FIRST LOOK at NEW Normandy 2.0 DCS Map: Cap, Simba & Matrix Tour

We take an early look at Ugra Media's upcoming Normandy 2 DCS Map.

Ugra: "The Normandy 2 map will include 69 airfields at launch and later increased to 89"

0:00 Overview
4:47 Flying South Coast England
28:40 London
47:14 North West French Coast
49:23 Paris
59:03 Normandy

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[nickgrey]

Dear Jon and Grim Reapers team, thank you for this epic video. Beautiful ! Kind regards Nick

[ondrejhofman]

52:40 Louvre
53:40 Grand Palais in the left, Petit Palace on the right.
55:25 Trocadero.
56:03 St. Louis Cathedral in Invalides - military museum, before - military hospital, Napoleon tomb

[sulyokpeter]

This map is absolutely beautiful! :D Very very well modelled! Even the river Thames. Gravesend and Dartford was there. This is where I lived before. Where I spent my first 4 years in UK from 2010. So nicely modelled. And yeahh Portsmouth... Where I first time saw a modern military vessel, the Type 45 Destroyer, and I am never going to forget that moment. Well done for the modders!

[saintuk]

Fantastic modelling - it may not be 100% accurate, however, being able identify key POIs really does create the immersion

[DR-jqbg]

Beautiful map and awesome tour, Gents! I could really hear your excitement while cruising Britain, Cap. Not a complaint, but for personal reason wish that they had extended the map a bit further north -- my uncle flew B-17's out of the big base that used to be there in the Sudbury area. And Cap, you are absolutely correct that on Google maps you can see the imprint as clear as day! -Zup

[Chio_OB]

Back in the day 400 years ago in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator (CFS) we had a Squadron with ALOT of members. We did nav training, combat training (dog fighting), bomber training, we all got taught how to use the ancient bombing computer even though most of use where only ever going to drop bombs from our fighter or escort the bombers. We did 6 hr+ missions escorting bombers to Europe from bases in southern England. We also used to race P-51s from the likes of Biggin Hill to Paris, fly under the Eiffel Tower and try to make it back (and all sorts of silly variations). Was awesome, but it's so much better today. DCS is excellent and IL2 has gotten so much better over the years (still in my mind the best WW2 sim). BTW I'd like to see more air races, and I hope you feel better soon Cap. Good luck with the new family!

[TheEarthwinders]

Thank you for the group guided tour! Great to get some insight on many of the places and structures.

[bttlecw]

I live in Romsey which is just north of The New Forest. Stoney Cross was an airbase that Cap had marked on his map. Some of it is still there and you can still kinda see the outline of the airfield.

[alexandrebelinge]

Stunning ! Can you get one of these map dev and do an interview maybe ... it is just incredible !

[NoOnionsUK]

Minor point 41:40 The Royal Naval Dockyard is at Chatham, not Rochester. Active 1567–1984. HMS Victory (Admiral Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar) was built there. It is often used as a film set and movies such as The Mummy and The World is not enough (James Bond) were filmed there. I temporarily lost my parking space when they were building the set for The Mummy!

[hugo]

Hello! I'm from Caen and this building ( 1:01:51 ) is the city hall of Caen, which is also known as the "Abbaye-aux-Hommes".

[bttlecw]

The maiden flight of the Spitfire flew out of Eastleigh, which is just north of Southampton

[valuedhumanoid]

UPDATE: I have now owned this map for a month and have explored almost half of it, which is a monumental effort! (you can do this stuff when your single/no kids) No shit, I literally took a P-47 and covered all of the English country and now working my way down from Dunkirk. I check interesting points against real maps and photos of the time (when I can find them) and like Cap said they have included insane amounts of historical accurate detail and unless you go looking, most will never be seen by human eyes. Amazing and great fun. One nice benefit is while you're exploring, you will see something that provides inspiration for a great mission. I have a notebook full of ideas and map coordinates. I wish my editor skills were better, but that too just takes time.

[Maeyanie]

I could see you guys doing one of those race circuits around Paris... there seems to be enough stuff to go through and under there.

[jamesmaclennan]

The Fortress at 10:13 is Hurst Castle one of Henry VIII's gun forts much modified in the 18th-19th centuries and now (mis)managed by English Heritage. In January 2021, local media reported that the castle was in urgent need of repairs due to coastal erosion and the wall of the eastern wing partially collapsed on 26 February 2021. At 15:29 you overfly Portchester Castle the longest used fortification in Britain having been built as a roman fort then having been refurbished by William the Conqueror. 23:20 is Newhaven Fort, one of the Palmerston Forts, built on the recommendation of the 1859 Royal Commission to defend the growing harbour. It was the largest defence work ever built in Sussex.

[ecbst]

This is too damn good looking to NOT be blown up.

[Lucas-dyor]

Steyning is a lovely little old town/village, matrix is very lucky. I live only a few miles toward the coast from there

[happyhalfwit]

While bored one beautiful clear day while flying from Edinburgh to Southampton we had a head count of all the airfields we could see operational down to just scars. We made it to 78 visible from the flight deck and reckoned we missed quite a few. It really is amazing how many were built, you can spot the difference between the USAF and RAF ones, RAF usually had 3-4 dispersal fields around each main base. In your vid thats amazingly detailed in the Bournemouth area. Am looking forward to the new map and exploring it properly (Spit)

[vintagepairdisplayteam]

This map looks superb. BUT, it’s a shame we are losing some bits like Dover Castle and the airfields like Biggin and Manston when we have them already in the Channel map… it would be nice to see them ported over.

A defiance first day purchase and new favourite play area 😁👍

[Nosonuk]

Dover Castle is on the original Channel map. It should be obvious above the left end of the white cliffs at 43:32 but it's not there.

A few things to check for if you get a chance:

Chatham Dockyard?

Maunsell Forts in the Thames estuary.

HMS Victory at Portsmouth.

Alum Bay - The coloured sands near the Needles on the IOW.