Hey Toad, don't mess with master Tank! Let him rest in peace!!!
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In general the 109s handle sweet in IL2 and are competetive at any period of the war. LW even has the advantage early. The G6 (non AS model) OTH is vastly underpowered and a death trap in online flying - it has a fabelous 6 view but that only helps to see whos killing you.
One problem is the lack of correct high altitude FM/atmospheric modeling - 109s cannot play out their advantage --- hopefully that will change in FB.
The 190s are another story. Unlike in AH the 190 does not stand a chance in a 1vs1 against a russian fighter from the same period. They still have fierce fire power and good flight characteristics but loose tremendous E in the slightest of turn. Controls in IL2 are a bit twitchy and not as crisp as in AH (reality check?) what makes it hard to use its rolerate to the full potential. Again the A4 seems underpowered whereas the A5 handles nicely - you won't ever get shot in a 190 if you play it out right. With caution you can escape any russian planes but you will rarely win a "classic AH dogfight".
With FB the 190 will (re)gain much potential with the introduction of realistic engine/prop manegement. So IL2 will be the first sim to unleash the power of the Kommandogerät in the 190 which will make it a much more effecient fighter!
Funked, IL2 (out of the box) might have some flaws in the engine/prop modelling - but at least it has one!
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Even if you all mock about conspiracy this is worth a thought! Oleg had a gigantic hit in the, previous internationally unknown, russian (eastern) market. I've never seen so many russians in a (online) sim as in IL2. And they've been attracted by the
planes and maybe theater! So the russian crates cannot be on the loosing side - can they? Put a "decent" pony or hog into a sim and the ami will swarm in. Spitfire for the brits - Yaks and Lavochkins for the ruskies. Patriotism pushes through everytime (hehe - ok, I am generalising a bit
). To bad we'll never see a german WW2 sim -
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