Overall im fairly pleased with CFS3 though ground detail could be better.
But what gets me is the way you can fly through the worst weather CFS3 can throw at you so smoothly.
I've been in a small plane (as a passenger) and remember it vividly as we passed very close to some large thunderheads. The turbulence was far greater than anything I've yet encountered on any commercial flight ( thank god ). So far in the game I think I've only noticed a mild effect once or twice and this simply doesn't equate to the real world. This game needs an add on to remedy this and the storms are pretty pathetic too.

But we're talking about WW2 aircraft here and though your points may well hold true for the fighter aircraft the bombers of that period were slow and probably not that efficient in terms of streamlining. Really I'd like to hear wether they gave as smooth a ride as CFS3 simulates in adverse weather conditions straight from someone who has or had experience of flying these planes.

I think perhaps I should try a 'real' flight simulator but i'm not gonna rush out and buy fs2002 not with fs2004 c.o.f. imminent. But even then I don't like the idea of going through a manual that makes the bible look like light reading in order to fly - correct me if i'm wrong. One of the reasons I bought CSF3 was to have the ability to fly aircraft with a more 'hands on' feel. Turbulence is there in the game it just needs enhancing and if it is a draw on resources perhaps any enhancement would be best available as an add on with an appropriate warning to users of lower spec systems. I run this game on a powerful system and still get the odd stutter.

I flew in a military simulator once and that thing rocked me all over the place.  It almost seemed worse than my Piper Warrior of the Cessna 152.