I have to admit that I am not a fan of civilian flight sims but blowing stuff up is where the fun game aspect comes in. Most of us simmers cut our teeth on the older military sims (Dynamix Aces Over, the Microprose sims or EA's LHX.) which were great fun and managed to be fun to play while giving the best approximation of flying an aircraft possible. It's part of the problem I have with IL2. It's a good sim but it lacks personality. The rivet counters are destroying the simming genre. Flight sims need to keep a sense of fun to become popular again. Wings of Prey and games like that get bad press for not being simmy enough but they are vital to breathe life back into the genre.
