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posted 03-01-2001 02:06 PM     Profile for Editor   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote

Both Jane’s WW2 Fighters and IL-2 Sturmovik simulate the Me-109G6, as does European Air War, and B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th!

In this article, Len "Viking1" Hjalmarson does a side-by-side comparison of the 109 in each of the above-mentioned sims plus, he throws in a shot of a 109 from Rowan's Battle of Britain for good measure. Be warned, what you learn may come as a shock to your system!

Preview: A Tale of Two 109s: IL-2 vs. WW2 Fighters and Others


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posted 03-02-2001 08:09 AM     Profile for mac   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
All good stuff. I'm glad you've recognised the worth of WWII Fighters. I think the cockpit modelling was superb - for its day - and the engine sounds were pretty well spot on. It's a pity that some of the more recent sims could not take a leaf out of Jane's/EA's book; viz: CFS2. The cockpit modelling leaves a lot to be desired by comparison to WWII Fighters' attempt at accuracy and 'feel'.

As an aside, WWII Fighters' use of the mouse to move around the virtual cockpit was great, although using the joystick toggle switch in CFS2 is very precise - which is a lot more than can be said for the fighters in B-17, The Mighty Eighth, where P+Alt (toggled) enters the virtual cockpit mode. It floats about so much that it is just about impossible to control the all round view when 'in flight' and is SO imprecise that one can easily get disorientated, especially when dogfighting.

As another aside: I have recently upgraded my graphics card to a 32mb Creative GeForce 2 Blaster MX AGP. When playing WWII Fighters, I now notice that blue flashes/streaks appear in the sky and also he target indicators are interspersed with vertical bars. I would appear to have some sort of driver problem. Has anyone any ideas how to fix this?


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posted 03-02-2001 10:40 AM     Profile for Viking1     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I would try another driver.
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posted 03-02-2001 11:26 AM     Profile for mac   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
Thanks. Any recommendations as to which driver might be worth a try?
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posted 03-02-2001 03:25 PM     Profile for Viking1     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
6.50 seems to work very well for most people.
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