This means so much to me guys/gals! I will follow these links immediately.
I am kinda desperate for a good gaming solution, and I *think* I am worthy of such a hard core crowd, but if you all disagree, by all means Say so! (and hopefully provide constructive criticism).
Ive always been a complete reality nut. Even with what I consider excellent skills and intelligence, I crash and die a lot from my own mistakes -- I kinda love that!
Recently however, a good friend of mine wants to get involved. He is also a hardcore reality fanatic (although every says that until they die a certain number of times in a row...) and s we are kind adesperate to play a non-arcade, non-idiotic flight sim.
Now I know he can handle the hard core chops (fuel mixtures, prop angles, relative humidity, etc) after a small period, but it would also not suck for us to find a game where the 'easy' mode had mostly realism choices like stall spin ammo and blackouts, but maybe not the super anal stuff.
I thought IL-2 1946 was perfect, and bought us copies.
So far, I just dont know how to get us into the kind of games we want. Ideally, we are looking for challenging multiplayer play right of the bat, but not insane, until we quickly graduate to the super realism stuff.
Are there any public servers (other than me v him head to head hosting) that can handle this?
We have tried playing kumawar.com -- dogfight stuff just to have some fun, but its either broken totally or trying to be broken permanently.
Anyone that has advice on servers to use, or mods, or options, or even other games that might be a better starting area, your ADVICE IS BADLY DESIRED!!!
Dont be shy =)
He flies nothing but Hurricane IIbs, and me Me-110s, so we both clearly have bad taste, low intelligence, and a high tolerance for suffering.
Thanks in advance!
Dr. Strangepork (callsign "Snowman")
co-Leader of "Cat Jugglers" Squadron
PS replies in thread are referred, but i also reply to gedanken at io.com