Arcade armchair "expert" debunked.

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Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

There's as much comparison with all 2D sims be it cars, bikes, planes or tanks none are realistic at your desktop level PC incarnation to real life
perhaps only visually and audibly can direct comparisons be made.

I'd think without further training and in an easy to fly plane with a flight instructor present most of the people having a few hundred flight hours in IL-2 would be able to make a few basic maneuvres - no start and landings of course - but I may be wrong. After all you learn a few things about flight physics in IL-2 that are still valid in real life. I'd expect the most startling difference would be the feeling of gravitational forces. I'd bet there are a few virtual pilots out there, that have flown planes in real life, maybe they can tell us something about RL vs. IL?