What do you search in a combat flight sim?

[Flanker35M]

S!

For me the FM and DM come above all. If those are whatever not even the fanciest ey candy can save the product. I can live with less graphics if the rest is damn well done. After all you are flying a plane, not sightseeing if a pub or bordello has correct curtains in windows

It is always a trade. You can simply not have photorealistic graphics with a damn detailed FM and DM + lotsa AI. No system can run that. So cut down the eye candy to be purposeful for a FLIGHT sim and make the rest better..in short

[robtek]

Beside the as real as possible FM, DM and CEM, believable sourroundings and as much little detail as can be inserted without endangering fluid playing, i'd like to see changing weather.

To go on a mission with 6/8 cloud cover, maybe finding the clear weather over the target, just to come back low on fuel, having to land in a rainstorm with gusty wind, after finding your base under the now closed cloud cover with the base at 1000ft.

[Chivas]

A combat flight simulation developer that continues to support their products after release and strives for the most realistic experience possible.

[ATAG_Doc]

I look for contacts that are not flying on the same side as me.

[Ailantd]

Realism and inmersion.

[Jaws2002]

All i want is a lot of noobs to shoot and bomb.

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by Jaws2002

All i want is a lot of noobs to shoot and bomb.

+1

[Red Dragon-DK]

High priorities
- Flight model (it's a flight sim... every plane should fly almost like the real one)
- Virtual pilot simulation (fatigue management, visibility skill, G-forces, damage model)
- Damage models
- Weapon's historycal performance and calibration.
- Communications (between pilots and with ground control... think about calling the mechanic because of an issue during the engine startup, talking directly to the command for info, having the command that alert you of a plane seen by some civil observers on the coast)
- Sound engine
- Demanding management of the plane (not only engine management, but also belts, oxigen, gunsight's bulbs ect...)
- Atmospheric simulation (sun, clouds, haze.. maybe not visually perfect, but they must be there and must be VERY important for the pilot)
- Object 3D models
- 3D world graphics
- Visual effects
- Airbase life-service personel on ground refuel/rearm/small repair.
- AI
- Clickable cockpit
- Manual ammo belt management
- Interactive flak
- Dynamic weather
- Extreme weather like rain or storm
- City life (it's a war... why should bombed families turn on the light? Here in Italy if you turned on the light you were to be strafed)... no, cows are useless...
- and more I havent thought about yet



I dont mind at all for all the expantions as long nothing goes arcade. It bring more life to the sim, more people more money and expantions and addons.
Yes its a flightsim but think out of your usual box for a sek. I play Arma 1 & 2. Its the soldier its about and it very detailed, what you can do. But you are able to do so mutch, becarse you are able to drive, and fly as well. But not as in a car sim or in a flightsim. But it make the game very much alive and thats what its about. More people cut start on the ground do stuff and then when get interested in flying and start doing that. But nothing like Battlefield 1, 2 or 3 please.

[Bounder!]

The reason I bought the original IL-2 series many years ago was that I'd heard through friends and games magazines that it was the most realistic ww2 flight simulator available. Ultimately that's what I want in a flight sim, the most realistic and historically accurate simulation of what it was like to fly and fight in and against the different kites of ww2.

So for me the highest priority is how well every plane is modeled and how close it represents flying the real one both in terms of performance and aircraft management. There's no point having an accurate Spitfire if the 109 model is messed up and vice versa. Combat modelling is also essential, ballistic modelling and detailed damage models, accurate deterioration of my planes flight model through engine mismanagement or as it's slowly turned to swiss cheese. Environmental modelling is good - turbulence, different weather conditions, the suns glare etc etc all help to build immersion.

Historical accuracy is everything to me in a ww2 flight sim and my belief that I'm playing the most advanced and accurate simulation is key to my enjoyment.

[ParaB]

Realism, immersion and atmosphere.