Fighting Irish Forums

http://warthunder.com/en/
Just gave this a try, and its not as bad as I expected. Track IR and full HOTAS are supported. Good graphics and performance. FM's are a bit toned down . On the downside it's same business model as WoT ; so you have to fly a lot of crap (or spend insane amounts of cash) before getting a decent plane. Land armies and Navy are nort yet implemented, but their addition could make it interesting.

I've tried it.

Just like flying every mission as our P11 Xmas special!!! Crap plane fest in a whirling, tail chasing, furball. OK as a casual distraction, and the graphics are good and it runs nice and smooth, but it's a game, not a simulation.

It may be better if you buy the additional content to get better planes and historical scenarios, but I wouldn't risk buying it on the basis of the free bit I can see at the moment. Shame that.