I also have a oculus rift, but the problem when playing in vr is identifying other aircraft because they become more like a pixel, you see them earlyer tho. You also need to keep in mind that you really need that gtx1080 at least to run it smoothly, i have a 1070 and it runs but not that smoothly and at minimum settings. I really recomend head treaking tho because it makes the game soo much better
@@Warkip There's a separate control for VR zoom in bindable controls. Its not a perfect fix but it does let you zoom in to better see stuff you definitely would never see with the base FOV of VR.
@@Warkip There is a vr mod that lets you use 5x and 10x zoom in VR (3dmigoto mod). With that mod it is much easier to identify a plane from greater distance. I use a HP Reverb with 4k resolution and 10x zoom gives a lot of help to spot others.
IL2 does have a history of having some of the finest flight simulators. I remember playing IL2 Forgotten Battles and IL2 1946 back when I was very young
Exactly, and now THEY, the realistic simulator creators have become the creators of IL-2 Battle of Moscow, Stalingrad, etc..., NOT these impostors who only modified the original IL-2 into this crap (can't call it otherwise in terms of simulation), done a lot of commercial, attracted a lot of newcomers to aviation knowledge and made a fortune. I'm not sad that they made a fortune, I'm sad that they call this... SIMULATOR. It doesn't simulate ANYTHING correctly, not even actual distances, lol...! If you want to see how actually an aircraft behaves in the air at whatever angle of attack, try either of 777 Studios genres (IL-2 BoX or Rise of Flight), X-Plane 11 (done by true aerospace engineers) and DCS (not all, but about 50% of the modules simulate the aerodynamics correctly).
My grandpa bought me the latter one, I remember playing IL2 1946 on an (now old) laptop from 2002-3 playing on low settings (not a gaming laptop lol those didn't really exist) and without a joystick. Still had a lot of fun even though I never really knew what I was doing.
@dabney offermein Hi! Of course. I'll list those with wrong FM (some more wrong, some less wrong, but still with unrealistic performances and behavior), while the rest are to be considered pretty much correctly flying/behaving: #1. MIG-21 from LLC. Has nothing to do in any way with the real plane's performances and behavior #2. Christen Eagle, also from LLC #3. All FC3 aircraft (yes, they are all having easily recognizable FM issues, the less wrong being the Su-25 and A-10) #4. F-14 from Heatblur #5. F-18 from ED #6. M-2000 RAZBAM #7. Mig-19 also from RAZBAM #8. SA 342 from Polychop (polycrap simulations) #9. A-10C I and II from ED (sharing the same abnormal roll control authority under stall conditions just like the A-10A in FC3, same flight model copy-pasted) #10. Su-25T from ED (similar to A-10s over stall AoA abnormal roll control authority) #11. L-39 from ED (similar to A-10s / Su-25s over stall AoA abnormal roll control authority) #12. Mirage F-1 (although new, basic aerodynamic effects should've been correctly simulated before release) #13. C-101 (both variants have utterly unrealistic FM) #14. All Belsimtek fighter planes (F-5, F-86, MIG-15). Not too bad FMs, but still with some corrections and wrong effects which need attention are just left to die. I don't think they care anymore as most do after years pass. These are the ones with problems and will most certainly die like that cause the FM is like the most unwanted part to be revised by the developers. All of the prop planes (except the Christen Eagle) and all helos (except the Gazelle) and the rest of unmentioned aircraft are behaving and performing realistic for their flight models to honestly be called accurate. The most exceptional FMs are those for the JF-17 and AJS-37 (for the jetfighters category), followed by the F-16 (some corrections needed at high AoA and beta for lift differential between the wings, but that's not very important unless you wanna try some tailside aerobatics and see that instead of a right roll you get a left roll or vice-versa) and finally the AV-8 which except some high AoA + beta (sideslip angle) glitches above some 400km/h (220kts) which make the plane have some very erratic movement, also has a very well done FM. Regards!
Judging by how wobbly the aircraft you are flying in this video you need to adjust the joystick input sensitivity. Google TH-cam videos on it as it makes your aircraft much easier to control.
I have been playing IL-2 BOS for about a year now. Mostly just setting up random scenarios of me versus AI enemies. Configuring my flight stick and throttle controls was a PITA at first. As more of a "casual" player, I was thrilled when I figured out how to take off and land safely (most of the time...) I am now working on trying to take off with the "normal" settings instead of the "custom." Just getting off the runway and maintaining level flight is far more difficult now....
Perfect video ! super commentary, professionaly done ! Last thing I wanna say. Fly this in VR and since that you will neverč ever play any other game. That experience is just like very new life.
It's my favourite sim at the minute. I just love certain aspects, the way the planes handles, and the damage model. I wish they would add more options to the QMB. If it had a built in mission editor like DCS I'd go from hundreds to thousands of hours in the sim
I bought this game, with it's expansions/etc over 10 years ago. It was ok, I couldn't really appreciate it due to few players at that time and little knowledge base. There was only 2 servers active and they were in expert mode. I stuck with campaign and sadly got tired of it. Glad to see it has had a sort of resurgence for such an old game. It introduced me to some Russian aircraft that that had decent performance but in War Thunder, were "nerfed", performance was diluted or the sake advancement or research tree.
IL2:Stirmovik is legendary game. You show us the 3rd generation of this game. The 1st generation have been released in 2001. This game have very long history.
Great video JoyPlanes. I greatly like IL-2 as I’ve been playing it for a long, long time. There’s a lot to like in IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad; I’m greatly excited about their new IL-2 Battle of Normandy, and have Pre-ordered it. I greatly enjoy the Pilot Career, Campaigns, missions, dogfighting, bombing, ground attacks. The maps are virtually spot on. The only things I don’t really like are 1. Total lack of radio comms and commands 2. Cockpits are too much of an arcade: you can’t click anything, nor can you hover the mouse over a gauge and it tells you information. CFS3, Microsoft FS, and X-Plane had/have this feature. More people look at the info box for airspeed and altitude than at their instruments. The IL-2 series, 1946, Cliffs of Dover and Stalingrad (now known as Great Battles) is probably the best Combat flight sim series Ever. I really hope that the latter 2 can have a long life span. The one thing I wish is that after Normandy they can go back to the Eastern front and add a few Russian bombers like the IL-4, Tu-2S, etc.
I see black outs in war thunder when trying to turn and G's are high. One can also spin out of control and go into a flat spin or even lose a wing if one tries to turn too hard or climb too hard.
Yeah I hate people who compares war thunder arcade mode to simulator games while there is a simulator mode for war thunder that is quite like IL-2 sturmovik
I still haven't taken the plunge & bought IL-2 BoS. I read up on it just recently where modders have tweaked the damage model to where the wing doesn't get blown off so easily. The wing rarely came off in real life from gunfire. Hopefully this will be incorporated soon on the version Steam offers. Then I'll just wait for a sale price to come along. In the mean time, in bought Steam's IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 latest version for $9.99, replacing my old disc version. It's been modded somewhat too over the years. It ain't bad, but not as nice as the next generation, such as BoS visually. I find I'm used to the IL-2 series of controls since I've played them so long. I didn't care for Rise of Flight's controls nor DCS's. War Thunder has pretty visuals but I'm not going to mess with a keyboard airplane control. Once I do get BoS, I can get my WW1 aircraft from them, no need for Rise of Flight.
great video, out of curiosity, would u mind telling me your computer specs, you have the game looking great and looking smooth, look forward to more reviews like this.
Played it for almost 7 years, didn't have multiplayer- we had to use a software called hyperlobby... Stopped at Cliffs of dover, was very buggy at that time
Good reporting will a 16GB computer be sufficient? None of the instruments are click able? I'm definitely into WW2 and Korean ERA theaters. Thanks alot
It's engine is based on Rise of Flight. Now 64 bit version. Sadly a resource hog if you want to play it on ultra graphics. But amazing sim yes. Worth the money if you have joystick, rudder pedals and track IR / VR
I really like it. My only complaint is not enough planes. There is no Soviet Medium or heavy bomber like the Pe-8. We only have the PE-2 to fly against. Or transport liaison aircraft. Its not a deal breaker but the bombers (even as AI) would offer variety for both sides.
Thanks for the review. Are the new IL-2 add ons for WWI era planes the best when it comes to WWI era simulations? Especially interested in campaign mode.
Damn.. full priced game for separate battles? I have the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator from 1998 (still have the discs) and that game was incredible for a game of its time. Looking for something new to replace it... watching ww2 documentaries and battle of midway and battle of britain make me want to play lol
@@worldoftancraft its like $50 for a map that's hundreds of kilometers across, with all seasons of the year, and like 10 historically accurate aircraft. Things cost money to be developed, its quality.
Very good review! Thank you... Do you use head tracking in DCS World? A must if you haven't... I bought the Trackhat which is the best quality and most affordable imo...
hi, I was looking for images and opinions about IL2, as there is a good reduction on steam, and your video was exactly what i needed : clear, good video, opinion.. thanks !
@@tristmoore5 yes i hesitate but on the editor website it is a standalone (with steam you must have Stalingrad). I am more interested in Bodenplatte because it is western europe and because there is the spitfire MkIX :-) . What do you think od cliffs of dover Blitz edition ? I hesitate between both, i read lot of controlers problems in CoD Blitz ??
@@MrNonaste I dont think you understand what Im saying. If you launch the game before you have your joystick connected the game will not recognise the joystick.
If the requrements are too high for your pc you can try il2 1946 too. There are still some servers wtih people playing. Like 15 to 20 players. But its real fun and practice for other sims too
It has controller support but you would need to try it, you can fly with mouse and keyboard but ideally for the best experience in terms of immersion imo flight stick with trackIR 5 is the best, VR i hear is real good too.
My opinion DCS is more realistic overall with the engine management but IL-2 is focused on WW2 as a complete experience, i also consider DCS superior in sound as i have heard youtube videos of actual warbirds doing flyby and DCS sounds identical vs IL-2 sounds completely different than that.
There is no war in DCS, no fronline action, nothing to simulate a real WW2 campaign. Just several amazingly expensive (nicely modelled though) aircraft. Like a museum.
Has IL-2 gotten a massive UI facelift recently, or is this a sequel of the game with the same name? The menus and whatnot of my copy of the game looks nothing like this :/ .
Sequel is a big word, but something like that. It's just the old sim, I mean "IL-2 Sturmovik / Forgotten Battles / 1946" has much more to offer: thousands of campaigns to download, theatres of war, nationalities to fly for. Here we have limited set of maps, limited set of planes: take it or beat it. Obviously, in IL-2 BoX you get modern game engine and way more advanced graphics, plane models and so on. But I still do have on my HD IL-2 1946. I just love to fly something like a Gloster Gladiator and defend Finnland.
The realism of War Thunder is adjustable by the user. In arcade battles, flying with a mouse, using third person view, it is extremely simplified and is definitely just an arcade game with good graphics. In realistic battles, the flight model becomes more realistic. Less of the controls are automated, the gyroscopic effect of engine torque alters the flight path, etc. In simulation battles, War Thunder is surprisingly comparable to DCS or IL-2. The majority of players use arcade battles and play casually, so that’s what War Thunder is known for, but it’s a very competent simulator if you want to use it that way.
I have been playing War Thunder for almost a couple of years now and yes its free to download but it is not free it costs to go thru the upgrades of each vehicle. I also want to give IL2 a try because I enjoy the challenge. I think anyone that has PC or plays online games realize that each game has its pros cons and costs depending on how many vehicles what level the players are willing to go. Some people may see a video of either game and say I want that plane or Jet and have to realize the hours money skill invested to get to that level. Only one way to decide if the game is to your liking. Good luck
There are 3-4 really populated hardcore online project servers (up to full 84 players in prime-time) and much more casual-style servers. The community is nice and helpful. Hop in! I could give you some intro advise
If you not want to spend so much money you can by the old Il -2 Sturmovik series. Il-2 1946 is the complete version of all old Il-2 Series games, and you can fly at western and eastern Europe, at Northafrika, China and the Pacific. The grafics are not up to date. It is a game from 2006, and the base version is from 2001, but there are a lot of great free mods to make it look better. It will not look as good as the new games, but you only have pay 10 Euros at steam for it and you get all WW2 scenarios and many planes from all countries, who fought in WW2.
Yes but when you play realistic in war thunder all the properties of the other games happen as if you turn to hard your wings can come off and engines can cut out and you only have a certain amount of fuel and ammo
@@Jagdflieger03 @Alexey Ivanov... In no way a simulator ay? Well, what is a simulator? I agree that IL-2 is a much better simulation, but you can't say that War Thunder isn't a simulator at all. War Thunder has accurate vehicle models, decent flight physics, good maps, and good gameplay in my opinion. In fact, to the untrained eye, WT and IL-2 are almost identical in their simulation modes.
could you recommend modern flight combat game...little less realistic than dsc... i mean i have a dayjob and stuff to do..no time to learn how to pilot a fighter jet :D nice video :)
I JUST MADE AN IR TRACKING SYSTEM FROM USING ONE OF THOSE CLIP ON BATTERY LED BIKE LIGHTS, I JUST REMOVED THE LEDS AND EXTENDED THE WIRES THEN REPLACED THE LEDS WITH IR LEDS, CAMERAS JUST AN OLD LAPTOP INTERNAL CAMERA I REMOVED AND WIRED TO USB. SORRY 4 SHOUTING LOL MY CAP[S IS STUCK : ( P.S DONT FORGEET TO LOOK AT THE PDF WWII FLIGHT MANUALS IN THE GAME FOLDERS.
School is great to be a good employee, good citizen that pays taxes and agree with politicians, and to feel as part of a society. Higher education is good if you want to learn a bit more, find a good job (maybe), have a paper that certifies you spent some years studding a specific matter and spent a lot of money doing it. It depends on what you want to do, even scientist today say things that are not entirely true, together with many that are true, but because the credit they have, and the lack of knowledge of normal people like us, we accept everything they say as true.
Thanks. I like what I see and I’ve been waiting to get this because I’d have to buy a PC system. If I buy the PC system I’d feel obligated to get a flight sim joystick set up. But I do think it’s time. Thanks again
Can anyone tell me If I buy a IL2 disk will it work in Microsoft 10? I used it when I had Micro xp. It wouldn't work correctly in micro 8 so I ditched it. OR does anyone know a good WW2 simulator for Micro10? Please let me know!!
Nice review, however you missed and should try, (4 me), the best sim... IL2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz, the most complete and soon with the 5.0 patch. Just try it and you'll see what I mean for realism...!
![Most Realistic Air Combat Fighter Game [Amazing Realism - PC]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jwK4oKIKrts/mqdefault.jpg)
I fly in VR, thats where the real fun starts
VR is great for this simulator, by the way I love your videos of the airplane exhibitions.
@@Joyplanes thanks!
I also have a oculus rift, but the problem when playing in vr is identifying other aircraft because they become more like a pixel, you see them earlyer tho. You also need to keep in mind that you really need that gtx1080 at least to run it smoothly, i have a 1070 and it runs but not that smoothly and at minimum settings.
I really recomend head treaking tho because it makes the game soo much better
@@Warkip There's a separate control for VR zoom in bindable controls. Its not a perfect fix but it does let you zoom in to better see stuff you definitely would never see with the base FOV of VR.
@@Warkip There is a vr mod that lets you use 5x and 10x zoom in VR (3dmigoto mod). With that mod it is much easier to identify a plane from greater distance. I use a HP Reverb with 4k resolution and 10x zoom gives a lot of help to spot others.
IL2 does have a history of having some of the finest flight simulators. I remember playing IL2 Forgotten Battles and IL2 1946 back when I was very young
Exactly, and now THEY, the realistic simulator creators have become the creators of IL-2 Battle of Moscow, Stalingrad, etc..., NOT these impostors who only modified the original IL-2 into this crap (can't call it otherwise in terms of simulation), done a lot of commercial, attracted a lot of newcomers to aviation knowledge and made a fortune. I'm not sad that they made a fortune, I'm sad that they call this... SIMULATOR. It doesn't simulate ANYTHING correctly, not even actual distances, lol...! If you want to see how actually an aircraft behaves in the air at whatever angle of attack, try either of 777 Studios genres (IL-2 BoX or Rise of Flight), X-Plane 11 (done by true aerospace engineers) and DCS (not all, but about 50% of the modules simulate the aerodynamics correctly).
The original is still very good, using the latest Add ons increases the number of flyable aircraft to an astonishing level
My grandpa bought me the latter one, I remember playing IL2 1946 on an (now old) laptop from 2002-3 playing on low settings (not a gaming laptop lol those didn't really exist) and without a joystick. Still had a lot of fun even though I never really knew what I was doing.
@@MaverickSu-35 Can you list the 50% of the DCS that do it correctly? I want to compare to what I have and then get the one's I'm missing out on .
@dabney offermein
Hi!
Of course.
I'll list those with wrong FM (some more wrong, some less wrong, but still with unrealistic performances and behavior), while the rest are to be considered pretty much correctly flying/behaving:
#1. MIG-21 from LLC. Has nothing to do in any way with the real plane's performances and behavior
#2. Christen Eagle, also from LLC
#3. All FC3 aircraft (yes, they are all having easily recognizable FM issues, the less wrong being the Su-25 and A-10)
#4. F-14 from Heatblur
#5. F-18 from ED
#6. M-2000 RAZBAM
#7. Mig-19 also from RAZBAM
#8. SA 342 from Polychop (polycrap simulations)
#9. A-10C I and II from ED (sharing the same abnormal roll control authority under stall conditions just like the A-10A in FC3, same flight model copy-pasted)
#10. Su-25T from ED (similar to A-10s over stall AoA abnormal roll control authority)
#11. L-39 from ED (similar to A-10s / Su-25s over stall AoA abnormal roll control authority)
#12. Mirage F-1 (although new, basic aerodynamic effects should've been correctly simulated before release)
#13. C-101 (both variants have utterly unrealistic FM)
#14. All Belsimtek fighter planes (F-5, F-86, MIG-15). Not too bad FMs, but still with some corrections and wrong effects which need attention are just left to die. I don't think they care anymore as most do after years pass.
These are the ones with problems and will most certainly die like that cause the FM is like the most unwanted part to be revised by the developers.
All of the prop planes (except the Christen Eagle) and all helos (except the Gazelle) and the rest of unmentioned aircraft are behaving and performing realistic for their flight models to honestly be called accurate.
The most exceptional FMs are those for the JF-17 and AJS-37 (for the jetfighters category), followed by the F-16 (some corrections needed at high AoA and beta for lift differential between the wings, but that's not very important unless you wanna try some tailside aerobatics and see that instead of a right roll you get a left roll or vice-versa) and finally the AV-8 which except some high AoA + beta (sideslip angle) glitches above some 400km/h (220kts) which make the plane have some very erratic movement, also has a very well done FM.
Regards!
All of the addon's including Flying Circus and Tank Crew...some the best sim experience ever! Love the entire series.
4 years later il2 is still the best ww2 air combat sim. Good games on the horizon
Judging by how wobbly the aircraft you are flying in this video you need to adjust the joystick input sensitivity. Google TH-cam videos on it as it makes your aircraft much easier to control.
I honestly still enjoy il-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles. Got it from a random games magazine like 15, 16 years ago.
As a VR player i´ve got to say i love IL-2.
This game and the WWI sim "Rise of Flight" are incredible!
Look up "Flying Circus", it's basically Rise of Flight 2 and IL-2 and Rise of Flight are also made by the same devs!
@@altiris6874 Rise of Flight is better
I played IL2 back in the early 2000’s and it was a fantastic game even then. I’ve recently been getting the bug to dive back into it.
Yeah me too had enough Xbox and PS
Thanks! Great review of a great simulator! IL-2 Sturmovik is a legend! My favorite simulator! :-)
I have been playing IL-2 BOS for about a year now. Mostly just setting up random scenarios of me versus AI enemies. Configuring my flight stick and throttle controls was a PITA at first. As more of a "casual" player, I was thrilled when I figured out how to take off and land safely (most of the time...) I am now working on trying to take off with the "normal" settings instead of the "custom." Just getting off the runway and maintaining level flight is far more difficult now....
youshould definitely start trying it online. There are plenty of servers with friendly community. Please check the official forums section.
Perfect video ! super commentary, professionaly done !
Last thing I wanna say. Fly this in VR and since that you will neverč ever play any other game. That experience is just like very new life.
this game is so underrated! this is like playing WARTHUNDER with ARMA REALISM ... playing tank battles with all human crew would be fun.
I agree that IL2 is the best WW2 flight sim, the platform is continuously being updated and is truly excellent.
I love that comment at the end "remember to not believe what they teach you at school"!
It's my favourite sim at the minute. I just love certain aspects, the way the planes handles, and the damage model. I wish they would add more options to the QMB. If it had a built in mission editor like DCS I'd go from hundreds to thousands of hours in the sim
There is a downloadable mission editor. See the IL2 Forum
Just Google PWCGBOS
Patrick Wilson's Campaign Generator.
I thought it was included in the game files I can't remember the name but there is one there
I bought this game, with it's expansions/etc over 10 years ago. It was ok, I couldn't really appreciate it due to few players at that time and little knowledge base. There was only 2 servers active and they were in expert mode. I stuck with campaign and sadly got tired of it. Glad to see it has had a sort of resurgence for such an old game. It introduced me to some Russian aircraft that that had decent performance but in War Thunder, were "nerfed", performance was diluted or the sake advancement or research tree.
I think you're still stuck in 1946...
Here's where you find modern il-2: il2sturmovik.com/
Will you review Il-2 1946, at some point? It's very old and looks dated but it's a good option for folks with tight budgets and weak systems, I think.
I think it doesn´t even look that dated.
The out side of planes in Il2 look so much better than war thunder
brother your review is great........
you deserve a like
best VR performing WWII flight simulator ,,, the VR optimization is awesome ..
Install flying circus and it won't be so awesome anymore...
DCS is superior
IL2:Stirmovik is legendary game. You show us the 3rd generation of this game. The 1st generation have been released in 2001. This game have very long history.
a bit hard to get into, but really amazing otherwise, pretty much my favorite flight sim along with its older title rise of flight.
The learning curve is steep...but it's well worth it
Great video JoyPlanes. I greatly like IL-2 as I’ve been playing it for a long, long time. There’s a lot to like in IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad; I’m greatly excited about their new IL-2 Battle of Normandy, and have Pre-ordered it. I greatly enjoy the Pilot Career, Campaigns, missions, dogfighting, bombing, ground attacks. The maps are virtually spot on.
The only things I don’t really like are
1. Total lack of radio comms and commands
2. Cockpits are too much of an arcade: you can’t click anything, nor can you hover the mouse over a gauge and it tells you information. CFS3, Microsoft FS, and X-Plane had/have this feature. More people look at the info box for airspeed and altitude than at their instruments.
The IL-2 series, 1946, Cliffs of Dover and Stalingrad (now known as Great Battles) is probably the best Combat flight sim series Ever. I really hope that the latter 2 can have a long life span.
The one thing I wish is that after Normandy they can go back to the Eastern front and add a few Russian bombers like the IL-4, Tu-2S, etc.
4:42 You've earned a sub, man. Keep up the good work!
That's a very cool intro ! Good video also. Love this combat flight sim and have sunk way to much money and too many hours into it !
I see black outs in war thunder when trying to turn and G's are high. One can also spin out of control and go into a flat spin or even lose a wing if one tries to turn too hard or climb too hard.
Yeah I hate people who compares war thunder arcade mode to simulator games while there is a simulator mode for war thunder that is quite like IL-2 sturmovik
Une Pintade sorry. But no. It's not like il2 sturmovik at all.
@@-few-fernando11 Yes it is, how many hours as a fighter pilot do you have in war thunder?
Way More than I should... Arround 800hs, 1/2 tanks 1/2 planes
Dont get me wrong. I enjoyed WT for what it is, but there is no real point comparing the two
IL-2 Sturmovik Cliff's of Dover is like dcs you can click at cockpit
Thank you for the review Sir! And your "audio joke" in 04:40 is really amusing ;-)
I still haven't taken the plunge & bought IL-2 BoS. I read up on it just recently where modders have tweaked the damage model to where the wing doesn't get blown off so easily. The wing rarely came off in real life from gunfire. Hopefully this will be incorporated soon on the version Steam offers. Then I'll just wait for a sale price to come along. In the mean time, in bought Steam's IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 latest version for $9.99, replacing my old disc version. It's been modded somewhat too over the years. It ain't bad, but not as nice as the next generation, such as BoS visually. I find I'm used to the IL-2 series of controls since I've played them so long. I didn't care for Rise of Flight's controls nor DCS's. War Thunder has pretty visuals but I'm not going to mess with a keyboard airplane control. Once I do get BoS, I can get my WW1 aircraft from them, no need for Rise of Flight.
you can use a stick in war thunder
This sim was fantastic!
What kind of operations system did you use ?
“Remember. Do not believe what thy tell you at school.”
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My dad loves to play War of planes, do you guys think he will like that one?
great video, out of curiosity, would u mind telling me your computer specs, you have the game looking great and looking smooth, look forward to more reviews like this.
Played it for almost 7 years, didn't have multiplayer- we had to use a software called hyperlobby... Stopped at Cliffs of dover, was very buggy at that time
Good reporting will a 16GB computer be sufficient? None of the instruments are click able? I'm definitely into WW2 and Korean ERA theaters. Thanks alot
It's engine is based on Rise of Flight. Now 64 bit version. Sadly a resource hog if you want to play it on ultra graphics. But amazing sim yes.
Worth the money if you have joystick, rudder pedals and track IR / VR
I really like it. My only complaint is not enough planes. There is no Soviet Medium or heavy bomber like the Pe-8. We only have the PE-2 to fly against. Or transport liaison aircraft. Its not a deal breaker but the bombers (even as AI) would offer variety for both sides.
Thanks for the review. Are the new IL-2 add ons for WWI era planes the best when it comes to WWI era simulations? Especially interested in campaign mode.
Another really good one is IL-2 Cliffs of Dover Desert Wings - Tobruk
Damn.. full priced game for separate battles? I have the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator from 1998 (still have the discs) and that game was incredible for a game of its time. Looking for something new to replace it... watching ww2 documentaries and battle of midway and battle of britain make me want to play lol
You would not regret il-2. Now it's on huge sale by the way. il2sturmovik.com/
You're in nowadays, welcome. Enjoy the devalued Dollar and rise of absolute prices on such things.
@@worldoftancraft its like $50 for a map that's hundreds of kilometers across, with all seasons of the year, and like 10 historically accurate aircraft. Things cost money to be developed, its quality.
Which version do you recommend me to install? Should I purchase the one you did?
Are there any good games for windows 10? I miss Pacific Fighters! I want historically correct stuff too!
I had the CD version but windows 10 won't play it, how can I get IL-2 to run on windows 10
What about Wings Over Reich? I think it has the best single player experience ever... comparable only to Falcon BMS dynamic campaign.
Very good review! Thank you... Do you use head tracking in DCS World? A must if you haven't... I bought the Trackhat which is the best quality and most affordable imo...
Nice, would like to see more in depth review about it xP
hi, I was looking for images and opinions about IL2, as there is a good reduction on steam, and your video was exactly what i needed : clear, good video, opinion.. thanks !
Buy it just do it, if you can get boedenplatte dlc too
@@tristmoore5 yes i hesitate but on the editor website it is a standalone (with steam you must have Stalingrad). I am more interested in Bodenplatte because it is western europe and because there is the spitfire MkIX :-) . What do you think od cliffs of dover Blitz edition ? I hesitate between both, i read lot of controlers problems in CoD Blitz ??
@@lolorrr1318 I am sure you will be satisfied with BoBP. Now it's on a great sale btw: il2sturmovik.com/
I have IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 I bought from steam. I cannot get the controller to work with take off. I end up having my plane roll to one side and crash
Better review: il-2 is the greatest ww2 air sim there is. Nothing comes close. If war thunder is too arcadey for you (it's a joke) then get this
war thunder sucks
Lovely. Thank you.
Very nice review. Thanks.
Great if you can get it to work. I have problems every time they update. This time it wont recognise my joystick. I give up.
you need to plug in the joistick before you play
ive never has this problem myself, and u have to connect the joystick before starting the game (or it will not be seen in game)
@@MrNonaste I dont think you understand what Im saying. If you launch the game before you have your joystick connected the game will not recognise the joystick.
@@bratech5831 Got it. Thanks.
Fantastic video. I love this game. Years ago i played it and just wondered if anyone else liked it. I could never take off or land with success lol
If the requrements are too high for your pc you can try il2 1946 too. There are still some servers wtih people playing. Like 15 to 20 players. But its real fun and practice for other sims too
Can you play with a usb-wired xbox one controller?
It has controller support but you would need to try it, you can fly with mouse and keyboard but
ideally for the best experience in terms of immersion imo flight stick with trackIR 5 is the best,
VR i hear is real good too.
My opinion DCS is more realistic overall with the engine management but IL-2 is focused on WW2 as a complete experience, i also consider DCS superior in sound as i have heard youtube videos of actual warbirds doing flyby and DCS sounds identical vs IL-2 sounds completely different than that.
There is no war in DCS, no fronline action, nothing to simulate a real WW2 campaign. Just several amazingly expensive (nicely modelled though) aircraft. Like a museum.
Did they remake this game or something? I remember playing it like... 15 years ago.
Is the same but much more improved
I wish the devs put more effort in this like il2 1946, I wish there was bombers and better options for sandbox and creating missions
The flight model is absolutely the best. It’s has the visual “feel”. This is based off of my limited flight time on tail dragger airplanes.
I personally prefer playing on the easier mode, but I am amazed when I see people playing on expert.
On expert mode is better to have the trackir system or VR, and a good 4K monitor to see the planes far off.
@@Joyplanes I don't have track IR but O use aruco tracker and works just fine. It makes playing even on smimple mode much more enjoyable.
@@xenon5 That's great!
Has IL-2 gotten a massive UI facelift recently, or is this a sequel of the game with the same name? The menus and whatnot of my copy of the game looks nothing like this :/ .
Sequel is a big word, but something like that. It's just the old sim, I mean "IL-2 Sturmovik / Forgotten Battles / 1946" has much more to offer: thousands of campaigns to download, theatres of war, nationalities to fly for. Here we have limited set of maps, limited set of planes: take it or beat it. Obviously, in IL-2 BoX you get modern game engine and way more advanced graphics, plane models and so on.
But I still do have on my HD IL-2 1946. I just love to fly something like a Gloster Gladiator and defend Finnland.
This looks pretty cool
The realism of War Thunder is adjustable by the user. In arcade battles, flying with a mouse, using third person view, it is extremely simplified and is definitely just an arcade game with good graphics. In realistic battles, the flight model becomes more realistic. Less of the controls are automated, the gyroscopic effect of engine torque alters the flight path, etc. In simulation battles, War Thunder is surprisingly comparable to DCS or IL-2. The majority of players use arcade battles and play casually, so that’s what War Thunder is known for, but it’s a very competent simulator if you want to use it that way.
realistic is arcade 2.0, but without rebirths.
They still phaking our brains with fact that Enduring confrontations are still SB privilege.
thanks for the video !
is it possible to play IL-2 with keyboard and mouse ?
It is, but not with great success. Most of the "normal" difficulty servers allow "joymouse" control, alongside with all offline activities.
When is there an iOS or Android version?
Is this a modded game now. Will it run on modern pc’s. have they updated the game over the years?
It is a very modern game, they make updates about every 2 months. Last one was 3 weeks ago.
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I have been playing War Thunder for almost a couple of years now and yes its free to download but it is not free it costs to go thru the upgrades of each vehicle. I also want to give IL2 a try because I enjoy the challenge. I think anyone that has PC or plays online games realize that each game has its pros cons and costs depending on how many vehicles what level the players are willing to go. Some people may see a video of either game and say I want that plane or Jet and have to realize the hours money skill invested to get to that level. Only one way to decide if the game is to your liking. Good luck
I play this in VR. It's awesome. Requires are pretty powerful PC in Vr.
6:55 did you just fire a rocket at an air target?
hi does this game have a decent player base with regards to online sim battles? im thinking of buying it but want to confirm beforehand thanks
There are 3-4 really populated hardcore online project servers (up to full 84 players in prime-time) and much more casual-style servers. The community is nice and helpful. Hop in! I could give you some intro advise
Este sería un buen momento para comprar un buen juego, si tan solo no se me hubiera freído la tarjeta gráfica... very nice video btw
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Is it on PS4
If you not want to spend so much money you can by the old Il -2 Sturmovik series. Il-2 1946 is the complete version of all old Il-2 Series games, and you can fly at western and eastern Europe, at Northafrika, China and the Pacific. The grafics are not up to date. It is a game from 2006, and the base version is from 2001, but there are a lot of great free mods to make it look better. It will not look as good as the new games, but you only have pay 10 Euros at steam for it and you get all WW2 scenarios and many planes from all countries, who fought in WW2.
one 'little' fail - 1946 has no realism in flight or damage physics at all.
Yes but when you play realistic in war thunder all the properties of the other games happen as if you turn to hard your wings can come off and engines can cut out and you only have a certain amount of fuel and ammo
Or even if you play sim mode, then it is almost like IL-2 in many ways, besides the damage model and physics.
@@Hosanna77777 ...and DM, armament and flight physics change the experience drastically. WT is no way a simulator.
@@Jagdflieger03 @Alexey Ivanov... In no way a simulator ay? Well, what is a simulator? I agree that IL-2 is a much better simulation, but you can't say that War Thunder isn't a simulator at all. War Thunder has accurate vehicle models, decent flight physics, good maps, and good gameplay in my opinion. In fact, to the untrained eye, WT and IL-2 are almost identical in their simulation modes.
Now I know what seems odd to me: The sound does not seem to be right! The motors of those planes should be louder and more pronounced.
could you recommend modern flight combat game...little less realistic than dsc... i mean i have a dayjob and stuff to do..no time to learn how to pilot a fighter jet :D nice video :)
What are the things in War Thunder Simulation mode that aren't realistic? I haven't really the experience with WT or DCS to tell
War thunder is free so you can check it out and tell the difference.
I JUST MADE AN IR TRACKING SYSTEM FROM USING ONE OF THOSE CLIP ON BATTERY LED BIKE LIGHTS, I JUST REMOVED THE LEDS AND EXTENDED THE WIRES THEN REPLACED THE LEDS WITH IR LEDS, CAMERAS JUST AN OLD LAPTOP INTERNAL CAMERA I REMOVED AND WIRED TO USB. SORRY 4 SHOUTING LOL MY CAP[S IS STUCK : ( P.S DONT FORGEET TO LOOK AT THE PDF WWII FLIGHT MANUALS IN THE GAME FOLDERS.
Good review. Thanks for the info.
Little problem did you ever play War thunder in simulator battle mod?
So.. is there aaa in il2 like in WT?
haha, great review, What do you mean to not believe what they tell you in school? You mean in regards to history or technology?
School is great to be a good employee, good citizen that pays taxes and agree with politicians, and to feel as part of a society. Higher education is good if you want to learn a bit more, find a good job (maybe), have a paper that certifies you spent some years studding a specific matter and spent a lot of money doing it. It depends on what you want to do, even scientist today say things that are not entirely true, together with many that are true, but because the credit they have, and the lack of knowledge of normal people like us, we accept everything they say as true.
@@Joyplanes I start to like you even more. Glad to find a like minded person.
Thanks. I like what I see and I’ve been waiting to get this because I’d have to buy a PC system. If I buy the PC system I’d feel obligated to get a flight sim joystick set up. But I do think it’s time. Thanks again
Is the Corsair available in the options?
Corsair will be available in the next simulator in series: il-2 Korea. It was just recently announced.
How can we escape in the damage plane
You eject, its in the controls.
Can anyone tell me If I buy a IL2 disk will it work in Microsoft 10? I used it when I had Micro xp. It wouldn't work correctly in micro 8 so I ditched it. OR does anyone know a good WW2 simulator for Micro10? Please let me know!!
Windows 10 you mean correct?
@@Gunter_Severloh Thanks yes I stand "corrected". Windows10, WindowsXP.
Wish you could have answered my question, though!🤔
how do you get this to run on windows 10?
it does pretty well.
@@Jagdflieger03 mine wont even let me install it.
to be fair dcs is getting lots of new ww2 planes now
Remember when IL2 had like 500 planes..
Nice review, however you missed and should try, (4 me), the best sim... IL2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz, the most complete and soon with the 5.0 patch. Just try it and you'll see what I mean for realism...!
Agree, but that game does not have vr support yet. So I must wait til it will be implemented.
Blitz has Super Mario cloud system tho...
My opinion is... You need to look at the new power update in war thunder
Was this for Xbox 360
can you use both vr and hotas together?
Yes
Will this run on Windows 10?
So you use a joystick and keyboard together????
of course, since you don't have 50 buttons on your stick.
Nice vid bro
Hi! Is there a good game like this or Combat Flight Simulator on Android? Soon?