Another excellent WW2 replica simulated as well as can be expected. The overwhelming majority of us simmers have never even sat in the cockpits of these legendary machines much less flown one, so I temper my use of words like “authentic or accurate” to having only read extensively about such planes. That said this iconic fighter delivers on every note that I can research or have learned about. I expected a very difficult take off experience, but wow this is super difficult to get off the runway safely. It’s a real chore just trying to get in the air. Even in perfect weather it’s very challenging and a little frustrating. I still can’t take off without bouncing around or fighting a stall but at least not crashing anymore. As I understand it the real pilots had a pretty hard time learning how to take off injuring or killing a number of trainees. Once in the air it’s a great flying machine. Nimble, fast and not terribly easy, unlike say a P51 or Spitfire.
The liveries are similar but very nice.
My reason for 4 stars is I wish they could’ve maybe dumbed down the difficulty of the take off experience. As is it’s pretty frustrating. Maybe even too realistic? But it’s still a well priced and excellent product.