Two cents from a former lurker

[JG5_emil]

I could never play IL2 again regardless of the glitches and issues we have in this sim.

The Memory leak introduced after the last official patch was the reason I stopped playing just because 45 minutes isn't long enough to take off climb, patrol engage and land and inevitably we would crash at the engage part.

This patch has made quite a positive difference for me in the smoothness and the memory leak crashes are gone but I do get the occasional random crash instead but hey it's a test patch released so that they can collect the crash files much quicker than if they were testing themselves and leaves them free to fix the bugs we find.

I have been a fan who became more and more jaded to the point that I didn't want to fly but this patch has reignited my interest and I have found myself playing more and more even against the AI thanks to Von Pilsner's AI Tweak which makes fighting the AI more fun.

You can find player built missions and yes there are much less of them at the moment but they are there. Also dig in to the FMB which is a bit daunting I admit but it's not quite as bad as it looks....I should follow my own advice there