1. Fly 31 types of Russian, German and American planes. See them in different camouflage and paint schemes for different times of the year (at least summer and winter)

• 2. Fly pilot or rear gunner (IL-2 plane types only)
• 3. Choose between realistic and simple flight models with many adjustments to various realism settings.
• 4. See 40 other types of aircraft engaged in large air battles.
  (with camouflage paint schemes changing from summer to winter)
• 5. Engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground battles
• 6. Destroy any ground object, such as buildings, bridges, airfields, etc...
• 7. Play quick missions using full mission parameter settings

8. Play different types of single missions 9. Play campaign missions and track your career (with ranks and awards)

• 10. Fight against intelligent AI opponents
• 11. Play two different multiplayer modes: dog-fighting or cooperative missions across a LAN or the Internet with dedicated servers for online play
• 12. Multiplay: with up to 32 players in dogfight and 16 players in cooperative missions. Use custom paint schemes, squadron nose art, numbering on wings, and national markings for each single plane.
• 13. Record a flight track of any of your flights and edit these tracks. Then play and enjoy or send this track file to others.
• 14. Use Network and Internet voice communications for multiplayer sessions
• 15. Build new missions and scenarios with an easy to use mission builder. Use missions for single or multiplayer sessions
• 16. Play new scenarios designed by other players
• 17. See exceptionally high quality aircraft and ground unit graphics
• 18. See massive air and ground battles between German and Russian airplanes and tanks
• 19. See realistic dynamic damage modeling
• 20. See realistic 3D world environment, including terrain, sky, unique clouds and weather conditions
• 21. See realistic smoke, explosions, fire and other special effects
• 22. Hear immersive radio chatter