So what's good with this game then?

[ATAG_Dutch]

I've been doing a bit of whining recently, but the good bit for me is still the overall feeling of 'being there'.

It's hard for me to describe, but the overall atmospheric ambience of CoD when you're sitting in the cockpit is unequalled anywhere, including all the REX, VFR, GEX addons for FSX. For this reason, I always fly with the canopy open.

You look around at the sky, your wing, you lean out to check the colour of your exhaust flame, you check your gauges, then spot the enemy and dive to the attack.
Then you realise that shooting them down is difficult, as it must've been IRL, the rear gunner pops one in your engine and you have to crash land in the undulating landscape with its various types of highly detailed vegetation (although the tree issue is well known).

A couple of months ago, I said I could 'almost smell the air' and I stand by that view.
So in spite of my recent whining, I just can't leave it alone.

[Rattlehead]

Something else I prefer is the theme tune.

[TonyD]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

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It's hard for me to describe, but the overall atmospheric ambience of CoD when you're sitting in the cockpit is unequalled anywhere, ...

I have to agree with you there – previously RoF did this for me, and the wind noise when you poke your head out of the cockpit only added to it, but those bloody rotating trees are a bit of an immersion-killer when you notice them at low altitude. I unfortunately had to upgrade my gfx card recently, and now have the common ‘blue stripe’ issue on the horizon, which (for me anyway) is worse than RoF’s trees, and a real reminder that I’m playing a game with graphic errors.

I am currently spending my spare time in a rally car in DiRT3 rather than in CloD, as although it isn’t a ‘sim’, it does feel very real with the difficulty set to max and no ‘assists’ enabled. And the graphics are faultless.

[addman]

It has many faults and even if I'd like complain about it, I won't because the OP didn't ask for that so here is my list.

1. Best "flight experience" I've ever had in a combat sim, IL-2 comes second.
2. Really comprehensive FMB that only misses comprehensive documentation to go with it.
3. When I fly over the channel during sunset/rise I feel like I'm really flying over the channel during sunset/rise even though I've never flown a real airplane myself.
4. CEM, gotta love it.
5. Details, second to none.

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by TonyD

I am currently spending my spare time in a rally car in DiRT3 rather than in CloD, as although it isn’t a ‘sim’, it does feel very real with the difficulty set to max and no ‘assists’ enabled. And the graphics are faultless.

Definitely on my shopping list.

(Sorry to go off topic.)