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Originally Posted by startrekmike
I would say that at this point, the DCS world modules (other than FC3) are pretty much the end all and be all of flight sims in the market.
While I like CloD, it's realism level pales in comparison.
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i dont think that is true, but to be honest i havnt spent much time with the DCS p51, only tried it on a friends pc a few times (compared to what is prob 1000 hrs or more on il2 over the years). their DCS p51 is very good, has complex systems modeled etc, but in actual "flight feel", the issue of representing the sensation of flight itself, with the aircraft interacting against the wind and weather, to me the DCS p51 experience feels almost sterile compared to the "living world" of flying aircraft in CoD (or late versions of the previous il2 series)
for ex read some of the threads/posts on this forum on how to activate some of the currently inactive weather elements in CoD, then go and try some crosswind landings with a strong gale, its very realistic (because of the cpu/gpu load, most pc's can only run those as single player missions, but worth a try if you havnt experienced it). similarly for the feel of doing barrel rolls, immelman's, hammerhead's and other flight maneuvers, for me CoD is significantly superior.
then look at the detailed physical damage model to the aircraft in CoD, each element carefully modeled (em but not working perfectly yet), there is nothing like that in DCS p51, neither is the cockpit as photo realistic and 3D as in CoD
the DCS p51 is pretty amazing however, and to me is the next best thing. i really hope they proceed quickly with their with their new gfx engine built (to be used for all their aircraft), and that they add more ww2 flyable aircraft so the p51 can be used for actual combat flying in some historical settings
i am not stating these things to argue and currently DCS is our next best hope in ww2 combat sims, currently however their p51 aircraft is even as a single aircraft not quiet up to par to the CoD aircraft (but some of those have individual bugs that would still need resolving) and the environment it flies around in (weather, scenery, etc)