The whining starts here

[B_Bogus]

I've been a happy customer since the first release of IL-2, and was a little dismayed to read the state of the game on release. I'd held off buying a new rig until this long-anticipated moment, and then, reading the forums....oh dear - it's unplayable :evil:
I suddenly lost all interest in upgrades, new games, life itself, even :cry:
How could they do this to us????!!!
But then some less negative comments started appearing...so I got a new rig, G940 combo and dusted off my Steam account.
I must have been lucky - it installed with no problems with the latest official patches applied, and ran fine without any tweaking.
I have to say this game is by far the most immersive, realistic and credible sim I've ever played, and the problems it still has aren't major issues. I'm fairly confident they'll be addressed in time, based on previous experience.

But here's a problem:

It's supposed to be a Battle of Britain sim, and is missing the single most innovative, technologically advanced, and just plain sexy British cannon fighter ever invented, which WAS in-service during the BoB.

So...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/B_Bogus/FA_18182s.jpg

When, oh when, oh WHEN are we going to get a WHIRLWIND?!?!?!

Rant over?

I don't think so ;)

[JG14_Jagr]

Shot down an Arado in 1941.. not exactly a stalwart of the BoB ;)

[41Sqn_Stormcrow]

Read the Operation History section here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(fighter)

Only three Whirlwinds were used during Bob time by 263 squadron of which one crashed on August 7th, 1940. This squadron only finished converting to Whirlwinds in December 1940. I'd say there are more urgent planes for Bob such as the Hampden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Hampden

[dougandtoni]

....oh dear - it's unplayable


No probs here . Plays very well for me:grin:

[Peril]

I've been a happy customer since the first release of IL-2, and was a little dismayed to read the state of the game on release. I'd held off buying a new rig until this long-anticipated moment, and then, reading the forums....oh dear - it's unplayable :evil:
I suddenly lost all interest in upgrades, new games, life itself, even :cry:
How could they do this to us????!!!
But then some less negative comments started appearing...so I got a new rig, G940 combo and dusted off my Steam account.
I must have been lucky - it installed with no problems with the latest official patches applied, and ran fine without any tweaking.
I have to say this game is by far the most immersive, realistic and credible sim I've ever played, and the problems it still has aren't major issues. I'm fairly confident they'll be addressed in time, based on previous experience.

But here's a problem:

It's supposed to be a Battle of Britain sim, and is missing the single most innovative, technologically advanced, and just plain sexy British cannon fighter ever invented, which WAS in-service during the BoB.

So...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd255/B_Bogus/FA_18182s.jpg

When, oh when, oh WHEN are we going to get a WHIRLWIND?!?!?!

Rant over?

I don't think so ;)

Whining stops here?

OH please, it's not always about the late war planes? Oh that's right, this is early war but in what numbers?

How about they get the current planes acheiving performance specs first before catering to the complex requests of less 'promenent' aircarft.

[whoarmongar]

Im afraid you will never get a Whirly.

It was an insignificant cul de sac, obsolete by 1943

Im sorry for you loss.

[ChrisDNT]

It would have been much more interesting to get a Whirlwind than a Moth, for instance, an aircraft most players will only fly once, just to see what it is.

[whoarmongar]

It would have been much more interesting to get a Whirlwind than a Moth, for instance, an aircraft most players will only fly once, just to see what it is.

Not really.
All pilots would have flown the moth, or perhaps Avro504, as a first step in pilot training.
Very very few pilots ever flew the Whirlwind.plus it was not in service in the time frame of the game at present

[zetareticulan]

Bob Calvert for the win!

[ChrisDNT]

"All pilots would have flown the moth, or perhaps Avro504, as a first step in pilot training."

A training aircraft would be useful in the game, only if the other aircrafts were not so easy to fly.

[whoarmongar]

Or perhaps the training missions a little more demanding.
The training in game is pathetic.Personally I would have structured it differently.
Something like First flight circuit and bump
Second flight first solo
Third flight Orientering fly from airfield one to airfield two try not to get lost.
Final training fighter type aircraft follow the leader
Then be assigned to a squadron.
But then again I would have made the Wellington flyable too.

[BigPickle]

The whirlwind was a bag of crap hence why it was scrapped and the Mossie was built from it.

[B_Bogus]

The whirlwind was a bag of crap hence why it was scrapped and the Mossie was built from it.

I'd like to know where you read that one ;)

[Blackdog_kt]

I'm all for extra flyables but the main players should take priority over the exotics, so i'd probably go with a Hampden.