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Originally Posted by SgtPappy

Roger that. Thanks for taking the time to look and analyze all these planes though.

Despite being an amazing and hugely entertaining game, like a few of the players said, there are some glaring flaws.

This is why I don't like sim mode because all the planes are modelled very differently when compared to my research, which includes mostly data from published books about the Spitfire. "Spitfire: An Operational History" and Mike Williams' performance charts which he gained from both Germany's Luftwaffe records and Britain's RAF records.

The performance differences are quite massive. The fact that a Spitfire XVI rolls badly compared to a Spitfire IX is something to be looked at.

I can say though that IL-2: 1946 was far more accurate than BoP. I can't hope to play on sim mode in this game when comparing the performance differences because it feels so wrong.

I have not read the book of Mike Williams. Is there a great difference between the RAF (test) records on the Spitfire on the Luftwaffe (test) records on the Spitfire? I know that the Luftwaffe had a so-called flying circus unit that flew all captured models from air base to air base to let the commanders fly captured aircraft to find out their characteristics. Did the RAF tests and the Luftwaffe tests on the Spitfire arrive at the same conclusions?