Returning old IL2 red/green wingtip smoke

[Ailantd]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

It was always kind of a cheat though, don't you think? No real pilots have smoke to track their efficiency in any given manoeuvre (except the professional aerobatic pilots).

The only use I've seen for it in the past was for some online server's rules, whereby if you had your smoke on, you were landing and therefore couldn't be shot at.

Also, to make nice videos of yourself doing aerobatics. Don't get me wrong, I've done all of the above myself and enjoyed every minute, but I don't think it's got a place in the 'next generation' of combat flight sims.

You are right in almost every word you said, but... we are not real pilots. I´m of these guys who like everything as realistic as it can get... when flying realistic. When learning all help is welcome. Otherwise you can ask also for removal the flying circles from the tutorial mission or completely removal for the non cockpit option, and so on... but all these are good for newbies and no so newbies that want to learn quickly even cheating . Good tools for learning and training fit perfectly in a next generation combat flight as in any other. Also not every time you fly you do for combat, there are people who like racing or formation flying. So, If wingtip smoke is set as an option, I don´t see the problem here but a great tool.