[klem]

Blackdog and a few others right on the money as usual.

I have the A2A Spitfire. Its a very nice package with interesting ageing/wear features and some more realistic engine/aircraft management needs.

I'd be happy to see those additional management features in CoD to tame some of the "tactics" we see in IL-2. I'm sure Oleg would provide 'Off' switches for those who just want to wall the throttle for half an hour.

Mind you those features and the tactics they lead to will be wasted if we can't create decent size on-line campaigns to benefit from them. 128 players is a reasonable start but 256 would be better. I know there are kit and connection issues with that but Oleg shouldn't (and won't have?) held back from the best possible and if you want to use the best options you have to keep your kit and connection reasonably up to date. If you can't there are always other settings and servers you can use thanks to Oleg's tailoring.

btw I have flown A2A Spitfire on-line in loose formation but only with 8-10 players (all A2ASpifires) and a little AI. No problems apart from the odd player with a poor connection (brief warps) but my PC is quite new (i7 950 4GHz, GTX570, 6Gb RAM) and I have a 20Mb/2Mb connection.