The sanctimonious arrogance of the “I hate IL-2 Mods” mafia makes me want to both laugh and cry at the same time!
If they “don't use Mods in IL-2”, they can only be using 4.09m or earlier versions.
However, it appears they are happy to use later versions that include, and are the result of, the work done by the spawns of the Devil that are the “IL-2 Hackers”.
M'Lud …. I call my first witness … Mr. Zuti
Most worrying to me is the refusal of the official modders to discuss their source data or to even justify such obvious errors in consistency as removing the Fw190 bar whilst keeping the P-47 razorback gunsight obstruction, despite the factual evidence presented to them.
Apparently “refraction” only reached the USA after 1945!
This is one of the many reasons that the number of IL-2 players online is reducing.
As for modding not being good for flightsims? Falcon 4 is 13 years old and going strong thanks to modders