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Originally Posted by DogTailRed2
I've been a fan of IL2 and waiting for this game for sooo long.
Being playing for about a month and I can't decide if COD is a genuine sim or a glorified Shoot-em-up.
To be a simulation you need to accurately depict the scenario, environment you are trying to model. I can't fly successfully over land due to FPS issues so I air-start over the channel. I'm in an aircraft that doesn't sound or fly like a front line fighter. I'm presented with radio chatter which sounds like a bad rap recording while I watch my AI steam into a bomber formation (with hyper-drive) and expend all their ammo in a single pass. I love the way 1-11's do snap wing overs when attacked. That's if they don't collide with their wingmen that is.
Then it's my turn to try and I find, due to control lag, I'm porpoising all over the sky and at the critical moment when I've actually got the hun in my sights I get the most almighty stutter and then he's gone.
So this is why, to me, COD is a Shoot-em-up because more and more I'm just setting up scenarios where I can fur-ball for a bit of fun rather than trying to immerse myself in an epic battle. In fact, sad though I say it, I'm flying COD less and less.
COD has no immersion or atmosphere. The Battle of Britain sim it aint.
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So basically it's because of poor performance that you're not enjoying it? I can very much understand where you're coming from if that's the case.
However, there are many people that are enjoying good performance with this sim (and yes, it's very much a sim) and are having a lot of fun with it too.
Okay, the dodgy AI can get annoying smetimes and the lack of comms is an issue, but to me when I'm up there flying, I'm as immersed as I've ever been in a sim.
Even over London, higher up, it's playable for me and I certainly don't have a monster rig.
Just the other day I set up a mission where I had to take off and intercept 20 Dorniers bombing the city, complete with dozens of flak batteries defending the city, and although there were several moments where the game stuttered badly and the frames rates dropped well below 30, overall I had a lot of fun playing the mission.
Now fair enough, it wasn't really an accurate depiction of a real bombing raid over London since the bomber formations were much larger normally, but still. In time hopefully that number will change from 20 to 100 bombers, plus escorts, via a combination of more efficient game code and better hardware.
If the performance issues are sorted out, I think you will change your opinion.
Just out of interest, what are your system specs and settings?