Note for bartenders - I could have posted this in another section but thought that interest for such a thread may be more popular here.
Just thought I'd start a thread for WWII flight sims here where those who play the odd one can add their thoughts, etc.
I've had a go at the odd flight sim (mostly IL2) in the past on friends' computers as I've never had a computer which was really up to being able to manage playing these programs.
However we have just got a new, rather powerful laptop on which I've installed "Battle of Britain II - Wings of Victory" and good grief what a hoot of a game it is. This has been updated to its 11th updated version, 2.11 (you have to download the latest patch) and I love it. You can play this from a reasonably basic setting (where engine management, etc is automatically controlled) right up to a full sim where the player is responsible for all the engine and flight operations (magnetos, trim, prop pitch, etc, etc).
As some on here might know, I'm a bit of a Battle of Britain obsessive and I am amazed at the level of realism and attention to historical detail in this game. It's an absolute cracker.
It's not easy and there's a big learning curve (the manual is over 200 pages) but it's the closest you're likely to get to flying in 1940. You'll also need a pretty grunty computer to play this but if you're into the BoB and have a computer that can handle this then for goodness sake pick it up, you will be amazed. I've seen this described as a "time machine to 1940" and it's an apt description. I'm gobsmacked.
Just wondering if anyone else here is playing this, or if not, what other flight sims of WWII Loungers are indulging in.
Just thought I'd start a thread for WWII flight sims here where those who play the odd one can add their thoughts, etc.
I've had a go at the odd flight sim (mostly IL2) in the past on friends' computers as I've never had a computer which was really up to being able to manage playing these programs.
However we have just got a new, rather powerful laptop on which I've installed "Battle of Britain II - Wings of Victory" and good grief what a hoot of a game it is. This has been updated to its 11th updated version, 2.11 (you have to download the latest patch) and I love it. You can play this from a reasonably basic setting (where engine management, etc is automatically controlled) right up to a full sim where the player is responsible for all the engine and flight operations (magnetos, trim, prop pitch, etc, etc).
As some on here might know, I'm a bit of a Battle of Britain obsessive and I am amazed at the level of realism and attention to historical detail in this game. It's an absolute cracker.
It's not easy and there's a big learning curve (the manual is over 200 pages) but it's the closest you're likely to get to flying in 1940. You'll also need a pretty grunty computer to play this but if you're into the BoB and have a computer that can handle this then for goodness sake pick it up, you will be amazed. I've seen this described as a "time machine to 1940" and it's an apt description. I'm gobsmacked.
Just wondering if anyone else here is playing this, or if not, what other flight sims of WWII Loungers are indulging in.
