Well, that's the scuttlebutt anyways. New pictures are out showing more of the P-47 and what looks like a new map that may be in the Pacific.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/n6ur29/pics_for_todays_newsletter_are_up_looks_like_a/

Would be awesome if we eventually got a Pacific Air War sim out of DCS . . .

I'll take a Pacific Map out of whichever flight sim will give me one.

Yes, there is a free marianas map on the way. I believe it has a modern and a WW2 version.

How patient of a person are you?

Looks like a Corsair is coming too. Supposedly they're also working on a carrier for it as well. Still no sign of Japanese assets.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/leatherneck.simulations/posts/
https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/njlsiq/just_posted_by_leatherneck_simulations_facebook/

And the Marinas map is now in closed beta testing.

It's amazing to me at times that I have not played a full-fledged Pacific flight sim since the Pacific Fighters add-on for the original IL-2. I believe that came out around 2004?

And that's a #%&*$# shame.

Yet, often when the subject gets brought up, some will chime in with how there are lots of Pacific Flight sims, and we need to do more ETO or Russian Front sims because those do not get enough coverage . . .

Those people have no clue what they are talking about. If we are talking about official commercial releases then there have been exactly TWO Pacific combat flight sims released since 2000. IL-2 1946 and Combat Flight Simulator 2.


BEFORE the release of IL-2 in 2001 the Eastern Front was indeed ignored by developers.

The Marianas map is now released for the open beta.

Yup, it is out. Just keep in mind that you have to check the Marianas map under the module manager in order for it to download. It won't just download automatically.

And if you're running on steam, search for it in the store to download it.

There's a trailer for it. Sadly, no Japanese planes yet. What you see in the trailer are just reskinned 190s.

Well, with this modern airports in Marianas, can use F-16 as "what if" of Mitsubishi F-2.

Open beta is a separate 100 gig install?

I'm really tempted to finally buy some DCS planes/theaters with this dynamic campaign available...

I might have to test a high memory requirement campaign on the caucuses using the Black Shark to see how bad the frameright might suffer with only 16 gigs ram.

That sounds about right. My total DCS install on my PC right now is about 200 GB.

Mine is 270 GB. 139GB for the Open Beta alone. I don't even play the game at the moment but it takes up over half of my gaming SSD.

Yeah, because another road-map/rabbit hole/distraction for ED to disappear down whilst churning out more unfinished alpha/beta content that will never get finished is just what everyone needs!

And with this reality check, everybody's hopes and dreams are dashed, lol