Automatic pilot AI is limited to waypoint flying and does nothing during combat. At least it keeps me off the ground. The virtual world is quite impressive. Visually, the game compares well with Janes WWII Fighters . Cloud layers are among the best I've seen and ground terrain is far superior to WWII Fighters .
Textures appear authentic and ground models are detailed.
Ethereal smoke rises from damaged buildings and vehicles. The environment lacks nothing. Fighter Squadron delivers state of the art damage modeling. Attacks to specific areas of an aircraft result in damage to that area alone. If you concentrate your fire on the left wing of a bomber, the left wing erupts in smoke before finally shearing off.