Big news for IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of... series today.

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/32254-announcing-battle-bodenplatte-flying-circus-tank-crew-and-mo/#entry532738

Operation, or Battle of Bodenplatte, for continuity, will be awesome! Mustangs, Thunderbolts and Tempests, and even a Spit IX and a Me-262 jet!

But, what really made my day, weekend, and month. Hell, made my year, is the announcement of a sequel to my beloved Rise of Flight!

First of all, VR was made for WWI aerial combat.
Think about it. What are the drawbacks of VR? Resolution makes it harder reading text and instruments in cockpit. Harder to look at the keyboard for aircraft systems commands.
What about an era of aerial warfare when there hardly were any instruments to look at? When there were no advanced systems to deal with. All you needed was the seat of your pants and your head on a swivel.

VR support was initially promised for RoF, but that was before VR developers decided to drop DX9 support. Developing a new DX11 engine for RoF was considered too costly, and was put on hold.
I have been hoping for this day to come, when 777/1_C would decide that the time was right.
I mean, the IL-2 engine is perfect for the job, and a lot, if not all, of the research that went into RoF can be used for Flying Circus. Great name, BTW!

Thank you @777Studios_Jason, you really made me happy! Need a betatester? :wink:

Oh yeah… @schurem;

CALLED IT! :wink:

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