Will the Il2 engine be a real alternative for civillian Flight Sims?

[Skoshi Tiger]

Since getting the sim I've been having fun beetling around cross country in the Tiger Moth and I've been having a blast.

Over the years I've played various forms of MS flight sim (haven't tried Flight Sim X yet) but have never got into it from an immersion point of view.

On my system I've got most things on medium except trees and building numbers which are on low and give me acceptable frame rates. Although this may be non realistic for 1940's England, the sparsely wooded landscape is fairly typical of country side where I live (too green but thats neither near nor there) and matches up to what I remember from my private pilots training.

The details in Cliffs of Dover especially low down in when taking off and landing gives a lot more visual clues which helps judging height and speed when flying close to the ground.

I find it very immersive. So far I haven't been tempted in getting into a dog fight mission because there is so much being offed by the flying aspect of the game itself.

I've really been tempted to go down to the local airport and do an hour or so flight in the Tiger Moth they've got down there!

I wonder once the engine matures if it was taken up third parties it would be a threat to the other civian flight sims.


Cheers!