Is the art and effects in CoD dated?

[seiseki]

I honestly don't care that much about the graphics.
Shadows and high poly/high res cockpit makes it look quite stunning already.

If I'm going to nitpick however, I'd complain about the low res normal mapping which makes panel lines look too smooth and thick..

And the lack of proper HDR and bloom. (no not the overused cheap looking bloom in most shooters).

But I'm sure with all the future upcoming features implemented this sim will keep on surprising us when it comes to graphic fidelity in a flight sim.sim.