I have never seen cockpits like that in any other sim I have played. Even "pay" aircraft do not have that level of detail or photorealism.
The photo showing the landscape is stunning. For the person who brought up the size of the sun, I think the effect seen in this screen shot is just "glare" or "blossoming". If anyone thinks I am wrong, go out and stare at the sun for a few minutes then come back and report
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A bit of detail that I hope is improved over IL-2: The text in mission descriptions. While it is simple to figure out what the briefing is trying to say, the text has errors that make it an obvious translation. Just a bit of editing by a native speaker of the language would get rid of these small problems. Small issue but it jumps out at me in IL-2.
Lastly, I LOVE the clickable cockpits! Other flight sims have incorporated them and they really add to the experience. Things that need to be done quickly can also be assigned a keyboard shortcut for combat, but all the little "pilot" functions for normal flight can now be incorporated into this combat sim. Excellent!
As someone else said, SoW looks to be combining combat sim with flight sims. That is going to turn the computer flight community on its' head.
THANK YOU for the update!
Splitter