Great info, thanks! I should’ve guessed the community does great things here too if there given some tools.
As flight sims and their numerous DLC tend to become very expensive, taking advantage of these big sales allow us to save quite a lot!
It's also worthwhile having an IL2 website/forum account...there's often sales on the store page that don't make it onto Steam or are slightly cheaper buying direct. They also send out advance emails when there's a sale coming up. I bought the original IL2 BoS from Steam...the rest I've bought direct from the website since 100% of the cash goes to the developers. The forum is also a great resource for free DLC like historical paint packs and 3rd party add-ons etc...I'm aware of that, but of course I always forgot to put them in my wish list as well.
I have not many hopes of making them run decently in VR on a poor 1060, and even less of mapping everything needed on a poor Hotas 4, but surely I'll have enough even for some simple free flying around, it might be worth the experience alone. Also, campaigns generator! I've been missing those since 1946!
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And that's exactly what I've always done. Throttle forward, throttle back (WEP aside when available). Real purists will boo at me, and honestly I'd like very much to dedicate myself to some engine management as well, but can't be bothered when A) I don't have a comfortable enough interface to handle all those additional controls and B) I'm still stuck to a (admittedly comfortable) chair in a warm, quiet, tiny flat. I can't feel the right pull of the engine on the proper mixture/pitch, I can't feel the rattling and shaking of a wrong carburation. I'm of that old school that thinks most of the engine and chassis of any vehicle, you manage with the bum more than with hands. I might just make an exception for things like radiators and cowlings, but that's it really. But I'll make no compromises on aerodynamics, I want the full package there (even though approaching stalls are very much another bum thing).
Also, I think I'll drink a shot every time I quote askavir from now on.
Being a life long biker, I understand that seat of the pants feeling at a grass roots level too. Even my 1998 Harley springer doesn't have 'modern' things like a tachometer or fuel gauge...I reset the odometer trip every time I fill up with fuel and know that at roughly 280 miles down the road, I'm down to a third of a tank...I feel the corners, hear the revs and know instinctively by feel how much grip I've got on the front tyre. I know every splutter and cough or strange rattle unique to a Harley Evolution engine it has.And that's exactly what I've always done. Throttle forward, throttle back (WEP aside when available). Real purists will boo at me, and honestly I'd like very much to dedicate myself to some engine management as well, but can't be bothered when A) I don't have a comfortable enough interface to handle all those additional controls and B) I'm still stuck to a (admittedly comfortable) chair in a warm, quiet, tiny flat. I can't feel the right pull of the engine on the proper mixture/pitch, I can't feel the rattling and shaking of a wrong carburation. I'm of that old school that thinks most of the engine and chassis of any vehicle, you manage with the bum more than with hands. I might just make an exception for things like radiators and cowlings, but that's it really. But I'll make no compromises on aerodynamics, I want the full package there (even though approaching stalls are very much another bum thing).
Also, I think I'll drink a shot every time I quote askavir from now on.
, but I still remember the first times I got on a car to learn to drive. My dad had an old Fiat from the times most of them still had carburettors and no rev counter, young kid me coming in from videogames with fancy racing cars of course wondered "but how do you know when to change gear, if you are too high or low revs? How can you do it only by hearing it when it's very loud around? How do you know when to pull or open air?". His answer was something along "you don't even need to hear it actually, trust me once you are the one moving the car around, you'll feel it without even thinking about it". And damn was he right. Especially with old Fiats. This is very good https://andres.shop
Hey, that’s what I still do, although I don’t have an old custom anymore.
