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On W W II FIGHTERS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: September 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Among the very best fighter simulations - equalled, perhaps, but not surpassed for quality of graphics, flight dynamics, and
over-all realism. However, not for the beginner: the "easy" flight mode in this game is more difficult than the "difficult" mode of less-demanding flight simulations. This edition includes the essential keyboard reference card but does not include the original manual so important to novices (the manual can still be bought separately by applying to the publisher directly).

WW2 Fighters: First Impressions

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This review is based on approximately 10 hours with the simulation. System: Dell 8100 P3 1.2 GHz, 384Mb SDRAM with ATI Radeon 7500 64Mb 3-D Card. OS: MS Windows XP.

Installation was a snap and I chose a full install which usually avoids 'stuttering' in a graphics related sim like this one. Install took approximately 3 minutes. Documentation in the CD jewel case focuses only on installation and tech support and the large manual is available on the .pdf file included on the CD which is to be expected for the price of $(...).

I recommend that after you install you bring up the Manual and at least print out the Key Commands section in the 'Players Guide' prior to flying.

Joystick selection is narrow and no instructions are included for mapping key commands to stick but the file ww2keys.txt in the main folder allows you to map the various commands to your stick.

My stick (Thrustmaster Afterburner) has the tension set on max and yet I found rudder, elevator and aileron roll way to sensitive. The .StickSensitivity and .StickDeadZone fields in the ww2.ini file located in the main folder is easy to modify by simply adjusting the numbers until the 'feel' is right. If you have a MS stick you will be able to map thru the sticks software with no problems.

Graphically, this sim stands head and shoulders over the competition: damage modeling, tracers, weather effects, clouds (the best I've seen so far!), sun glare, aircraft presentation, etc., are ouststanding and come very, very close to IL2 in terms of detail.

Flight Modeling (FM) is above average but hard core simmers will easily be able to push the envelope and recovery is too easy.
Frankly, although FM is always hotly debated by the hard core, I feel that it is academic as we are 'flying' on a PC! I found the FM totally acceptable on this sim.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is well done and at higher levels the computer controlled pilots will keep you sweating. Unfortunatley, wingman commands are non-existent and although radio chatter and directions from your wingman are intuitive this is the one area where the sim falls down. The AI for your wingmen is average at best and it never ceases to amaze me how a sim like European Air War (EAW) models this facet of air combat so well, is now several years old and no company has yet to either embrace this type of system or improve on it!

Seven famous aircraft are available and the training flights included are realistic and well designed; don't be put off by this sim if you are a 'weekend warrior' - the training missions combined with the simple 'Fly Now Mode' and the single missions allow you to work your way up to a campaign. Further, this sim is extremely addicting based on it's graphic's alone which will drive you to master it.

Where this sim really shines lies in it's Custom Mission Builder which allow's you to craft complex missions including aircraft, ground forces and weather with a host of options. I've just started working with this and you really to need to print out the relevant instructions to get the full benefit of this powerful tool.

This sim is a graphic's hog and you need at least 32Mb of ram with your video card (I recommend 64!) to have it realize it's potential. Frame rate on my PC varried from 30 to 70 fps depending on where my aircraft was (i.e., high altitude or down low). Terrain is excellent and appears to be a combination of the systems' used in MS's CFS and IL2. Detail breaks down at extremely low level and ground objects are well done but not as detailed as seen in IL2.

Overall, this one is a 'keeper' and I can already tell you that it will remain on my hard drive. It would have received 5 stars except for the lack of wingman commands and a linear campaign structure.

If you can have two WWII sims on your hard drive, ensure you have EAW and WW2 Fighters! For a truly immersive campaign structure EAW is the way to go and when you feel the need for incredible graphics and pure fun - it will be time to fire up WW2 Fighters! Highly Recommended!

great sim

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: March 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for any flight or combat sim fan. the sound and graphics are very realistic! Also the way you control your plane is realistic too. You get to chose whether you're on the allied or axis forces and in one mode you can pick your aircraft. This is a great game and I recommend it!

The BEST WWII Flight Sim ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This WWII flight sim is by far the best out there! The graphics are very realistic. The planes are very accurate and flying the P-51s against the German ME's (rocket powered planes) is about as good as it gets. Hard to learn without a manual, but you should rely on the pdf's foudn within the installed software. PRINT THEM OUT! Great, great flight sim. It's consuming up a lot of my time these days!!

Maybe the WWII flight sim you've been looking for

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Wondering what WWII flight sim to get for your P2? Haven't gotten the horsepower to Run "Stormavik"? Give "Jane's WWII Fighters" a try. In WW2F, you can fly for Allied air forces or the ominous Luftwaffe during the latter days of the war - specifically the frozen forests of central Europe during the "Battle of the Bulge". Flyable aircraft include the usual suspects - Mustangs and Thunderbolts against Me-109's and Focke-Wolfes. The mission structure isn't entirely dynamic - with missions designed along a flowing outline that doesn't allow you to exactly change the course of history, but will spare you the indignity of flying the same mission twice. Unlike its Microsoft competition, JWW2F won't let you add on aircraft form anywhere, so you've got to make the most of what the program has. But that's nothing to laugh at - the planes are realized pretty well for a survey sim, with the -47's and Mustangs exteriors realized down to the last rivet, and the flight panels containing a working suite of instruments. The flight model also seems much more convincing than the cartoonish flight models of the earlier Jane's Fighters series, and the visual model shows some painful looking damage for those who get caught. I think it was a marketing goof to use a name which hints at a relationship between this game and say USNF '97. The terrain is much better at low altitudes than MS-CFS, and the scenery and aircraft are almost enough to convince me I was freezing up in an airplane during the winter of 1944-45. If you haven't bought a WWII game since Microprose's "1942: Pacific Air War" or haven't the horsepower to run "Stormavik" or the forthcoming "Jane's Attack Squadron", this may be the WWII flight sim for you. I ran this game on my P4 with no WinXP compatibility problems.

must be true

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: May 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I havent even ordered it yet, but the other review by Boyde Kepner is my uncle. I can assure you that we are both flight simulator experts and he would know.. He said he would give me the deed to his house on the golf course if it wasnt the best simulator Iv'e ever seen.

Best Ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 12, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is my favorite game out there. Super and totaly cool graphics, the best crashes I've ever seen and you get to go deer hunting!! (Buy the game and land on a sheet of ice you'll see what i mean) Shootin at deers with bullets this size is fun!! but, Crashes are awsome. Real life situations happen. Canopy gets stuck, flaps jam, rotors bent, gear ripped off.When your guy ejects from a broken plane on the ground, that can't take off, he gets up and starts looking like he's cussing and making bad signals to the sky!!!. Whatever you do, Buy This Game.

This is an excellent flight sim

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the top flight simulator games, with first rate graphics, and good modeling of the various airplanes' flight characteristics.

I think I've tried them all since the old 1942, with it's carrier aircraft that stalled as soon as you pulled their noses up, to Sturmovik, and this ranks among the top 4 or 5 in my book.

I'm a former pilot, and have flown the real thing. I enjoyed this one very much.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre, USN (Ret.)

author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books

Not a chance

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: July 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Go buy "European Air War" by Microprose. If you value substance over style, the superficial and boring "WW2 Fighters" will NOT keep you interested.

Best Game on Earth

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game on eath! you can ceate you're own missions. Great Graphics, great sound, it rules!!!

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