IL-2 Sturmovik - Battle of Normandy DLC

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Normandy brings the air war surrounding the successful Allied invasion on France in June 1944 to life on computer screen! Experience what it was like the smash the German war machine on the Western Front in WWII as the Allies enjoy air superiority over the continent of Europe. Or fly as a member of the Luftwaffe as you desperately try to throw the invasion force back into the English Channel! The latest installment of the IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles series is dedicated to late war aerial engagements between the U.S. Army Air Force, Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe in the skies over the Normandy and Calais regions of France before and after the Allied invasion of Jun 6th, 1944. Both the preparation and execution of the invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord) had a large air component and involved many airfields in the UK and in France, especially after the Allies landed and built many Advanced Landing Grounds. Some German-built and occupied airfields were captured, repaired and re-used by the Allies as they advanced. Battle of Normandy will explore and recreate the drama as the Allies try to use airpower to secure the invasion beachhead and force a breakout to march to liberate France and attack Germany itself. Airpower played a crucial role in this battle and the Luftwaffe’s increasingly desperate struggle to stem the Allied air offensive of fighters, attackers and bombers will pose an entertaining challenge for any seasoned virtual pilot.Battle of Normandy contains nine famous aircraft you can take into virtual combat alone or with friends and comes with a map of the Normandy theater that includes a portion of southern England and northwest France. The topography is taken from satellite data and painstakingly reproduced to accurately reflect the battleground as it was in mid-1944 both pre and post invasion. Realistic Environment and Physics Battle of Normandy, just as in all our Great Battles titles, features a realistically modeled combat and flight environment with an advanced physics engine. Aircraft have realistic aerodynamics and are modeled to fly like their real-life counterparts. A detailed damage model along with beautiful cockpits and physiological modelling of pilot's fatigue accumulation after active maneuvering in a dogfight complete the picture. Real pilots tell us that the feeling of flight in the Great Battles series is amazingly accurate. Several Ways to Play You can choose several ways to play Battle of Normandy in either single-player or multiplayer modes. Just like all of our other Great Battles titles, Battle of Normandy takes full advantage of our mission design logic and multiplayer capabilities of the IL-2 Sturmovik simulation engine. Quick Mission Builder If you just want to jump into the cockpit and start shooting, we have several dogfights, duels and free flights available in the Quick Mission Builder (QMB). These quick missions are a great way to hone your flying and aerial combat skills before you tackle objective-based single-player missions or intense multiplayer missions. And if you own any other Great Battles title, you can also play quick missions with the Normandy aircraft on other maps, not just the Normandy map. Advanced Quick Mission Generator Once you’ve mastered quick mission combat, and you want to fly a more challenging and detailed objective-based mission, but don’t want to learn our Mission Editor, then the Advanced Quick Mission Generator (AQMG) is for you. Simply pick an airfield, aircraft and mission type and a few other parameters and a fully detailed mission will be generated for you. No two missions will be identical guaranteeing hours upon hours of great sorties to fly! Pilot's Career Another step forward in complexity is the Career mode: here you can join one of more than 100 historical American, British or German squadrons and complete missions day by day, earning awards and rising in rank - after becoming a commanding officer you can direct your subordinates and alter the mission plan. Mission types change and represent the real missions this squadron was performing on this day. The frontline shifts and the weather changes according to history, ground forces capture or lose airfields and squadrons fly rebase missions. You can even can ask to be transferred to another unit or read a newspaper with news articles of the time. Multiplayer As with all our Great Battles titles, Battle of Normandy supports both Dogfight and Co-op