Their actual flight modeling is more rigorous, and - according to a few I know who have flown real warbirds, DCS and IL2 - closer to reality. This impacts formation flight too, as well as the stuff near the ground depicted. Take a look at the modeling of wake turbulence for example. DCS models a variety of factors not seen in IL2. Genuinely curious when I hear people compare flight sims. Not necessarily more realistic, but more detailed. In fact, I would say for WW2, the damage models in IL2 are more detailed. I play both and don't see any real detail differences. Not a cheap hobby, but I am consistently amazed at the quality of the community and sometimes have fun just flying formation or doing acrobatics - its that realistic and beautiful.Ĭan you explain some of the details here. For a taste of IL2 BoX look up either Der Sheriff or iFl圜entral both Youtubers - who post great content. I think Cliffs of Dover is currently $6 and change. Cliffs and Tobruk are only on Steam (I bought BoX direct from 1C Games, to ensure the devs got all my dollars). If you are into flight sims at all you should check it out. Also of note, the IL2 Cliffs of Dover - the Battle of Britain sim that was the immediate predecessor of IL2 BoX (came after IL2 1946) is coming out very soon with IL2 Tobruk, which will feature a truly incredible level of aircraft, both existing and new, modded for the North Africa campaign. Note: IL2 also built 'Flying Circus' onto the base of 'Rise of Flight' to simulate WWI aviation and it is an amazing sime and lots of fun as well.

FWIW I believe the summer sale is still on, with most of the titles (minus the brand new ones) available at 50-75% off. With head tracking and HOTAS, it is completely immersive, and I am only awaiting the right VR headset to take that plunge. Flight models and damage models are a very close second to DCS for realism. IL2 BoX has some issues, but to say that the visuals are astounding is an understatement.

Battle of X - Stalingrad, Moscow, Kuban, Bodenplatte and the upcoming Normandy). However, I am now a die-hard IL2 addict, playing the latest IL-2 Great Battles series (IL2 BoX ie. So - haven't played CM in literally years, but was beta tester and wrote some of the missions on CMRT and CMBS.

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