IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles is a Simulation game.

IL-2: Forgotten Battles is the sequel to the award-winning IL-2 Sturmovik WWII combat flight simulator.

A variety of new features are included, such as 20 new single-player missions, 10 new multiplayer missions, 25 new flyable aircraft, and a new dynamic campaign system. IL-2: Forgotten Battles faithfully recreates ultrarealistic WWII aerial combat. The new aircraft included are some of the most famous planes of the war, such as the German Ju-87 'Stuka', the American P-47 'Thunderbolt', and the Russian La-7. Six new maps are included for single and multiplayer, with regions ranging from Helsinki to Leningrad and Hungary to Poland, as well as custom maps designed for multiplay. IL-2: Forgotten Battles was developed by the award-winning creators of the original IL-2 Sturmovik. It's the sequel that armchair pilots have been waiting for.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles introduces a dynamic campaign. The dynamic campaigns are automatically generated, and the player can select his or her nation, squadron, and aircraft to fly. Players can also decide when they want to join the war. After the completion of each mission, the results will be processed and another mission will automatically be generated – and so on, until the end of war. Results of one mission will carry on to the next and no two missions will be the same.

During the campaigns, forces will advance or retreat, based on the history of the battles. However, frontline movements can speed up or slow down in limited degree. Additionally, resource tracking is present and objects destroyed in one mission will stay destroyed in the next. Every destroyed plane, friendly or hostile, reduces the number of planes of this type in the theatre, making their appearance less likely. Destroyed trains and transport columns will affect supply rate. If an ace is killed or captured, he will not appear in future battles.

Squadron management will also play a key-role in the dynamic campaign system. Every pilot has a name, photo (it is possible to replace the default photos) a rank, medals, sorties and kills. Each pilot's skill level is defined by combat experience. In IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles pilots can be killed, captured, promoted, awarded or transferred. Losses are replaced, but new pilots will likely have minimal combat experience. Each squadron has a limited amount of combat ready planes, and if this number drops below some point, the squadron will be short-handed.

Players may choose to play from any time of 1941 to 1945 and fly for either Germany, Russia, Finland or Hungary.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles Includes:

• Over 25 new flyable WWII aircraft, including the German Ju-87 Stuka, the American P-47D Thunderbolt, and the Russian La-7.
• Twenty new single-player missions.
• Three new map areas of Finland, Hungary, Ukraine and Poland.
• Three new multiplayer maps designed for multiplayer action.
• Ten new cooperative multiplayer missions.
• New Dynamic Campaign system.
• Additional award and ranking system for new Finnish and Hungarian campaigns.
• New AI for vehicles and ground objects in each new map area.
• Improved flight dynamics for added realism.
• Selectable custom skins for playable aircraft.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles includes from the original IL-2 Sturmovik game:

• All aircraft (including those released for free in add-ons).
• All maps.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles does not include from the original IL-2 Sturmovik game:

• The single missions.
• The multiplayer missions.
• The 3 offline single player campaigns.

Note: The Download Now link will download a small installer file to your desktop. Remain online and double-click the installer to proceed with the actual download.

A variety of new features are included, such as 20 new single-player missions, 10 new multiplayer missions, 25 new flyable aircraft, and a new dynamic campaign system. IL-2: Forgotten Battles faithfully recreates ultrarealistic WWII aerial combat. The new aircraft included are some of the most famous planes of the war, such as the German Ju-87 'Stuka', the American P-47 'Thunderbolt', and the Russian La-7. Six new maps are included for single and multiplayer, with regions ranging from Helsinki to Leningrad and Hungary to Poland, as well as custom maps designed for multiplay. IL-2: Forgotten Battles was developed by the award-winning creators of the original IL-2 Sturmovik. It's the sequel that armchair pilots have been waiting for.

Over 25 new flyable WWII aircraft, including the German Ju-87 Stuka, the American P-47D Thunderbolt, and the Russian La-7. Twenty new single-player missions. Three new map areas of Finland, Hungary, and UkrainePoland. Three new multiplayer maps designed for multiplayer action. Ten new cooperative multiplayer missions. New Dynamic Campaign system. Additional award and ranking system for new Finnish and Hungarian campaigns. New AI for vehicles and ground objects in each new map area. Improved flight dynamics for added realism. Selectable custom skins for playable aircraft

Windows 98/Me/XP. Processor: PIII 800 MHz. Directx 9.0b. 256 MB RAM. Free hard drive space: 1.1 GB. 3D Video Card 16MB Directx 9.0b. 16-bits Sound Card