Tried looking for a suitable forum to ask this but none really relevant.

So I'm thinking of trying a bit of combat simming but not really sure which camp to plump for as both have pro's and con's for me.

I plan to use my vr headset with the winner, so l'm looking for advice on peoples experiences,especially jf you have both.

My pro's and cons are, dcs has carrier based ops and more jet ops,but il2 seems to have lots more ww2 based a/c so will have less automation and will have more manual dog fighting 

Thanks

Go for DCS if you want the complete realism pack. For sure, the jets are more automated, but learning these systems sounds easyier than you think. As far as I know IL2 automates systems that are not automatic in real life. In DCS you can go for WW2 birds which are way more real modelled than IL2 plus the cold war birds and more modern jets. Plus Helicopters. Multiplayer community is great and with the mission editor you can build everything you want- for training for example. And via the user files you can download a ton of stuff from others.

I tried IL2 and was very frustrated about the weird feeling and automated systems. In DCS the WW2 birds are very hard to learn but they feel as you would excpect it (when you never have flown this in real life). Development is great for DCS, dont know about IL2 development.