While I sincerely doubt my modded IL2 install will ever leave my HD, I am truly excited for BoS. Rise of Flight was a real jump in flight sim fidelity, and it does run well on moderate systems like mine.
AMD Dual Core 2.5 Ghz
nVidia 9800GT 512MB
3GB RAM
It has been stated by 777 that if your system runs RoF, it should run BoS just fine, and that is exciting news to me. CloD is beautiful, but not nearly as functional IMO.
The argument of eye candy vs. content has been going on since the beginning of flight sims, and personally I don't really think the two are that far from each other in effect. All those high fidelity models help with immersion, as do self shadowing cockpits and all the 'little things' that help you forget your sitting in front of a screen.
What TD have done with this 10 year old game engine is nothing short of spectacular. IL2 is so large in scope that I don't think anything will ever really replace it, and with every TD patch it gets better and better.
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