Tracers or not?

[choctaw111]

Originally Posted by wannabetheace

It seems that physics of the tracer is not accurate as I expected. Shooting is the most important part in the game that give you the joy and excitemtent though the game itself is the best in almost all respects. And I always have kind of ill feeling to tracer of IL2. I hope it would be much improved in BOB. The speed of the bulled should reduce as it goes further. But it seems like it have constant speed. Maybe I'm wrong I just feel that way though.

The bullets in Il2 do slow down as they go further. I have tested this many times as I believe that the ballistics in a combat flight sim is paramount.
The simplest way to see this for yourself in Il2 is go to external view and zoom out far enough away that you can see the entire flight time of the tracers from the side view. This works best if you are sitting on a runway but can be done flying as well. Fire your guns and you will see the spacing between the tracers get closer and closer as they fly farther. This can only mean that the bullets are slowing down as they fly.