~S~ Chaps,
Just got back from visiting Fruitbat and Fenrir and I had a great time. I also got to see and fly both RoF and CLOD for the very first time on full whistles and bells on Kev's machine.
I have to say that although I am still very much for IL2 , I can now see exactly what all of our RoF and CLOD fans are raving about.
It really was a revalation to me to see just how good the RoF flight models are and how good the graphics are especially the "LOD" as they call it. Great fun to fly.
As for CLOD wow.... Again the graphics and flight models which have been sorted are absolutely superb but I am told that there are still issues with the "LOD" and high altitude performance of some of the planes. Even so at low / medium levels it was awsome to watch the graphics and "feel" the aircraft handling. I really liked having to set up the compass, set up the gunsight, warm the engine in a Spitfire before take off. It was a great challenge to set the throttle in a 109E1 and use the prop pitch alone to maintain optimum revs and power.
So there you go chaps, if like me previously you haven't had a go at these "new" sims I would highly recommend doing so on a powerful PC.
Perhaps one day we will find room in the DDz for all three of these excellent sims on a more regular basis.
To those of you who have been playing RoF and / or CLOD for ages well..... I can see why
~S~ A most impressed Painless.