April 27, 2011(!!!) - Beta Patch #2 - It's old thread

[Eckhart]

Originally Posted by GopherStibble

This patch has certainly improved the experience of flying a mission. Fewer stutters by far and more fluid. I have a low spec system and did not expect to be able to play the game at all. It does seem odd how varied the problems are but the first thing the devs need to fix is performance on higher end PCs. I have never thought it good value to run dual video cards myself but for those who have shelled out hard earned cash to then have such problems is a bad look.

I play no grass or shadows and low buildings... the ground looks pretty shite, really, when playing one of the new straffing missions but at least it plays.
My specs - e6850 dual core
450 FTX
2 GB (2! why does it even run on my PC!) RAM

My impression is that it is lower end PCs that are receiving the most benefit from patches. Good for me but bad for the game. Keen gamers have high end PCs and it is their reviews that the game needs.

That exactly says it! This game is conceived for the homegrown russian market with a lot of steam-powered computers (pun intended). They are not aiming at us real hardcore simmers. I got my rig with COD in mind and now I am stuck with this mess:

version 14101 (black death track):
Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg
1325 60000 4 45 22.083

after this patch (black death track):
Frames Time (ms) Min Max Avg
638 60000 5 16 10.633

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Just a side-note, I fly IL2 1946 (HSFX 5.1) with 60 FPS average, FSX (all maxed out with REX clouds) with 30 FPS, ROF (max airplane settings, medium landscape) in 3D with 40 FPS using the same surround setting on the latest Nvidia driver.

Gopher got it completely right and if this continues then this game will just disappear from the market. It already has an awful reputation (PCGamer review) and if they hope for the North American to help them out of their misery, they are dead fish in the water with this policy.

My advice: If you can't meet both sides low end and high end PCs then just create a high end version of COD (COD platinum ...) and sell it for the double or triple price. You will find a market (look at all those high prized add-ons for the FSX market) and save your reputation which means your economical survival....

At this point, my last hope is with the upcoming "Microsoft FLIGHT"...