Just wondering, do you think that IL2 Sturmovik (original)was way ahead of it's time?

[Eldur]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

IL2 drove the largest software company in the world out if the combat flight sim market.

The one(s) that didn't even exist anymore at that time?

Microprose hat no releases since 1999, though it had been closes in 2003.
Jane's Combat Simulations was killed by EA (still they managed to ship Attack Squadron in 2002, but we had Il-2 already and it was much better), not by 1c:Maddox

Wait... there was one... Microsoft
But they never had Combat Simulators IMHO
At least their FMs weren't worth it. And I never liked those 2D-Cockpits that the first 2 CFS had.