Just posting this here as i havent noticed any mention of it.
http://www.mcvuk.com/features/808/OP...etail-vs-Steam
Also hasnt it also been mentioned that the code changes to IL2 CloD were irreversable. This means that the dev team will have to work extremely hard wit the restrictions going forward. I know a bit about software development, and when a developer says its irreversable, they mean it. You cant just add an option, cant just add it back in, its gone forever because to reintroduce it may break all other existing code, and cause a complete re-write.
We can only hope that FPS will be worked on, and the title will be salvageable with optimisations somehow in the form of patches.