If you’ve got a bit of a competitive streak going and you love World War I kites, the recently announced ‘Flight Club’ might be just the thing you’re looking for. e-Sports for Flying Circus Organized by the Flying Circus multiplayer community, group organizers have made an announcement earlier in the week that their group would…
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Flying Circus’ Sopwith Snipe full review
Added to the IL-2 series back in December of 2022, the Sopwith Snipe arrives to the Flying Circus side of the series as the first completely new aircraft to join the series since its inception. Prior aircraft releases have also been based on rejuvenated versions from Rise of Flight – the Snipe is all new!…
A look around Flying Circus’ Western Front 1918 map
Released in late November with Update 5.003 for the IL-2 Great Battles Series, the Western Front 1918 map is one more step towards recreating the original content of Rise of Flight in the upgraded Great Battles simulation engine. I thought it’d be fun to have a look at the map and see what it offers!…
Update 5.003 for IL-2 adds highly anticipated C-47, Western Front map, StuG III plus sale!
A trio of highly anticipated content has just dropped for IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles with the launch of Update 5.003. The C-47A, Western Front map, and StuG III have all been hotly anticipated in some corners of the community and here they are for us to fly, drive, and experience. Let’s have a look at…
New Flying Circus multiplayer events worth checking out!
The Flying Circus community isn’t a big one but it is a dedicated one and two separate efforts that have come up in the community in recent days are worth your attention if you want to get involved in some multiplayer action on different days and nights. Regularly scheduled If you’ve been a follower of…
First look at the Sopwith Snipe and Siemens-Schuckert D.IV
A new IL-2 series developer diary is out and this time we’re getting our first look at Sopwith Snipe and Siemens-Schuckert D.IV. These are Collector Planes intended for use with Flying Circus. Let’s have a look! Final fighters As the first World War ground to a close, new fighter designs were still being churned out…
IL-2 4.702 update adds P-51B, two new Flying Circus Vol 1 campaigns!
I thought that update 4.702, not considering the P-51B, would be a fairly small last update of the year but this one has some nice content packed into it including two new Flying Circus campaigns and a bunch of other content. Let’s have a look! Long awaited Mustang The P-51B Mustang has taken a long…
Community Q&A: SYN_Vander and the Easy Mission Generator
When it comes to IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles mission generators, Pat Wilson’s PWCG isn’t the only game in town. There’s another mission generator that fills a different niche that you should also look at. I’m talking about SYN_Vander’s Easy Mission Generator (EMG) which is intended to put together missions quickly. It has some unique features…
IL-2 Sturmovik turns twenty today!
On November 18, 2001, 1C and Ubisoft released a brand-new flight sim from a little-known development studio based in Russia. Maddox Games’ IL-2 Sturmovik introduced a series of firsts into the flight simulation market with its focus on the eastern front and, to most of us in the west, a little known attack aircraft called…
Flight Journal: WWI piloting is risky business
I get excited when, on Thursday nights, the Jasta5 Flugpark server fill with WWI flight sim enthusiasts. These classic aircraft battles are a world unto their own and that can make it extremely fun to participate. This Flight Journal episode seeks to highlight the fun in the challenge but also in defeat as things don’t…
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