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Originally Posted by tintifaxl

Actually I prefer the look and feel of the DCS engine. Not the details -

At high altitude I think both look great and have their pros and cons.. The DCS engine starts to show it's age the lower you go.

Originally Posted by tintifaxl

here CloD wins hands down,

Which is necessary what with the direction of CoD being more than just a flight simulator

Originally Posted by tintifaxl

but although CloD looks very beautiful, it has a cartoonish touch to it. And I don't like CloD's occasionally missing houses at the edge of a village and the strange LOD (square) when high up.

I can't put my finger on it.. but I agree.. Something about it looks cartoonish.. I think it has to do with the scaling.. For example, in IL-2, when flying around, did you ever ask yourself.. Why can I see more airfilelds than farms? CoD kind of has that fake look to it too..

Originally Posted by tintifaxl

I think DCS's next gen ground engine will be a major step forward, based on the screenshots of the Nevada terrain.

Only time will tell.. They said the same thing about CoD a few years ago!

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Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

Only time will tell.. They said the same thing about CoD a few years ago!

Thats the thing right, I mean it scares me to see some of those screenshots... will we all need new computers?

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Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

Thats the thing right, I mean it scares me to see some of those screenshots... will we all need new computers?

Count on it!

Which is understandable.. When a game company puts in a effort to make a new game engine.. They are not targeting the current crop of video cards.. They are looking a few years down the road at hardware that does not even exist yet.. Thus once it is released it is 'expected' that only the current top of the line cards will even stand a chance of running at full settings at a decent but low fps.. But, a couple of years down the road, your average PC will be able to handled the graphics, and a few more years a low end PC will be able to handle the graphics

This is exactally what we 'had' with IL-2 and exactally what we 'have' with CoD

So, I fully expect that we will need new vid cards as a min upon release of a new game engine if not a whole new PC

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Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

Count on it!

Which is understandable.. When a game company puts in a effort to make a new game engine.. They are not targeting the current crop of video cards.. They are looking a few years down the road at hardware that does not even exist yet.. Thus once it is released it is 'expected' that only the current top of the line cards will even stand a chance of running at full settings at a decent but low fps.. But, a couple of years down the road, your average PC will be able to handled the graphics, and a few more years a low end PC will be able to handle the graphics

This is exactally what we 'had' with IL-2 and exactally what we 'have' with CoD

So, I fully expect that we will need new vid cards as a min upon release of a new game engine if not a whole new PC

I get that, you get that.... the wife... not so much lol.

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Originally Posted by SiThSpAwN

I get that, you get that.... the wife... not so much lol.

LOL.. Chicks Maaan.. Chicks!

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At least it's enjoyable, and working....

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Originally Posted by 1.JaVA_Sharp

At least it's enjoyable, and working....

Enjoyable is realitive..

As for working..

Wellll..

Like the current CoD alpha patch.. The current DCS P51 has some aspects disabled..

Most notably for me is the Force Feedback is disabled..

Hard as hell to fly with a wet noodel FFB stick.. But do I run to the DCS forums and whine about it? Nope! Becuase they clearly pointed out that the FFB is disabled in this beta version