Update 7.001: Odessa and Leningrad

[Lofte]

Now everyone can feel like 007)

 

 

[LukeFF]

2 hours ago, Gelete_Rojo said:

Thanks.

What I dont understand, since I am quite new to the system, is if these 41 and 44 careers foloow the path to the already existing long career mode Moscow-Stalingrad-Kuban. In other words, one pilot can fly the Leningrad 44 campaign after ending Kuban or this is not possible?

In any case thanks for your prompt answers and your patience.

Take care.

Yes, since Kuban ends before Leningrad 44 you should be able to progress from one to another. 

[Avimimus]

2 hours ago, AndreiTomescu said:

So the new map is great , but only for Soviet side, or German one. Or for sight seeing. I hope the Finnish airforce will be given a chance. IMHO they and we deserve it.

Nothing official, but if you read through the thread for answers by the Finnish 3rd party team there might be a few elements of interest:

Still no word on when we'll get official Romanian schemes for some of the aircraft, but it would be surprising to have the units without adding a few skins... so I wouldn't rule anything out - especially once some resources are freed up.

 

1 hour ago, Enceladus828 said:

I’m waiting for my Pe-3 to give the Ju-88C-6 a run for its money!

I'll second that! 🙂 The Pe-2 can be flown aggressively, it'd be nice to have a bit more of an excuse to do so. If I recall correctly the early Pe-3 had the fixed forward firing ShKAS upgraded to a UB the ventral gunner/radio operator removed, added fuel, and some changes to the acceptable bomb-load... so not really that different. But it'd still be nice - and the added firepower would make it a bit more viable to attack bombers or Bf-110s with! I've always liked the plane. I know they were used at Moscow and Stalingrad. I'm not sure about the Leningrad map? They continued to fly with some reconnaissance and observation units.

There were also the later production runs (with more firepower and other refinements), but I'm not sure if they were operated on any of the maps we have.

[LukeFF]

23 hours ago, Carlos_Cota_517 said:

It should :c

4 — Место для авиагоризонта 

(Place for the horizon indicator)

It even had it back in Il-2 1946... At least the 7B model

But since the one in great battles also has triple 20 mm cannons, like on the late production models, Why shouldn't it also have access to an AGP-2 ADI through the modifications menu?

There's a big empty hole in the middle of the instrument panel 💔 ;–;

All of the available sources only show that there was provision for such an instrument - there are no photos out there actually showing it installed.

[Kubert]

1 hour ago, LukeFF said:

Yes, since Kuban ends before Leningrad 44 you should be able to progress from one to another. 

What about Odessa 1941 ---> Moscow? Will be possible to fly them both during one career, or we need to pick one? Because there is a few weeks overlap. 

[LukeFF]

15 minutes ago, Kubert said:

What about Odessa 1941 ---> Moscow? Will be possible to fly them both during one career, or we need to pick one? Because there is a few weeks overlap. 

I've not tried it yet, but what probably happens is you can start on the earliest chapter that doesn't overlap with where you ended on the previous map.

[JLean]

THANKS to KARTTAKOMPPANIA and others. That Gulf of Finland / Karelia map is INSANE good for IL-2 GB.

I was just flying around seeing those farm houses and other items just where those has to be. I even found the lake and village where our summer cottage is and recognised the lake and all those old farms that has been there since 40-ties.

Now I am waiting multiplayer events and missions here. Let the Forgotten Battles 2.0 start on the Gulf of Finland! 

🫡 JLean

 

p.s. this release was the reason for me to join into this forum.  

[LLv44_Kanttori]

10 hours ago, sandmarken said:

Will the map eventually get bigger? I remember seeing a map where there was a grayed-out area outside of our current borders that was said to be in the works for after release. This was back in 2024, I think.

There is room to expand the map base 70 km to the north and the same amount to the east, it's already hidden there in the no-fly zone. It depends on the 1CGS team whether it can be done in the near future, Finnish KarttaKompania is ready for it. The Road of Life (SE Lake Ladoga) and the Volkhov River would then be fully visible on the eastern edge of the map. Similarly, Lake Ladoga would be fully visible.

[AndreiTomescu]

2 hours ago, Avimimus said:

but it would be surprising to have the units without adding a few skins... so I wouldn't rule anything out - especially once some resources are freed up.

yes , it's true what you say. Still relaying on hopes. 🙂 

Also i've noticed that there are 2 Finnish units on the Leningrad career map, and they...lack any planes. if you select them, only the option "close" is available, the " join this unit" nope. So the product is still incomplete. I really, really see it stil as a pre-order item, not as a "release" one. 

we had a pre-order with just Odessa map, and i bought it minutes after. It was clearly stated: pre-order.  Thx those wonderful guys that make free scripted campaigns.

now we actually have a pre-order with both Odessa and Leningrad map. The map is awesome. Guess for multiplayer is ready to go.  But many features, essential for offliners, like parts of careers, skins , some aircrafts are "to be released in the future". 🥲

So,  is there an actual release date for the module? Like complete,not post-pre-order, with all the features from the description, no matter that they will be paid separately or not.

I've read somewhere about end of summer 2026?

Thank you.

 

[Avimimus]

2 hours ago, LLv44_Kanttori said:

There is room to expand the map base 70 km to the north and the same amount to the east, it's already hidden there in the no-fly zone. It depends on the 1CGS team whether it can be done in the near future, Finnish KarttaKompania is ready for it. The Road of Life (SE Lake Ladoga) and the Volkhov River would then be fully visible on the eastern edge of the map. Similarly, Lake Ladoga would be fully visible.

It'd be really nice to have those key areas modelled (e.g. flying the air-bridge)... also the winter road...

 

1 hour ago, AndreiTomescu said:

I've read somewhere about end of summer 2026?

I obviously don't know more than you do - but I suspect it is difficult to predict given that a lot of the map work is being done by a 3rd party, and I also suspect quite a bit of work is going into finishing up Korea for early access... so it probably makes sense to have a bit of flexibility in their timelines right now.

Obviously the Leningrad 1944 career has been promised, and planned improvements to the map have been proposed as post-release upgrades. That said, all of the promised aircraft have now been released and the maps are complete (even if they may still possibly receive free upgrades). Personally speaking, I'm quite happy.

[CzechTexan]

2 hours ago, LLv44_Kanttori said:

There is room to expand the map base 70 km to the north and the same amount to the east, it's already hidden there in the no-fly zone. It depends on the 1CGS team whether it can be done in the near future, Finnish KarttaKompania is ready for it. The Road of Life (SE Lake Ladoga) and the Volkhov River would then be fully visible on the eastern edge of the map. Similarly, Lake Ladoga would be fully visible.

It would be great if the map was expanded to the East.   The Road of Life and the airfields on the eastern side of Ladoga played a big part in the siege.

[Kubert]

I have one question about new IL-2 version. It has three buttons on the top of the stick, instead of only two. The left one is bomb release, the middle is for rockets, but what for is the right one? 

[BlitzPig_EL]

I'm really liking the new map, been working on a dogfight scenario from the old days of original IL2, but, I don't have the planes to really make it work.  The VVS is fairly well covered, except for a proper twin engine bomber, but for the Finns, I have nothing but the 1-153 with a FAF skin.  We really need a proper plane set for this map, and soon.

[sevenless]

On 1/27/2026 at 3:53 PM, Jaegermeister said:

Once again... something new and long-awaited will be announced soon! I wonder what that is?

Answer: You won't have to wait long. We will likely do this before the end of winter. We are currently finalizing the parameters of these aircraft, specifically what we want to present to you in 2026. One thing we can promise for sure – all these aircraft have been long-awaited by the community, and most of this set is significantly more complex than what we have released recently.

 

 

[Snowbird]

Congratulatiosn on the release team! This is project I've been extremely excited about since it was first announced!

One question: If I start a career on the new Lenningrad map, will it still be compatible with the updates that come along later? Like if I join a squadron in the Battle of Lenningrad and play through until just before the phase ends, will I be able to pick up that career when the next phase gets added? 

[Crockett]

Tried a single player career flying the La-7 because someone on Facebook was saying how great the plane was. Yep - it was fast but I found it not very maneuverable. I also had trouble controlling it while landing -- ran into a hanger and died in a ball of flames! Looks like I've got my work cut out for me to learn this plane!

 

[CrazyhorseB34]

Cant wait for the Curtis H75.

[Zappyscarab]

Are the new planes going to be added to any of the existing careers  

[BlackSix]

2 hours ago, Zappyscarab said:

Are the new planes going to be added to any of the existing careers  

Yes, but we'll do it later, after completing all the work on new careers, most likely in the summer.

[JollyJack]

11 hours ago, CzechTexan said:

It would be great if the map was expanded to the East.   The Road of Life and the airfields on the eastern side of Ladoga played a big part in the siege.

There's the extended map mod for the Moscow map ... a similar trick?

[Vendigo]

20 minutes ago, JollyJack said:

There's the extended map mod for the Moscow map ... a similar trick?

For Leningrad, they are talking about extending the map's boundary officially, so it will not be similar to modding (if it actually materializes of course).   

 

[JollyJack]

PS just tried the LaGG3 and I-153 rockets against ground targets, factory buildings and also linked entry German ground targets. They seem harmless. Buggy?

[Avimimus]

1 hour ago, JollyJack said:

PS just tried the LaGG3 and I-153 rockets against ground targets, factory buildings and also linked entry German ground targets. They seem harmless. Buggy?

Do you have them set for 'contact' or for a timed fuse? If you have a timed fuse they won't detonate on contact.

 

12 hours ago, Kubert said:

I have one question about new IL-2 version. It has three buttons on the top of the stick, instead of only two. The left one is bomb release, the middle is for rockets, but what for is the right one? 

Good question!

[Avimimus]

11 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

The VVS is fairly well covered, except for a proper twin engine bomber

This is a bit of a challenge. What are the options?

SB-2 = Same bombload as the Pe-2, but slower and with a worse defensive armament. Lower wing-loading. It would be relevant in Leningrad, Moscow, and Odessa. It was withdrawn after that (although a few would have lingered in night bomber regiments until at least 1942). It was very numerous at first, but is essentially a more vulnerable Pe-2 predecessor.

Il-4/DB-3 = Heavy bombload, slow enough to be caught by the Ju-88C. The issue is that these aircraft were deployed with long range bomber units which tended to logistics targets well behind enemy lines and also used their range to base off of airfields further back from the lines (leaving the forward airfields to frontal aviation). The result is that they might have been flying over three of the maps - but it is almost impossible to find both airfields and targets for them on any of the maps we currently have.

Tu-2 = Heavy bombload, fast, well armed. It would only be useable on the Velikiye Luki map and the Leningrad map. I also gather that they were initially mainly used against Finnish targets or for reconnaissance as they wanted to limit German familiarity with this type prior to Bagration (but I could be wrong about that).

If anyone has better sources - let me know.

Anyway, by 'proper' I suspect you mean something with a heavier bombload than the Pe-2? If so, your options are basically a single unit of Tu-2 bombers (334th BAD)... unless information turns up showing that the Il-4 was used much more extensively near the front in one of these theatres.

[Avimimus]

8 hours ago, Crockett said:

Tried a single player career flying the La-7 because someone on Facebook was saying how great the plane was. Yep - it was fast but I found it not very maneuverable. I also had trouble controlling it while landing -- ran into a hanger and died in a ball of flames! Looks like I've got my work cut out for me to learn this plane!

If you can lure the enemy to a lower altitude - you should have an advantage.

The aircraft can turn within a Bf-109 or a Fw-190. So, if you don't waste energy with unnecessary manoeuvres and can find a way to fly efficiently, you should be able to win in a turning fight (although it may take a few circles).

You also have a higher roll rate than the Bf-109 (but not the Fw-190) and you should have good climb performance at low altitudes. The roll rate is actually quite good compared to the Yak.

As for landing - I'd set up the quick mission builder with a solo flight (no enemies) and select 'take-off from runway' and just take-off and land a number of times (doing 'touch and gos'. It is actually a lot of fun to do this with aircraft one doesn't often fly.