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Originally Posted by Bearcat
but as far as realism goes... Well.. I am sitting at my desk peering through a 24" monitor with the TV on in the background and a beer on my desk... so ... realism is a myth.
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As to the beer, soda and other bottles were not a rarity in wwii cockpits, and many pilots were even smoking during flight (e.g. the Americans at Midway, or Galland who had an ashtray installed for his cigar). The wine glass on my desk is really a bit anachronistic, I admit.
Otherwise I agree. The reference to realism in a game is somewhat paradoxical:
"If I were not shortsighted, I would see both far-away enemy planes and my instruments much better in real life than I do on my display."
"If I had no vertigo", or "If I didn't tolerate G-forces so badly", then "I would perceive the general flight environment much better in real life than I do in this sim".
