Post links to 'cheating using the soundmod' tracks here:

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

Originally Posted by zapatista

as it turned out:
- many new forms of cheating can now happen since the soundmod hack was released, and most of this cant really easily be detected by other users making tracks (removing cockpits, replacing cockpits, adding bright fluro skins to enemy planes..)
- links to specific mods were given showing exactly that you can now add mirrors, remove cockpit parts that block visibility, add gun gyro's ....
- its been shown you can create your own franken monster plane by cutting and pasting bits and pieces from various planes
- checksum 2 doesnt work if you use the "right" version of of the soundmod hack
- you can use any plane you like in full real servers, even if it isnt on the list
etc... etc...

i'd say that proves pretty conclusively that "cheating using the soundmod hack" is indeed happening, and that cheating is much more of a problem then it was before.

Well there is a small flaw in this logic, and don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to bust your balls here. You state that this proves conclusively that cheating is indeed happening, that is not correct, all that proves is that cheating is possible. You also stated earlier that is it beyond doubt that cheating has increased since the sound mod was released, I have to disagree. I do have doubt that cheating has increased, I fly 90% online and I have been flying regularly for four years or more, we all know that proof or no we can just "tell" when there's real cheating going on, well that has not increased for me. I have not seen any more occurences that make me say "that had to be a cheat" than I did before. And it is not the fact that I fly this server or that server, since some of my favorite servers I can no longer get into as I have vista and they have crt=2. Call me a softy but I don't beleive there are that many in the il2 community that would cheat, I just don't think it is as bad as it's being made out to be. You say that the fact that it is possible to cheat makes onliner worry, well yeah, but how much are you supposed to worry? There was cheating before and noone went nuts like is happening now. Why is this such a huge freaking deal, I just don't see it.