Well, since the first IL-2 game the P-39's and then the P-63 enjoyed the russian "enhanced" engine survivability capable of still giving full power while heavily smoking. I have been flying this sim online for years and the russians planes seem to have less HIGHLANDER engines now but the P-39 still can fight you in a bf-109k4 at 5000m meanwhile smoking for a long time, and not on the defensive precisely.
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