Hello Pilots,

I have been in Moscow all week with the team working on many things both current and future. Before I head home to California I want to share some images of the Spitfire cockpit and our new shadow tech. You heard right, our shadows have been re-worked and they look awesome!! They are sharper, your plane projects its own shadow on the ground while in the cockpit and objects such as trees and buildings and vehicles cast their own dynamic shadows on everything! We’ve also increased the distance at which shadows are drawn. This makes the scenery like villages and ground combat environments looks even more realistic. And shadows in cockpits will also be sharper with all details casting shadows. When everything is in motion is just looks great.

You’ll also be able to choose different shadow settings for performance reasons and you can also turn them off completely if you need to. Our tests show that the new shadows are not a huge performance hit, but we won’t know the full effect until it enters beta. It should be noted that the shadows will be released in the 2.012 update, not the soon to be released 2.011 update. Also, in the pics below the Spitfire images do not include the new shadows.

Below you will find our first real images of the completed Spitfire cockpit. It was a challenge to build, but it turned out very nice. It’s quite colorful compared to Soviet cockpits. We think you will enjoy the Spitfire a lot.

And finally, we have addressed an old complaint and adjusted the contrast of our dials and gauges making them easier to read and more useful which increases the feeling of being there.

AND DONT FORGET WE HAVE A MASSIVE SUMMER SALE IN PROGRESS UNTIL JULY 5TH!

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Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Jason