IL2 with TD is the absolute best air combat simulator available in the genre.

There is nothing to compare at this time or I can forsee.

The new release(SOW?COD?)will take several years to catch up on war theatres.

Since there will be allowances in the code for map builders, and some other 3rd party work it will be faster to have new war theatres than IL2 for sure.

It will probably be quite awhile before carrier ops are included. That will of course be a requirement for any PTO or Korea.

The 8 vs 16 poly is a factor in graphics, but alot can still be done with IL2.

IL2 will be on my HDD for several more years I perceive.

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Well until a better PTO version comes along I will still run IL2, as I doubt the PTO is anywhere near to being made with in the next three to four years.

I will instantly delete it. Together with Hyperlobby it's two more programs less on the HDD and the registry.

I'm with you, all ten versions of Il-2 on my system will be deleted. I'll fly alittle off-line at first to get a feel for the aircraft then its on-line for the real immersive experience with like mind individuals on teamspeak. That will keep me very busy atleast until
The MED-IL-2, or Battle for Moscow IL-2 comes out.

IL2 with TD is the absolute best air combat simulator available in the genre.

What's TD?

The simpler version of UP :-P

After 28 years of gaming, IL2 1946 is the only game/sim I continue to play. I've played anything, the list is enormous (still there are a lot of titles I don't know, already in the early eighties there were too many titles).

I've loved Fort Apocalypse, Save New York, River Raid, Gunship & Gunship 2000, Flight Simulator II, Infiltrator, Solo Flight, Cylons 64, Blue Max, Xenon II, Impossible Mission, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pacman, Burnin' Rubber, Pit Stop I&II, Pole Position I&II, Stunt Car Racer, Test Drive, Grand Prix Circuit, Formula 1 Grand Prix, Defender of the Crown, Shuffle Puck Cafe, Civilization, (Sid Meier's) Alpha Centauri, The Settlers, Frontier Elite II, Frontier First Encounters, Descent, Descent II, Descent Freespace, Descent Freespace II, Doom I & II, Halflife, System Shock II, Morrowind, Oblivion, Carmageddon II, Unreal Tournament, Battlefield 1942 and Desertcombat, Orbiter, Crysis and Crysis Warhead ...

Cut. Too many titles, I could go on forever, and I forget a LOT of jewels here. Anyway, most titles were on the C64 and Amiga - best gaming platforms of the eighties and early nineties!

But ...

... even when SOW emerges, and I will play it, I will continue to play the IL2 series for years. No doubt about it. Best series to date. Period.

IL2 has been the absolute best air combat simulator period .. for quite some time.. with and without TD.. modded or un modded.. it is the 1C factor in the sim that males it great in all of it's incarnations...

I'll be flying it for some time.. at least until the new series has P-51s in it..


Why on Earth would you have 10 versions of IL2 on your HD? At the most I could see two.. maybe 4 if you fly modded..

I have the original, plus 4.09, HSFX, UP, 4.10, 4.10 modded each on windows xp and windows 7 partition.