@Manu: Actually, everything you say I agree with in a general sense. Clearly you have flown flights sims for a long time, as many of us have, too. I fly CloD a lot, usually with the same Red pilots. Let's face it, after several hundred hours and literally many dozens of dogfights, pilots of both sides have far more [virtual] experience under their belts than most of the real life RAF or LW pilots ever could. Certainly well up there with the Eastern Front LW pilots that survived. (I'm not for a minute comparing ourselves with the Real Life pilots of either side; hopefully everyone realizes that!)
The point I'm making is that many of us on both sides are very good at this SIM. Many of our dogfights are very, very close run. We all know how to get the most of our chosen aircraft, which is why many prefer the model we do ie. in my case I choose the IIa over the 2-speed Spit I or the CSP Spit Ia because I can extract more performance from the IIa. Reason? Because I may find myself up against a LW pilot like yourself that can dig the maximum performance out of your E4 rather than settle on a G50.
Basically, as with any fine tool, I can make good use of an extra 20 mph or another minute longer at full WEP before the engine blows. I don't use the extra performance as a crutch, but as a means to better accomplish my task -- shooting down expertly-flown 109's! I know I speak for my mates on this. We don't want a crushingly superior fighter, because historically the Spits and Hurricanes were not. But they were closer a match in Real Life to the 109's than what 1C has modelled in Cliffs of Dover. That's all we ask.
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