how badly I'll fail lol.... the physics looks amazing *cough* I can think of some people that could learn some stuff form that

hell yeah mate check out some of the vids on youtube one is the start up sequence that takes 5 mins
luck you can taylor the controls to your liking

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/3251...&ob=Price&fb=0

£6.44 from Play.com

I'll check that out, I'm not a huge Helo fan, but I used to love the Comanche series, and I'd love to try one.

nice one house one copy of 1946 on its way

comanche i remember that mate played many many hours on that game

they released comanche 4 but i never got to try it i was hooked on janes ah64 longbow at the time

[House MD 221B]

yeah my bro played the AH-64, sadly my PC wouldnt cope with Comanche 4 gfx at the time lol which sounds mental when you look at the graphics now hehehe

sweet I'll PM you my MSN addy, and if you want add, me and we'll meet up online on IL-2 1946

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by House MD 221B

yeah my bro played the AH-64, sadly my PC wouldnt cope with Comanche 4 gfx at the time lol which sounds mental when you look at the graphics now hehehe

sweet I'll PM you my MSN addy, and if you want add, me and we'll meet up online on IL-2 1946

sweet mate ill install msn on my lappy later and ill pm you my addy too mate

[FOZ_1983]

2 more bite the dust

the fan base gets smaller.

[Panzergranate]

The best flight physics and damage models I've ever experineced was in "Red Baron 2".

The WW1 Bi-planes would creak like a sailing ship and sometime break up under high G turns, or in the case of the Fokker D.II or Neuport 17, just fall apart even during modest maneuvers.

Hits on individual wing struts, spars and fuselage frame members would severly effect structural integrety. I once had a upper right wing let go on a German twin seater light bomber when I pulled a swooping right turn to because I'd suffered a splintered outer right strut from a single bullet hit 3 minutes earlier in the game.

On top of coping with engine problems (Be.2, Re.8, etc.), watching the fuel, oil and temperature guages (if lucky enough to be so equiped), coping with some of the cronically unstable handling of some fighters (Dr.I, Sopwith Tri-plane, Camel, Pup, etc.) plus any damage from enemy action.... there was sporadic weather conditions, varying cross winds, FlaK, and having to actually read reproduced paper maps of the Western Front to navigate. The game required players to be able to navigate exactly the same way as their real life counter parts.

Players could attack Zepplins, patrol the front, straffe and bomb trains, attack observation ballons, maraud behind enemy line looking for target of opportunity, etc.

To say that the game was hard is an understatement, especially flying aircraft with wing warping instead of aerelons and rotary engines.

Any of the IL-2 titles come in a slose second to "Red Baron 2" and "Red Baron 3".

All my dogfighting skills were honed and polished on the "Red Baron" series of sims.... dogfighting WW2 fighters is easy by comparison.... at least the wings don't fall off when pulling a "retournment", "Split S" or coming out of a dive.