by alpha_1 » Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:02 am
I tend to agree with you on this. CFS2, by today's standards is uncluttered and simple. That's preciisely why I like it so much. There's a lot of historical significance in the sim and it's easily modded.
I have a whole stack of newer combat sims that I never fly. I'm not so dedicated that I feel the need to fly every day and with the newer ones that's pretty much what I have to do to stay in the air, much less stay alive in combat. I can't imagine the amount of training required of fighter pilots in the real world......mind blowing.
As much as I like Lock-On, for example......I've never flown a complete mission or campaign. There's just too much going on, even when landing. I'm getting long in the tooth and my reaction times are slowing down considerably. I'm actually in the process of creating a new CFS2 install dedicated to WWI as I write this. Great fun.
I still have Lock-ON FC, Falcon 4.0 sp4 installed and love to take those airplanes out for a spin now and then but just don't have the time to get fully immersed as I used to do. With CFS2, I can leave it alone for a couple of weeks, jump into the cockpit of whatever and fly a quick combat mission to hone my skills again, then reimmerse myself in some campaigns fairly easily with a reasonable chance of success. To my mind, it's the best all around flight combat sim ever designed for WWII aerial combat. I'll wager that's the reason ol' diehards like me stick with it.
No matter what our personal preferences are, thank God there are lots of excellent sims out there for any level of interest and skill.
Cheers,