I made some record tracks of the offline Scrambles 15vs15 in different times of day and I can just tell you - try it. Put 15 vs 15 at 19:45, no clouds... You'll be surprised how sunset light is giving a great immersion and experience.
Problem is, that the very majority of ClOD videos on youtube and elsewhere are made at evenings, where the light is affected by the orange colour of the sunset. Why? Because at noon it just looks awful... Not only videos, but also screenshots... Just look at these screenshots right from the game - no editing at all.. It is taken at scramle time at 19:45.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...017223601.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...017300152.png/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...017282403.png/
And this are screenshots made on max settings (no super sampling) on a single GTX 570... Everything is smooth, no errors, no nothing disturbing. Just try such scramble, it is just a joy of air combat.