Flight Journal: Getting the edge back with the Fw190A-6

A few weeks ago I wrote about losing the edge in combat flight sims. Faced with bad luck, poor tactics, and some broken flight sim hardware, my most recent sorties were mostly unsatisfying and it was time for a little break from flying. A few weeks does a lot of good because my most recent…

Reviewing the IL-2: Battle of Normandy Fw190A-6

Last week, a new Fw190 was released for the IL-2 Great Battles series. It’s another check on the list for aircraft in development for IL-2: Battle of Normandy. I am talking of course of the Fw190A-6. This variant of the famous Focke-Wulf fighter design fills in a gap between two other significant versions. What does…

IL-2 update 4.506 adds Fw190A-6, new effects, more

Battle of Normandy’s aircraft set grows by one today with the addition of the Fw190A-6 to the sim. It comes packaged together with yet another impressive patch list that includes everything from AI updates to new visual effects for small bombs and a new 4K texture for the Bf109E-7. Here’s the highlights! From Fw190A-6 to…

Fw190A-6 and new decals focus of IL-2 update

We have this week’s developer diary update from the 1CGS team and for the second week in a row we have a focus on the Battle of Normandy title that is in development right now. Two features are the focus of this week’s update including some new information on the Fw190A-6 including some interesting notes…