SoW has some all new features for a combat sim -- this is only a very basic overview, there is a lot more:
1) never seen before realtime weather calculations with moving air layers realtime, thermic layers, windgusts etc. You'll never know how the weather will be when returning home !
2) revolutionary AI, with limited vision according to actual shape of the cockpit. AI "learns" the longer the unit stays alive, AI can be "frightened", "tired" etc.
3) civil traffic in towns and cities
4) realtime calculation of paintlayers (skins) -- paint will wear down realtime as you fly, are in combat etc
5) usable AA guns, drivable cars etc
6) transparent water, with real depths based on data (for future land and sea sim)
7) training aircraft and lessons in the sim
8) clickable cockpits for real cockpit procedures (and keyboard shortcuts optional)
9) completely new complex physics model
10) radar modelled (usable in later night war sim)
11) bullet holes / damage appears exactly where you hit
12) planes modelled internally
etc
Battle of Britain is start of the series, Med Air war follows after.
Anyway, follow the updates in the thread indicated above if you are interested.
