IL-2 Cliffs of Dover Blitz | Spitfire | A Lucky Escape!

We hit the skies during the summer of 1940, defending the South Coast of England at the start of the Battle of Britain! We are a Rookie pilot fresh out of training. In this episode we take to the skies to patrol, recon and CAPs
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ABOUT THIS GAME
Join the decisive aerial battle of the 20th Century - The Battle of Britain. Zoom over the white cliffs as a Fighter pilot in the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force, or pilot the black crossed Bf-109's and Bf-110's of the Luftwaffe and the Italian Fiat G-50 of the Regia Aeronautica. Accept the technical challenge of flying bombers or attack aircraft like the German Junkers 88, Heinkel and Stuka, the Italian Fiat BR-20, or the British Bristol Blenheim or Beaufighter. IL-2 STURMOVIK: CLIFFS OF DOVER: BLITZ EDITION is the completely revised re-release from 1C Games with graphics upgraded to DX 11, new aircraft, and new Flight and Damage models.
Re-Release Game Features
20 additional flyable aircraft or variants, in total over 47 meticulously modeled types for players to pilot, plus another 16 non-flyable aircraft or types, all the major aircraft participants in the Battle.
Complex control systems, interactive cockpits, new and more realistic engine and aeronautics modeling give pilots endless challenges.
Amazingly detailed weapons and damage systems provide exciting combat and awe inspiring effects.
The expansive 350 by 350 km map covers London, the entire southeast of England, the English Channel, Northern France and parts of Belgium and has been updated with beautiful new textures and additional historical landmarks. New Autumn and Winter maps allow the Battle to be extended into late 1940.
Dozens of vehicles, ships and structures give life to the environment.
Large multiplayer environment allows over 100 players and dozens of AI aircraft online simultaneously, providing for huge and spectacular aerial battles.
Challenging campaigns in Single Player and a flexible and detailed Mission Builder provide endless hours of enjoyment.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core I5 6500 or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 11.0 compliant 4 gb
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible
Additional Notes: Joystick and keyboard
RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core I7 6800k or equivalent
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 11.0 compliant 8 gb
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 10 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible
Additional Notes: Joystick with twist handle rudder or Joystick with rudder pedals

[@garymyers6638]

When belly landing, glide. Turn off your engine. A spinning prop hitting the ground ( ground strike) ruins the engine by bending or breaking the crank shaft. England needs those airframes or failing that, as much as they can salvage from a downed craft.

[@timonsolus]

Immersion breaking result from Il-2 CoD there. Any collision between a Spitfire and a Bf 110 that completely rips off the Bf 110's wing should render the Spitfire completely unflyable, as the Bf 110's airframe is thicker and stronger than the Spitfire's. That flight should have ended with a bail out.

[@advorak8529]

I see a fan of the usual British method of downing a plane: Dump .303s into them until they are too heavy to fly.

[@raaritsgozilla]

Shout out to the perfect 3 point landing around 15:53

[@GioMarron]

It’s amazing how the rudder negatively affected your aim Both before and after you lost it

[@donaldwrightson]

Never forget,Taff,any landing you can walk away from is a good landing!!!!

[@MikelZappy]

As much as I really enjoy watching your videos Taff, and I have been following your channel for years. I feel blessed and happy that your still playing this old games to keep an old timer like me entertained.

[@K_Kara]

Ended abruptly, but very fun series.

[@mikhailiagacesa3406]

Brave Junker crew for hanging on to their bombs for so long.

[@kingfish4575]

Last chap was quite the pilot.

[@edwardmorriale9358]

You got very lucky. Also, I just watched your video on WWI vs. WWII combat. Your Hurricane had the same problems the Me 262 pilots had, when they first got into combat. Very fast vs. very slow.

[@JDKempton]

Kept expecting a squadron of returning enemy planes to run into you, great video.👍

[@conmcgrath7174]

They'd be low on fuel hopefully.

[@RedBravo65]

Nicely done. Both the flying and video production.

[@Rvoid]

Those 303s are absolutely unsatisfying. Edit: that Ju-88 must have had a death wish flying solo that low in daytime.

[@71Splinter]

great quality on the video man!

[@Autofire-nw5ty]

Love this series

[@arthurcrego8297]

Great video I always love your work outstanding way above all others.

[@willynthepoorboys2]

Thanks for the video.

[@daxdushkewich8193]

There you go Mate... Any landing you walk away from ,it's a good one...

[@KrautGoesWild]

That should be enough for another medal 🙂

[@skeeterd5150]

I knew the spitfire’s wings were good, but damn?!

[@darrian6657]

I wish he would give us the after action report

[@Paludion]

Perhaps he feels it's breaking the immersion, seeing as he takes a "storytelling" take with his campaign.

[@conmcgrath7174]

Yeah, I miss that too.

[@stablegun314]

Same

[@stablegun314]

Same

[@RemusKingOfRome]

"Ramming SPEED ! .."

[@antonrudenham3259]

One of the few things wrong with IL-2 is the ability of 110 and Stuka rear gunners to hit you when their pilots were chucking their planes about, imagine lugging a hand held and very heavy MG in +G/-G and then imagine trying to lead a nimble target while doing so! I found tackling anything with a rear gunner to be far more dangerous than anything without, including fighters and this is obviously an inversion of reality.

[@Gunfreak19]

Yeah, AI gunnery seems very hard to get right. Either completely useless or way to dangerous. Be it bomber gunners or ground fire.

[@stix0951]

Is this the mk1 or mk1a spitfire? (former has the De-Havilland Two Speed Propellor and the later the Rotol Constant Speed Propellor) BTW @13:10 thats water from the radiator , not smoke 🙂

[@roberts1938]

Nice. Can you tell a little about the hardware you use to play? Tracking, throttle control, joystick, foot control rudder... and more.

[@colindouglas7769]

Crikey, Taff! Those 109s were a tad on the sleepy side! You would have thought after poking the rottweiler once, the others would have woken up and kicked your sorry ass back to Blighty, but they all flew like rookies!

[@normannobrot]

did you manage to fix the issue with the joystick keeping its mapping?

[@2rhx]

I don't wanna be a douchebag, but as I see that shoot... You probably a stormtrooper. :D (pls don't be mad)

[@GhostRider247]

Taff can i ask , do you use head tracking ? or hat switch ? i have this game also and id really love to get the most out of it , i have a stick and throttle its a thrustmaster hotas 4 and it works fine its just the visual side i cant get right ie looking left , right etc as i have it set to snap left and right and its a real pain , wish they would hurry up with vr in this game as this would make it truly fantastic !!!! many thanks ...Shaun.

[@colindouglas7769]

I believe he is using TrackIR.

[@GhostRider247]

@@colindouglas7769 thanks Colin , thats one thing i don't have , god it would make the game playable !!! i hope they do it justice with vr !!!!

[@Gunfreak19]

@@GhostRider247 VR looking very good.

[@GhostRider247]

@@Gunfreak19 i hope so as this wouls just be the icing on the cake for this sim , i believe they have it in Tobruk ? might be wrong like

[@oneoldcurmudgeon403]

Well done. Still don't like your blue cap instead of the flight helmet.

[@algiz21]

Where did Sebastian go?

[@Mikestriken]

3:43 "clipped one".... son... you didn't just 'clip' them lol

[@comesahorseman]

👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@FL910]

This isn't a melee game :)

[@MikelZappy]

But you could not hit. Barn door 🚪 with the way you shoot mate!!. I am surprised 😲 you can hit anything!!.

[@garymyers6638]

Your deflection shooting needs a lot of work, mate

[@patrioticconstitutionalist735]

I wanna know how you even get the game to launch, I picked it up via Steam and tried every single troubleshooting idea I could come across and still the game will not launch......very disappointed especially carrying the IL-2 name.

[@zsoltbartha900]

It is a wonder if you hit anything at all. Why are you waiting every time until it's way too late for firing?

[@robertomedina6607]

🙃

[@atlantic_love]

The sense of speed is NOT done well in this game. It feels "floaty".

[@jasonrusso9808]

Ammo wasting

[@norcalsrt1214]

I enjoy all the vids, but man u have got to work on ur marksmanship. And being out flown by a 110 while in a spit is national tragedy

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

Have to watch out for those tail gunners that can quickly ruin your day.

[@Gunfreak19]

I think the 110 in this game are all flown by the worlds greatest pilots. The way the 110 flies and fights in the game doesn't seem to match what I've read from Battle of Britain descriptions.