Yeah, when we get there, it may well be high on my list. It seems obvious CloD is going nowhere fast, and while I don't quite agree with the extent of maligning of IL-2's FM, it is very long in the tooth. We are do for some good fresh WWII blood.

I definitely agree there. And CloD isn't that terrible now - I've played it a bit and did have fun, though for "old tech" I find RoF more enjoyable mainly because the FM "feels" better. I wouldn't have the first clue about whether it actually is better - at least not insofar as adequatly replicating the flight behaviour of the aircraft in question - but that's the feeling I get from it.

I'm hopeful for DCS though. What it'll basically take (I think, I least) is that people accept that getting a top-line simulation of WW2 simply will not be possible with "only" 40 to 60 dollars purchase price. The market is too small, even though WW2 is popular, to cover the costs of pushing the bar up further without charging more, and in this case I find it a nice model to let people pay for the specific things they want to use. Like, I'd imagine that if we get a DCS Fw-190, there will be people that want that plane but don't want the P-51D. Similarly, those that want the P-51D simply to fly it but aren't really interested in combat (and there's a LOT of those people, the success of A2A P-51D is a testament to this) will not be "forced" to use their money towards the development of a WW2 theatre.

the one big problem of course is - this will take time. But I think that in 4 years or so, when we look back, we'll see this as the time where huge things started happening.

I think some of us are not quite getting the concept. You only buy the planes you really want. It's unlike IL2, but with a few more 3rd Partay Deevelopers doing WWII we could have the best WWII era sim EVER! Remember that each plane is a study sim in it's own right, so why shouldn't they charge $40 a pop per plane?

Right now i play Rise of Flight, DCS A10-C, DSC P51-D and FlightGear. I hope they continue to create great simulator games.

I have the beta P51-D now and i like it, it need some tweaks but it's cool. Throw it against modern air defense hardware for which A10-C has countermeasures, but the mustang does not stand a change. This for me is simulation at it's best. Everything must live up to a certain quality standard., and like a sandbox one can toy with it in a simulated environment.

That being said, the P51-D is great for air races, but to be put in a WW2 simulated environment it needs opponents like the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Maybe they need to expand their userbase / customers, otherwise how can they make a living, not from selling a few products to a small group of sim gamers. I think creating tools for 3rd party developers is a good way to expand their business.

This is what is happening. I'd personally love for there to be a WWII era 3rd party dev to see the possibilities. Accusim perhaps?