Realism, whats missing?

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Originally Posted by Snake

I think you'll have a problem starting up the engine as long as in IL2 you just press a button to start up your engine! In real life is more complex! You can learn how to do it, quite close to reality if you play DCS - P51 Mustang!

Seconded. Take offs and landings are so much harder there than in IL2. IL2 is a good start to learn the basics. Even though they are very new in WW2 planes era DCS represents a whole new ball game, from combat to flight modeling.