Been doing some comparisons between DCS and IL-2. Picrel is Chartres Cathedral in IL-2 Normandy map. Looks legit to me. I like the consistency in IL-2.
DCS has got Paris... at 45 fps with an empty map, just my plane. The sun is a dot I can look straight into, yet the reflection on rooftops glow like Hiroshima. No idea what's up with the graphics in DCS. In all the YT vids they look awesome, but in game at 1440p high detail preset it looks like ass... No, actually it looks like Cliff of Dover most of the time with those bright toxic greens and the FPS shits the bed if you dare try and see the treed up close, which you shouldn't, cause they are ugly.