Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 was my introduction to the internet, forums et al. I have a lot of love for that game/sim, however it's very hard to find anyone to fly with anymore, and it is getting fairly dated.</p>

CFS3 was an improvement in graphics, but not in gameplay or simulation was the general concensus.</p>

IL2 came out and was very well liked. It's now gotten quite a fanbase and a lot of add-ons. I actually picked it up on Steam over the holidays for $5 on one of their sales.</p>


IL2 Wings of Prey http://www.airwargame.com/eng is new, and supposed to be very pretty, however there is some debate on how good of a simulation it is. It's supposedly a little more arcadey than the previous IL2 sims, as they've tried to please both the console gamers and the PC sim guys. I've yet to try it, I'm curious if it's any good though.
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