r/IL2Korea

Hi.

I'm very interested in buying this game, it'll be my first IL2 game ever, I've played warthunder and a teeny tiny bit of DCS but I feel this would be a good middle ground and its probably my favourite era of fighter jets.

Anyway, I've read the reviews, I know the AI bots are pretty mid, So I was wondering what the multiplayer scene is like?
How many servers are there?
Is it mainly dogfighting/general air combat?
Or is it more mission based? IE cover the strike fighters for CAS etc...

Still slightly on the fence about the £70 price point through steam but I feel it may be justifiable...

Thanks in advance!

Not a comparison of which jet is better in terms of performance, but I just want to share my feeling of flying both jets in their current state.

Yes, MiG feels more powerful with great energy retention, superior turn rate and climb rate. I found myself frustrated to fully utilize its performance. It feels sluggish at high speeds and the guns are somewhat hard to use. Good thing is if you hit it’s almost guaranteed a kill. Overall, I can see the MiG has great potential but its handling and human machine interaction just isn’t ideal. Cockpit visibility is obstructed by many things and its flight instruments are useable but have much to be desired.

Sabre in terms of performance isn’t an ideal match to the MiG for sure. But the jet just handles like a champ in most speed ranges. At high speeds I feel I got more control over the jet, but you obviously risk of ripping the wings off. At low speeds, it handles surprisingly well against the MiG. Yesterday, I managed to beat a player piloted MiG in a one circle scissor fight and it felt extremely satisfying. The cockpit design of the jet is top notch. Visibility is better than the MiG, cockpit instruments feel easy to use. I know many people don’t like equip the radar gunsight but I found it could be more useful in certain situations. At least, you can use it to determine the range when you are in a tail pursuit. I wish you could switch the radar off since it would alert the MiG if they are equipped with RWR.

TLDR. For me, Sabre feels like a better jet to fly with and flight with.

I've tried to get into IL-2 in the past; I forget which specific entries, but there were at least 2, maybe 3. I think the original Sturmovik, and BOB, for sure. But one thing common to each entry that barred me from properly getting into it, despite being a flight simmer for 30+ years was the ridiculous obtuseness of everything to do with the menus/UI/UX.

This entry looks *reeeeeeeally* good, but with the games industry being what it is these days, and having been specifically bitten by major buyers regret with no recourse 3 times now in the last 6 months, and having fixed/limited income....I'm SO fucking averse to dropping another 70 bucks I'd never see again on this if they haven't addressed my main concern.

Are the menus actually navigable/usable/sensible now? Or are there still a billion hoops to jump through setting up controls, just getting your stick recognized, never mind button mapping? Are things still poorly laid out and often hidden (and even sometimes miscategorized)?

In the game, you have the option to setup the gun convergence similar to IL-2 GB. But I don’t think it’s called convergence but something like armament setup or something.

I assume it’s vertical convergence since MiG has noise mounted 23mm and 37mm.

Does anyone know a good value to set it to? I am using 300m now.

Also, is there a historical value used on MiG-15 when they come out of the factory? Did ground crew ever change it based on pilot’s preference?

For reference here’s my specs

Ryzen 5600g (horrendous Ik)

Amd 7600xt

32 gigs of ddr4

I don’t think I’ve actually exited this game once on my own. Every mode I’ve tried except multiplayer has crashed. I know other people have had this problem but it’s just frustrating when I’ve spent 80 dollars on a new game

I have been eyeing this game since release and have been looking for information about playability without a Hotas. For context i am looking to cover my itch of flying since moving on from Warthunder (that rabbit hole got too deep xD) and i love early jets as well later props. Aviation in general tbh. I am really used to the Realistic mode there and hoped that maybe Korea would be that game.

So has anybody tried the game without a hotas and how does it compare to warthunders controls.

I am not asking for flight model, realism etc. i know Korea is more a sim in the likes of Dcs(atleast it seems people compare it to dcs a lot).

I just want to know can i jump in right now and enjoy flying, before i get myself a new hotas and pedals (around 600$ i am not willing to spend right now).

Also maybe a place to discuss the whole controller compatibility mentioned on steam :D

Hey all! Was wondering if anybody else was having issues with the career mode awards?

My commander is the leader of the 35th fighter/bomber group and has conducted about 20 sorties in the F-80. In that I have destroyed 30 enemy aircraft and it seems like the game won’t award me even a silver star?

Love a good flight sim, and desperate to play but honestly, how can this price be justified?

I am struggling to justify the spend. There's a lot of mixed reviews and honestly, it's double what I expected.

Is anyone having buyer's remorse?

What airframes are everyone wanting to see in the future? Korea had a surprisingly large list of airframes used during the war, at least for the UN forces not to sure about the Communists. Personally I hope this isn't another game we're Navy aviation gets slept on would live to fly out the F4U, A1D and Panther.

I hate to give credit to the devs, but it was so much better than manually binding everything in Sturmovik