I just logged in to Facebook and threw away a comment/question regarding how the new game engine will respond to future hardware configurations.
For those registered on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/il2sturmovik...5?notif_t=like
For those without:
" Simon, the game is indeed extremely scalable. For the past six months all we've been doing is scaling it back. Basically we had built a 2013 game and had to pull it back into the present. Growth in the next couple of years will be very easy. We'll just flick a bunch of switches back on."
I find this answer positive and I think the hard part is done for the team of 1C. Future expansions will support both more planes, new terrains and some exotic graphical features.
//Simon