In the case of video games or flight sims based mostly across the ‘Forgotten Conflict’ of Korea, none actually leap to thoughts, so information that 1CGS is engaged on a follow-up to the enduring IL-2 collection of flight sims and basing it on the Korean Conflict is thrilling on numerous ranges.
It actually does look like flight simming is being born once more. DCS World has by no means been as standard, MSFS has reached 15 million gamers, an increasing number of firms are getting in on the act of making actual flight controller hardware to play with, and now we’re getting a brand new fight flight sim from a few of the finest within the enterprise. What a time for simmers to be alive.
Regardless of no person actually ‘popularising’ the Korean Conflict it has led the world now, even some 75 years on to the state of affairs with North and South Korea so it’s of giant historic significance.
The devs have launched the primary of a deliberate collection of dev blogs and in it clarify a few of the plane we will count on to see together with jets from the primary and second era of the expertise in addition to piston-engined plane such because the F-51D Mustang.
The crew will recreate the air forces of the USA, North Korea, USSR, and China to precisely symbolize the conflict that might fairly simply have changed into WWIII.
The place issues sound like they’ll get very fascinating although is that in the primary sport mode, you gained’t simply be a pilot, you possibly can truly tackle the position of a commander of a complete unit, managing personnel and planning fight missions.
A wholly new sport engine is being developed to run the sim, reasonably than simply tweaking the previous one to carry it as much as fashionable requirements.
All we have now is a 2025 date proper now however we’re going to be following the progress of Korea carefully within the coming months.