I think we should have a switch somewhere in the menu to turn them either 'Hollywood Mode' or 'realistic' so it can please every1
I personally think that yeah, they look real towards some vids (from a third person perspective...away from the vibration) that ive seen but they seem highly unrealistic in the game (especially the white Tracers) cos if your firing a weapon, they wont be perfectly straight in your eyes...as you will be vibrating with the weapon and lets face it, a war plane is a big weapon but not only that....it has a beast under the bonnet also!
I think the tracers in the old il2 look good (stock and not necessarily the same colour as old), so if they can the same effect it wil look nice to me...i just cant use them white tracers...too perfect
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