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>>527008986 A thread for all vehicle simulation games: racing sims, flight sims, train sims, submarine sims, tank sims, anything else sims which do not have enough traffic to sustain their own independent generals.
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>Example of welcome simsFalcon BMS, DCS World, Rise of Flight, IL-2, Combat Helo, Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, Euro truck sim, Assetto Corsa, rFactor 2, Live for Speed, SAM Simulator, Steel Beasts Pro, Steel Armor: Blaze of War, Steel Fury: Kharkov 1942, Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum, Silent Hunter, Dangerous Waters, Train Simulator, Farming Simulator 201X, OMSI 2, DiRT: Rally, Ship Simulator, NoLimits2
>Example of non-welcome games:Arm*, Ac* C*mbat, W*r Th*nder, W*rld of _____, The S*ms, S*m C*ty, G*at S*mulat*r
First for violent flight sim supremacy
>>528861767>IRIAF liveryBased.
>>528867189funny but incorrect. If anything the US notifying the iranians beforehand is a underhanded tactic to force them to not retaliate too heavily on Israel (as we have seen just a few rockets and even less than the previous days) and to also have return the "courtesy" for the US base attacks so that the US won't have to do something to save face in case someone died.
The only one happy here is the fake concept of Israel.
>>528856172Meanwhile Tomcats:
>Coachman, fly me within Phoenix launch range of those knaves! And none of that pilot tomfoolery, the AWG-9 requires a steady grip! Not that a lower breed like you man know! >As you command, sire!
For far are we from the first full-blown cunny noseart?
My guess is it's going to be the French.
>>528875982Surely the Japs already have plenty of anime noseart
Steam Summer Sale later, I imagine MSFS 2024 will be on sale slightly, for anyone that's thinking about getting it, it's not quite there yet, SU3 is supposedly out next month which will help, so I'm not going to recommend it but it's not a complete shitshow like it was on launch. DCS and all the addons will be on sale too bar maybe the most recent releases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H45ccDLXNmw
WW2 Marianas map is fucking super comfy for fucking around in a helicopter.
>>528902754Fortunately the autopilot works again thanks to the patch, you could say I'm lazy as it's only a 30 minute flight but I want to look out the window.
>>528903386Also I can sit in the back and let the plane fly itself
>>528902754i love eating beavers.
I think it's nice that the pattern entry is plotted as part of the route in the game.
>>528907668isn't that a real life function in the newer garmins?
>>528907780I'm sure but this is just the in-game EFB/tablet doing it, I don't remember 2020 doing it, maybe did and I can't remember.
Does MSFS2024 have more photogrammetry cities compared to 2020? I want to do the firefighting missions but I can't justify buying it at full price just for those.
>>528908095Landing was a bit better, maybe a bit too aggressive on the flare, looks like I might have landed on the tail first.
>>528909670Yes apparently they doubled the amount in 2024
>>528907668>overhead jointoo British for me
>>528909670>I want to do the firefighting missionsThere's a bunch of addons for 2020 that do that
>>528913392you don't have physics based water drops tho. it ruins the immersion seeing the water you dropped turn with you and fly away
>>528913206Well if you wanted to check the windsock and see which runway is active I suppose you would overfly and turn back onto crosswind regardless of the UK/US system.
>MSFS 2024 isn't on sale
>2020 on sale but still ยฃ30
>not all of the DCS DLC is on sale either, some of the discounts are shit
Not a good sale for /simg/ sadly
>>528927282You must have at least 1000 hours in that plane now, you should just join the Red Meatballs or whatever the aerobatics team is called.
>>528929173around 600h in msfs and almost 200 in xplane. I even bought myself a 500h T-346 patch from a supplier that makes them for our AF but it's not here yet.
>Red Meatballs aerobatics teamNever heard of them, but I'm not suited to those things. I still remember when I got roped into one of those RP servers for Arma 2 in High School. Never again.
We're getting three states this year lads
>>528930547I was taking the piss I couldn't remember the name of the Frecce Tricolori. There's a virtual team for them though, you should absolutely join them
https://www.youtube.com/@VirtualFrecceTricolori/videos
https://forum.dcs.world/profile/66957-freccetricolorivirtuali/
>>528930716Oh yeah lmao. Nah they're way too serious, with IRL meetings, ex FT pilots etc. I just like to fly for fun.
>>528931012Fair enough that does sound a bit too much, would be a good learning experience though
>>528931763for sure, I used to watch their training livestreams in the past and it was interesting hearing the proper parameters for the various aerobatics etc.
It will be officially announced in a couple of weeks, but the HB Eurofighter for DCS is canceled.
>>528903851Based backseat enjoyer.
Slowly getting the hang of this thing, first semi-successful flight but I forgot some passenger comfort things so we banked quite aggressively in the beginning, I guess I won't be getting a raise anytime soon, fuck.
>>528890118Maybe Sale? Fucking Syke! 2024
>>528946651They were airing an episode of Murder, she wrote on tv today and there was a really cool scene of a Starship flying.
>>528934970Btw, im not joking
>>528949728This is no starship, this is just a C750
I picked up uboat in the recent sale and it is in fact fun. Playing with most stuff simulated but I'm going to try and learn all the jobs manually.
>>528906707Based an Monument Valley pilled.
>>528946651What the fuck are the passengers going to do, get out of the airplane and walk? You got their money, relax.
>>528907668>>528907780this is not correct (in my opinion) and subject to debate within the FAA and aviation community
>https://vintagespartanaircraft.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Presentation-Notes-Flight-Operations-at-Non-Towered-Airports.pdf
>>528907668Canadian's are weird they join the pattern from the dead side
The king air is such a chill aircraft. Quick to startup too and get going.
>>529001571I'm trans btw, but they didn't have it in blue-pink-white colors.
The good old C172 (G1000) is always fun, no matter what.
>>529001571are you going to put it on a flight suit? A friend of mine has a genuine one he puts on before simming.
>>529005124No, I'll put it on my track IR hat.
>>529005124I wear a flightsuit most days.
>>529003885You know what they say, every accusation is a confession.
>>529007817Well you just accused me of confessing to being a tranny.
>>528946651>aggressive bankThatโs ok, every time I fly the 727 I forget to change the air pressurization from ground to air until I pass 10,000โ and get a warning bell. Not quite hypoxia territory but hopefully Iโm carrying a flight full of mountain climbers.
>FlightFX C750 set for takeoff on July 10
I mentioned this was coming out soon the other day, it's surprisingly cheap too at $30. I'm not sure it's true study level but it's supposedly very detailed.
>>529001571Nice!
>>529005124>not wearing a full on g suit when simming
>>529009462Also fuck me the A2A Aerostar is coming out next month
>early accessI'll wait
>just flight and PMDG both working on a 747 classic
>no updates on either in 7 months
pain
>>529010776There's a 737-500 Classic by a dev called CSS which is due to come out soon. It's very expensive though and has a weird subscription model which seems very dodgy.
>>529009636What? I've flown too many hours with steam gauges and G530, G1000 is a nice change.
>>529008303Damn dude, just add it to your checklists if you use one? Is it somehow easy to miss on the 727, I've never even tried the big jets I just fly GA and now this C750.
>>529008303I used to do that in the King Air, just add it to the checklist like the other anon said
>>529007946no, he just pointed out your self projection. that's not an accusation
>>529009462Damn, too bad I only own X-Plane. It even has an auto-throttle and IRS.
>>529014097Yeah the X Plane one sounds good enough. I think I might get the C750 for MSFS honestly, I wanted the BAE 146, RJ, or the F28 but they're in development for 2024 and I have an airlinery itch to scratch.
>>529018584>the X Plane one sounds good enoughI'm not so sure about that anymore. I've flown ~8 hours with it now in total and the AP has done some funky stuff while descending to STAR's or while descending from STAR to IAF, but that might just be my incompetence I'm not sure yet. Basically it started climbing insidiously even though I had like 40% throttle and had set AP to FLC with a sensible airspeed, so I ended up way too high instead of the target altitude which obviously was lower than where I started descending... My bad obviously because I was distracted and didn't monitor altitude as I should've and I did assume it would descend because it did so at first before I got distracted. I've only had these hickups during approaches, departures (SID's, while adhering to all restrictions) have worked just fine in FLC mode. Also I was cruising at mach ~0.6 and the thing was level until it randomly started oscillating, causing +1000 - -1000 alterations in vertical speeds in a sine wave pattern, until I adjusted the throttle back just a tiny amount.
>>529019376I think in these sorts of planes if you're going to get bugs and quirks it's normally going to be with the FMC/autopilot. I swear I've seen oscillation like that before somewhere, that sounds like a proper bug.
>>529019564I recall triggering similar oscillation patterns 8 years ago on my engineering PID controller course when I was simulating a submarine in matlab. Now, I don't know anything too technical about aircraft, but I'd assume the AP would use something like a PID controller, right?
>>529020080Fucking hell you're right I think I saw it in Stormworks with a PID, and had to adjust one of the values, I can't remember which one, proportional maybe or derivative to stop it overshooting. I don't know much about the autopilots but you can make an autopilot PID where the target value is the set altitude and then adjust the elevator according the current altitude, the P, I, and D values will determine how strongly it responds and compensates.
>>529020278Also it might just be an MSFS-specific thing, but weather injection can cause strange behaviour with autopilots too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEZSjw5-mLE
>City Update 11: Northeastern United States 2
>>529021120I've been looking forward to this for so long
New England kinda looked like shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1-O3d4i2c
(another) PA 28 too. Highly doubt it'll compete with the Just Flight Arrow or Warrior, but the Dakota falls in the middle performance wise iirc and looks pretty nice for a free plane (for '24 users).
>>529026582I've got the Arrow and turbo Arrow and they#re great planes, I'll doubt I'll be flying the Dakota but it's nice to have another free plane, it'll be Carenado so looks nice but is very basic albeitever.
>>529010993>$5/mo>$50/yr>One Hundred and Twenty fucking dollars outrightwtf? no thanks
>>529011602>>529012125It's tucked away in the middle of the FE panel, so not exactly in line of sight from the pilot's seat. Definitely need to add it to a checklist.
What are uboat tactics? I've started to encounter more convoys and I'm mainly sitting quiet in a spot where I think the escorts won't spot me, then launching every torpedo I can and crash diving. I've had better luck staying silent than running but sometimes they ping me and I need to run.
>>529021120>one NJ mention>sea brightNJ bros.... We're officially less relevant than fucking Allentown. Are they going to feature Jim Thorpe on the next one?
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>>529030481Nah you're getting more than that
>>529031064The only parts of the state I actually like are Northwest and South so it's still over for my region. Maybe some day.
What's the perfect middle ground between gen 4 "AMRAAM spam before turning cold to outrun the incoming AMRAAM-spam" and gen 3 "missile won't track from two miles, then stall into the ground because you pulled two hard trying to get back on the six on the other nigga again"?
Is it gonna be pic?
>>529031064WTF?! who thought it was a good idea to dedicate resources to this?
>>529031064>newarkIt'll be like the beginning of Day of the Dead
>>529033228He didn't even get what he wanted either.
>>529033428>Asobo I want New Jersey>We have New Jersey at home>>529033348
>>529033132>we are proud to announce a new city>Camden, New JerseyCould make for some kino firefighting where the city gets burned down (again)
>>529033514>We have New Jersey at homeToo be fair, when people in the U.S. think of New Jersey they're probably thinking of some nightmarish hellscape like Newark, Camden, or Trenton.
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>>529034412I'm a Brit and couldn't name a single place, all I know about the state is this bloke
>>529034572Northeast is a giant hellish megasuburb of NYC, Northwest is Appalachian hills-lite, and South is a mixture of forests and farmlands. It is the mostly densely populate state in the U.S. despite half the state being woods. That should give you an idea of what the northeast is like. Pic related is South.
>>529034961The northeast does look grim, just an endless sprawl of buildings. I haven't flown much around New York but it looks a bit better I think, the roads were really strange before and they seem to have been cleaned up.
>>529009905Does this model have any anti-icing/de-icing?
>>529043182I don't know, I don't know what variants they'll be doing or what the options will be
>>529001571how do you find patches? I want F-22 patches
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>>529035820>The northeast does look grim,It's a bit of give and take. It's been inhabited by Europeans for a while so you'll find some of the most historically significant buildings in the United States. There's also endless stretches of shitty looking crumbling ghettos. South Jersey is pretty cool. Lots of ruins in the woods and the Pine Barrens are a very unique ecosystem. No hills though so some people may find it boring. Also filled with tickets and chiggers. Really I'm glad to see any areas improved.
>>529048351I either trade/buy at airshows, ask people from that squadron or search on ebay. You americans have a shitton of airshows, I'm sure there must be some for sale by the squadron dispatch during those events.
>>529049135Now you take your ADHD meds, smartass.
>>529052462How many times a day do you say
>ay I'm walkin ere!
>>529055789>strong independent black people on a military patchgay and nafo pilled
>>529057347It's the flag of Sardinia and they're moors iirc
>>529056140The wops are North Jersey. I have met people who sound like a sopranos caricature there. South Jersey was largely families from the British Isles. I've read a lot of local history for my area and I know members of every family mentioned in those books. We've been overrun in the last 10-15 years though.
>>529057347It's literally 4 blindfolded and beheaded moors/negroes to symbolize defeating them.
>>529059985>>529059726American blacks use the moor's head as "proof" that blacks originally inhabited Europe.
>>529074459What beautiful mounds
Roadcraft update (few more cars) delayed to July by the way
>>529107394Roadcraft/DCS crossover would be fun.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHTxhu4jdZA
>>529120967he doesn't look chinese
>>529130621>expansion packMakes me feel like this will be paid.
As someone who bought the freighter day 1, I was a little irked that I only got 2 bucks knocked off the full price of the pax variant when that launched. Now to pay again for a marginal equpiment upgrade?
I know the 727 is being produced by a completely different team than the E-jets (probably should have rebranded the studio desu) but this is starting to feel like instead of the early access model they just took the nickle and dime route.
Why is IL-2 dying? I just finally bought Normandy and some planes.
CONDUCTOR WE HAVE A PROBLEM
>>529132863People get corrupted by War Chunder
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>T-33 is on sale
Fucks sake I might have to get it.
>>529133450>on Korean airline>want to have 3 drinks to try and sleep, knowing that I can never fall asleep on planes otherwise>stewardess walks up and says "we're worried about you" after the second drink>sleep 30 minutes over the 12 hour flight
>>529133450fucking lmao
what is this?
>>529139492A new update for the inibuilds A350 apparently adds emergency scenarios in
>>529140359Me playing truck sim due to the tiny scale
>blink>you're already off the road and about to drive into a building
https://msfsaddons.com/2025/06/28/contrail-steps-into-aircraft-development-with-the-falcon-50-for-microsoft-flight-simulator/
More bizjet kino in development
>>529137001I bought it, it's an old plane but I believe it's fast so this should be interesting.
>>529146042Never thought weโd see a Falcon 50 thatโs fucking sick
>>529147228Nice cockpit, fuses aren't functional though, shit plane 0/10
>>529147228>>529148737old trainers are peak simming kino
>>529150736They are, the sound of this engine is fucking terrifying I'm going to die doing a few circuits. Unfortunately there are some bugs which I think are SU3 beta related, the first is the canopy doesn't show in the external view so it looks like a convertible, the other is the radio doesn't seem to be working.
>>529151837My god I got the shakes taking off in this, the noise is fucking mental, it sounds like it's about to blow up.
>>529152192Scariest plane I've ever flown and hard as hell to land. Also it's about 1000C in my room which doesn't help.
>>529153668It's too hot to sim, I'll fly it again another day
>>529153668I love me some steam gauges.
>>529159792Don't we all, the reflections on these are a bit strange and make them harder to read but that might be realistic, I've no idea. it has a really strange fuel system which is interesting, there's a main central tank as well as wing, leading edge, and tip tanks which they all feed into the central tank. There is no automatic transfer, you have to manually transfer the fuel from the other tanks (though it's recommended to leave the tip transfer on) into the central tank. But you can't just leave them all on as if the central tank is fuel any transferred fuel will go out of the overflow pipe. Very strange system and I'm not sure why it wasn't automated, maybe they wanted to drill it into the trainee pilots to manage fuel.
Got F-16 in DCS. After flying only Spitty before this fucking thing flies like it's part of my body. Still sort of suck at combat though, missiles feel like cheating and are difficult to dodge even though I know on paper how...
I've never played DCS online because the game on my pc and vr setup is laggy as fuck even on single player, but I want to try at some point. Any tips on light servers and ways to not make my pc blow?
>>529167207Conn, Sonar, torpedo in the water, torpedo in the water!
Anyone ever play wolfpack? According to reviews it appears to be more autistic than other sub sims, perhaps the most autistic.
>>529168998It looks great but I don't have any friends.
>Aerosoft and ToLiss announce Airbus A340-600 for Microsoft Flight Simulator
Knowing modern Aerosoft it'll probably be a disaster
>>528853264 (OP)>Example of non-welcome games:>Arm*What if I want to talk about The Arm
Time for my one hour of simming I get to do
>>529191949there are some dead threads on /vm/, the arm general OP has made it a full six months and /tac/ is sometimes active
>>528982093do you guys not do this? join overhead mid downwind from the dead side if say you're arriving from that direction? I did that on my PPL XC it was neat with a pretty fully pattern I was kind of surprised it worked as well as it did.
>>529010776I think JF sold their 747 classic model to PMDG. I don't think JF is working on it anymore.
It's been so fucking hot I don't even want to run my computer hard at all.
>>529168998>perhaps the most autisticIt is top level of autism. I don't know if they've added AI crews yet but I've always wanted to have a full crew of autists. The problem is there's a pretty steep learning curve to most of it. There's even enigma machines for the radio operator, and if you have a huge group of autists you can have multiple boats crewed in multiplayer and you can attack in actual wolfpacks and coordinate realistically.
>>529198802to add to this, if you're looking for something that is easier to play on your own but you can still get fairly autistic with check out UBOAT on steam.
>>529197602The pic in
>>529197602 isn't joining mid downwind though, it's joining crosswind
Joining mid downwind from dead side would be B in this diagram
>>529200163>>529200295I would say it's actually the same maneuver except for the entry over the active side. On the
>>528982093 pic it just has the added first bit crossing at 500' above and then descending to circuit altitude and turning around to effectively perform a mid downwind entry. If you take a look it depicts it as crossing midfield and joining on the mid downwind which is exactly the same maneuver. A crosswind entry would but be joining on where the crosswind would be in the pattern, that is a midfield entry.
>>529200947mmm you're right
I let the "crosswind leg (midfield)" text in
>>528982093 confuse me
I guess the only thing special about an overhead join is that they specifically tell you to cross at the departure end of the runway instead of in the middle of it
>>529199102I do have uboat and I like it a lot. I saw wolfpack though and it looked pretty cool. I just been learning in uboat so I'm going to up the difficulty and try playing in first person.
>tfw russkis spend 2 decades scamming everyone into paying hundreds of dollars to play heavily modded lockon
>>529214745Wouldn't have it any other way! These guys were leading the charge to bring VR to flight sims as well.
Have ED or maybe Aerges done something to the Mk82s? I was showing a mate the Mirage F1 by doing some dual seat stuff in the BE model and was showing him how hilariously OP the chad SAMP bombs are compared to the virgin Mk82s so had 82s on the wing and SAMPs on the fuselage, took off and did some truck bombing and usually the Mk82s - at least on the F1 - will basically do fuck all unless you bullseye them while the SAMP-250s - especially the 400s but was just doing something similar in size to show him - will have an area of effect outside of the explosion. Took off, dropped one of each on some parked KAMAZ trucks and there's not really much difference I don't think?
Was a turbo basic mission in MP, no splash damage script or mods, just literally a BE spawned as client and 20 trucks on the same airport we took off from.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh4H274IVt0
We can make our own simulator, with blackjack and hookers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGfBJ9rUD_E
>>528853264 (OP)Japanese Drift Master or Tokyo Xtreme Racer?
HOTAS-frens, I am looking to get my first decent HOTAS setup, I was looking at VKB and Virpil.
I want the Virpil FLNKR specifically but their website says pre-order despite people claiming its already been released. That's beside the point though, in lieu of me being too autistic to email them, are there any other grips / base combos you might recommend from VKB or Virpil?
I mainly want to play more helicopters but I went spastic and bought most of the modernshit in DCS in the sale a few months back, but have yet to play any of it.
Any recommendations on collectives / bases?
any help would be appreciated, for some reason I respect the anons of /simg/ more than the hundreds of jewtube videos I have watched on the topic.
>>529248257>bought most of the modernshit in DCS in the sale a few months back, but have yet to play any of it.whales gonna whale
Best budget racing wheel with force feedback?
(Is force feedback even necessary?)
>>529253240It cost me $200 lol, how the fuck does that make me a whale?
>>529258393>i paid 200$ for a bunch of stuff for a "free to play" game I haven't even playedYou're peak "I must coooonsoooom" whale.
>>529258393That's like a week's pay to a poorfag or thirdie, all about perspective.
You're also not loading up in a steam sale, it's not regular gaming, you aren't going to be jumping between airframes like you would with a $200 cart of shitty gatcha games, each one of these aircraft will take you potentially hundreds of hours to master individually.
Their sales are constant, cyclical, and happen at least four times a year, so there's really no FOMO with the prices. You will have barely learned the basics in a single airframe by the time everything's discounted again.
ED makes completionism really tempting for collector-brained planetism people and spend a lot of money on youtube marketing, but you don't have to fall for it every time.
If you're set on being a whale as a beginner in DCS, stick to one or two primary airframes and throw your money at terrain.
>>529260286>throw your money at terrainBuying anything beside syria and cold war germany is retarded.
>>529119067what's the connection between the two? making forests into runways? airdropping materials and sand?
>>529198802>It is top level of autism.How's silent hunter? I know the franchise is in the ubisoft graveyard but I remember hearing there's tons of mods and other shit like that
>>529229354Oh, fucking neat I guess. Any chances to the other Mk80 series or just a correction for the 82?
>>529229354>>529274476They're some solid value changes
>>529265580Syria and CWG will run you ~$100, that's throwing money.
Everyone also eventually buys that one off-meta map that gets zero MP play but perfectly scratches their particular tism
>>529274948>that's throwing money.no, considering they are basically the only 2 other maps beside caucasus that have any decent campaign or are used by MP servers. Throwing away money would be buying the gulf, SA, that nordic map etc.
>>529275417"throwing money" in this case being used as a singular article and shorthand for "slightly more than pocket change", "not nothing", or "more noticeable to your wallet than $5 steamsaleslop", not necessarily wasted funds.
if you have the money they're the two maps that are worth it, before your second or third aircraft and before meme terrains.
you're also definitely swinging your dick around when you're casually throwing $100+ at hobbies, simfag wallets are miscalibrated by this pastime and poorfags cannot cope
>>529276403>if you have the money they're the two maps that are worth it,which ones? SA and that nordic map are utterly useless
>muh poorfagBragging about wasting money is middle schooler behavior no matter if you're a billionaire or an actual poorfag.
I don't want to know how much I've spent on sims over the years.
>accidentally click career mode in MSFS 2024
>I have everything unlocked, I'm level 109, and I have 1 billion credits
I presume this is something to with the beta
It appears that the T-33 actually breaks before you black out from pulling high gs
>>529276672Syria and CWG are worth it, but it isn't chump change.
Simming is inherently a wasteful non-poorfag hobby, it takes high-end hardware, lots of peripherals, and either a decent amount of software spend or significant piracy autism to have a good time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY4lHUJ1ft0
I wish popular servers like Contention of GS would set their time to night occasionally.
>setting illumination levels is now part of the startup routine
>remembering to turn external light on for the airfield so nobody collides into you
>remembering that MSL is not the same as AGL, and you'd better set your target area's AGL into your baro alt if you don't want to add your own aircraft into the bomb salvo
>choosing between NVG and setting your screens appropriately, or bringing a TGP
>paying attention to your dials in a pitch-black fight, so you don't lose SA and not realize you're flying inverted towards the ground when you thought you were level
So on and so forth.
Also don't show own aircraft on F-10. Instead give every airfield TACAN and RSBN.
>>529284897the comms menu looks sick, will be so much easier to use in vr
>>529284897DCSbros.... what now????
>>529284830>but it isn't chump changeAnything DCS is worth only when they have 50% discounts. And it will only get worse when they'll move to a subscription service.
>>529146042I will do a remake of Air Cocaine
>>529267874Making targets for me to bomb. Kinda like the relationship between Civil Engineers and Mechanical Engineers.
>>529291805>air cocaineAKA every bizjet flight ever
What's up with the Mirage 2000 and it apparently not being for sale right now?
I've been wanting to get into DCS, did a bit of research here and there and decided I probably want that to be my first plance.
>>529294103ED jewed (more like slav'd) Razscam, and the situation has deteriorated so much that Razbam pulled all their modules from the store, so ED can't make money off them anymore.
What you already own still works, but the whole future is uncertain.
>>529296892Collector-Chads won. This is why you buy as many DCS modules as you can afford, as soon as you can.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go fly my Harrier.
>>529296892Well that sucks...I guess that at least narrows my choice of planes now.
Is there a comprehensive list of all modules impacted anywhere?
>>529300124nvm found it. Mirage was the only one on there I was interested in.
Man, what a shame. I like that plane.
>>529294103The DCS sales are strange
>>529300280Mirage F1 is a great module as well, I you are itching for flying baguette. Otherwise the F/A-18C is the flagship jet with the best value, followed closely by the F-16.
>>529258634I have played the game you fucking retard, I mainly play the Ka-50 and Apache, I bought all that stuff on sale but I still have mainly just played the Ka-50. I have like 600ish hours in the Ka-50 I just haven't ever wanted to play anything else until recently because my hotas setup is barely capable of helis as it stands and downright unusable for planes.
learn to read, nigger.
>>529260286I already play DCS, like I said above. I just wanted to branch out into planes so i bought a few modern ones in the sale.
I assume the planes are rougher than helicopters.
>>529306168You're already flying the most plane-like of the helicopters, most of the difficulty is in learning systems and workflows and the modern jets just have more of everything.
I have no idea if MSFS has mirrors or not, this one seems to reflect a very blurry version of what's behind, I've not seen them work on any other plane.
>>529309573I can't think of any plane in MSFS that even has mirrors except maybe the F/A-18
>>529309645The Fouga Magister has one that's just a weird blur, maybe the engine can't do mirrors, or maybe the devs just don't bother? Seems a bit strange.
>miltech are releasing an A1H Skyraider at the end of the summer
BASED
>>529309792>maybe the engine can't do mirrors, or maybe the devs just don't bother?Small indie company, please understand.
>>529309573Probably reflect some kind of rough cubemap projection of the env around the aircraft.
>>529310023Slow-moving attackers is probably something we need in DCS, to bridge the gap between helis and jets.
Also are we getting toilet?
>>529248257i have a vkb gunfighter mcgu pro and mk4 base. its fantastic and also follows the eastern stick designs. as for the throttle just get winwing, theyre also really good, and you get to pick multiple handle options (f18, f16, f15.a10) i have the f18 that i swapped for the f15ex2 i think its called due to the lack of buttons for a10 and apache cpg
>>529260286>no FOMO with the pricesthe only FOMO in dcs is when ED kikes someone out of their money
please pre order the mig29 and f35
Continuing on my self guided bush trip of Route 66.
i used to think being a commercial pilot would be cool until i played MSFS.
It's like the least engaging job I could imagine, second only to holding a stop sign at a construction site.
You take off, barely do any maneuvering, and then either autopilot the whole way, or slightly adjust direction to follow waypoints for hours on end, and then land.
that seems so fucking boring and I don't know why I thought it would be any different.
At least combat pilots can make things disappear.
>>529323220Even if I could get past that imagining being stuck for hours in a cockpit with, let alone have to work with, some rando who could potentially be a real asshole kills whatever desire I had left
Modding for roadcraft is still nonexistent. The official modding only allows custom maps, and the unofficial (nexus) is limited to fixing the heavy tipper truck and cheat resources. I don't know how it compares to the runner games, do those have anything going on besides adding real trucks and pepsi trailers in?
>>529323937how the fuck is roadcraft considered a sim game?
it's a bastardized arcade version of a superior game
>>529323220i thought about it as well but accounting for everything, if i were to pick a career like this irl:
mil pros:
>fly cool jetsmil cons:
>shit pay>shit job>shit work life balance>could kill>could dieciv pros:
>money>better work life balance>piss cheap airline tickets>flirting with stewardesses>comfy cockpit>have time for yourself off work, not stuck in military life bullshit, always waiting for orders like a dogciv cons:
>boring
>>529310023>>529314067tfw microsoft fucking flight simulator has a skyraider with weapons systems and damage model before DCS, if crosstail continues at this once-a-year update pace we might see test flights before the 2030s
https://a2asimulations.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=77867
SoFly's making an audio-only competitor to FS Realistic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_bjHZe7uYA
>>529344953How cool would an entire audio-only flight sim be? I guess you could do it by simming with a friend; you have the controls, they have the monitor.
>>529346195>tfw safer than boeing
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>crash on the Generali building by mistake in my M-346 yesterday
>dream about it for some reason
>wake up to this
I don't believe in prophetic dreams, but this is spooky.
>>529330978Development for DCS addons does seem ridiculously slow, I know they're study level planes but it seems to take them forever to develop anything.
>>529368493>not believing in prophetic dreams after thatMate that's too much of a coincidence.
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Trailer for BMS 4.38 is up. Download links will be up soon. I cannot force myself to play DCS right now, so I will give it a go and try to complete 1 or 2 campaigns.
>>529370025>I cannot force myself to play DCS right nowWhy not?
>>529369693One time I ate pasta all'amatriciana for like 5 days in a row and on the sixth day there was the earthquake at Amatrice. I passed it off as coincidence that time too.
I'll try to dream of a M-346 DCS module being a reality.
>>529370789I get the sense that DCS players turn their nose up that isn't a fast jet or an attack heli
>>529370770Don't know. Been playing for a few years and nowadays I cannot play for more than 30 minutes. I just hop on, do some landing practice and turn the game off.
>>529370980I get the same feeling. Online it's always just spamraam in either the F-16 or the F-18. There is also the group of people that don't want anything more modern than a radar screen in their jets so the glass cockpit of the 346 would make them puke.
Personally I still think it would be a nice module for basically almost everything al long as you're okay with it being transonic. It has the Marte antiship missile, MRAAMs so you can't just lob a bunch of AIM120s. Gunpod would be a downside tho.
Realistically 80% of the functions of the non FA version are useless in DCS. What is the point of simulating various AA/AG and other modes when you're already in a simulator?
The FA variant would be the way to go if they could implement some modern EW aspects in DCS.
Hell, I would even be okay with a Yak-130 even if it's ass to have to lose 2 hardpoints if you want to have flare/chaff. I seriously don't understand why they wouldn't go for an in-body approach like with every other fucking jet.
Regarding the poor performance of trainers in DCS I feel like it's also due to the maps. I don't know how to explain it but flying for a long while in MSFS in a slower trainer is no big deal, I'll even make fake bombing runs etc. While in DCS after unloading all rockets and bombs I get tired of just flying around.
Absolute madness in Hong Kong at the moment and MP isn't even on, it's the AI going nuts
>>529372005Maybe due to the scenery quality? Or maybe it's down to objectives in DCS and the lack of a dynamic campaign. In civ sims the objective is to fly I suppose so you enjoy just that even if it's in some slow shitbox.
I unironically can not load any webpage except 4chan while I am at this airport.
has DCS added any new modules in the last 6 months? I've been trying to google this for an hour and can't get anything to work except this fucking site
>tailgunning in a roland
>shoot my rudder into tatters
I just assumed they would have some measure to stop retards (me) from blowing the shit out of their own plane. Maybe I'm wrong and it was some enemy fire that I didn't see.
>>529373229>Maybe due to the scenery quality?I think so. It probably makes your brain think it's actually navigating a real space due to the lack of repeating textures. In DCS I always have to use the altimeter to know my elevation, with MSFS I kinda got a knack for knowing when I'm at 7k, 18k and 28k feet even without looking at my instruments.
>>529373531F-4U Corsair and the german map I think.
>>529376220The Germany map looks quite good
>>529377289I've heard. I'm tempted to buy that map with the mig29 once it comes out but I'm a bit strapped for cash after buying presents for my nephews.
>>529384969Based uncle.
Germany is bloody good though when you do have some spare cash.
>old Uncle GIuseppe who never shuts the fuck up about that plane he's obsessed with
https://msfsaddons.com/2025/06/30/winwing-introduces-new-airliner-hardware-at-fsexpo-2025/
new Winwing gear, the rudder pedals look nice But I'm sure they'll be a ripoff in the UK and Europe compared to the US.
>>529391264To me the real news is they've got force-feedback rudder pedals for less than the price of Thrustmaster's non-ffb pendular pedals
>>529391609Fuck. That might actually get me to buy winwing.
>>529391609How useful would force feedback pedals be?
>>529391682Very handy for jumping between warbirds, jets, and helos without having to change anything physical on the pedal. Cool to have for shit like asymmetric operations
>>529391682I'd prioritize getting ffb stick/yoke for trimming but ffb pedals is cool for feeling air forces on the rudder
They have to have good software for MSFS though, since MSFS doesn't do its own ffb simulation
>>529310023It really blew my mind when I found out there's a little compartment in the back for passengers. Looks ultra comfy.
>>529393194Me too mate, I always wondered why there's a side door with a window, it's actually quite awkward to find out what the hell is inside but here's an image
ded thread, too hot to sim
I just thought you guys should know the Alligator Alcatraz airport does exist in MSFS.
>>529427740>AlligatorBombardillo coccodrillo?
>>529393402Jesus Christ, how horrifying! What was the objective here?
>>529432423It's surprisingly awkward to find out about, but apparently it was the AD-4N, a night version
>Three-seat night attack version; 307 builtPresumably the poor sods in the back were monitoring radar, what an awful place to be.
>>529426330Today is model building day, tomorrow is maybe sim day.
>>529434235Build a Kinetic M-346 1/48.
>>529437829I'm a cis male, so no.
>255mb SU3 beta update for MSFS 2024 at this time of night
Spooky
>>529440837tranny language for normal
>>529440934The you would love the m346, it's the jet version of a big breasted shortstack tomboy gf.
>>529432423>>529432992>horrifying>awfullooks comfy desu
>>529446882I guess now we know how they were able to find meat cargo to fill the flying kennel.
>find simulator for rov i need to use
>sim made in japan and likely utterly abandoned
>crafted in an old version of unity
>uncapped framerate that makes my fans affect the earth rotation
>only works with the real proprietary controller
>only works if connected to a very specific internet port
>controller only works on 5ghz wifi, double my shit antenna
>currently waiting for new adapter
I'm getting neck deep in simkino
>>529469428rare deepanon sighted, pics of the rig?
niche industrial peripherals make my pp hard
>>529370025I am kind of underwhelmed with the update. I expected way more for some reason. The ground graphics from up close are still bad and there haven't been that many gameplay/immersion updates. It's mostly just eye candy updates, and they're not even that great.
just bought a full hotas setup because I have ADHD and am terrible with money.
I have one module for DCS but would like to get more.
My HOTAS shit wont be here for 9 weeks.
Should I bother playing with my janky ass setup now or should I wait until I have everything set up so I'm not hit with trying to relearn everything on new controls?
>>529487330You can do the training tutorials to learn where everything is in the cockpit even without touching your HOTAS. Fourth Gen fighters are heavily dependent on the button mapping on your stick and throttle grip for weapons though, so if there is a WW2-Vietnam era aircraft you had your eye on then this might be the time to fly it.
The Got Friends AS 33 Me is out, I love gliders but I've already got a few so won't get it yet, sounds pretty mental though.
>Bug wipers
>Ballast management with controllable fill and release rates
>Contamination drag, with performance degradation from rain, dirt, and bugs
>>529446882>squeezed into a smelly box with another bloke>air consists of fumes and farts>no light apart from the screen you're staring at for blips and bloops>get thrown around as the plane goes on a strafing run>deafened by DUGADUGADUGA of four 20mm cannons>comfy
>>529504852Forgot to add, it's 2024 compatible but a native upgrade is coming soon
>2024 Upgrade Shipping Mid-July for Free with this Purchase
>>529504960I mean except for the fart smell that unironically does indeed sound comfy
>>529505943We'll see if miltech add the passenger cabin when they release it and you can follow your dreams
>>529487330use a gamepad layout or your jank, most of what you need to learn isn't related to muscle memory and there's a lot of info to download into your head to be able to fly plane gud.
ground school and rtfm before touching controls is the "right" way to do it but if you need to fiddle to keep your interest there's nothing wrong with it
>>529487330Buy another full hotas setup and hope it arrives before the other one
Some mad bastard has made a OH-58 campaign for free with some help from the guy that wrote "Scouts Out." Only done the first couple of missions but it feels like it's gonna be good - missions are decent quality, and there's a fucking unhinged AI-voiced madman in the copilot seat. I'm having fun.
>>529515876>simming in this heatAbsolute madman but I might have a go in a bit and just accept that I'll be sweating my balls off
>>529515876>OH-58 campaignOh fuck, finally!
>>529520162It's non-official and user made but it's really good so far
>>529526542That's fine, I was just looking forward to a campaign made specifically for the Kiowa. There is also that one campaign that was adapted from the SA342 version that is pretty good (Dixmude, I think), but this is a step in the right direction. The Kiowa deserves some campaigns that are as good as Paradise Lost or the Worlds Apart campaigns.
I've given up on there ever being a good campaign for the Chinook, because I don't want to listen the the copilot speaking in ebonics.
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>>529479559Nothing really deep, it's a tiny rov for inspection and recovering overboard phones up to 100m. It's portable and can be launched from any boat or dock so the controller is a step up from a logitech and you have to bring your own screen. No rig pic but I have a sea creature on hand.
I've been in a control room for a proper truck-sized rov, full of switches and screens and comfy chairs, no idea how to even begin to apply for something like that
>>529504960imagine being locked in for six hours
>>529532528That pic...
>Hey nigger, you're in the WRONG neighborhood
BMS .38 IS OUT
>BMS .38 IS OUT
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https://www.falcon-bms.com/downloads/
>>529544059I thought this was a fighter jet of peace? Did assoboe lie to me?
>>529551775Si vis pacem, para bellum.
>>529555568That looks great, how's the performance?
>>529556687in the f15 on the ground plus like 30 seconds of flight im getting 180 fps on highest settings @ 2k res with default textures (not 16k ones) and ill be trying vr now
>>529556687nvm, cant test vr since the openxr performance tool is broken on the .38, but looks ok, low level flying between the mountains with vegetation on the highest
>>529555809Tralalero tralalร
>>529529053Yeah fair call - I've only played the first three missions but so far, so good. And the Kiowa copilot, while AI-voiced, sounds fucking unhinged in a truly positive way lmao
>>529548671>>529555568>tfw 1650 superIt's over for me. I don't understand it though. I can run complex shit like Red Dead Redemption at 60 FPS at acceptable quality, yet Falcon BMS will struggle just displaying a simple cockpit. They don't know how to optimize their shit.
It's disappointing, because ever since 4.35 they kept improving the performance release after release.
>>529571000they're working on a mig29 right now
>>529573432you can stay on .37 since they're separate instances but obviously incompatible with .38 if you play multiplayer
>>529576881I can't bring myself to keep playing 4.37 while an objectively better version is out.
Just gave it a try: a whooping 30 FPS in the benchmark mission. It's not really playable, because the headtracking feels off with anything less than 60 FPS. I've never tried DCS, but I see people claiming that they get better FPS in DCS than Falcon BMS now. That's ridiculous, because DCS looks way better.
I so want to re-read the videos these AI aircraft history crap channels are shitting out and publish them myself.
I don't even need to make any money I just can't stand listening to AI voiced slop.
>>529247981>Arcade slopNeither, fuck off.
Is Nuclear Option /simg/ related?
currently considering making a sim of something i work on by myself since none exist
>>529590747Definitely. I just haven't been able to really get into it because I'm already ruined by VR, and it doesn't have it yet.
It's out*
https://a2asimulations.com/product/accu-sim-aerostar-600-msfs-2024/
*early access
I genuinely don't understand how to shoot aircraft with guns using a HOTAS
trying to line your plane up seems more complex than algebra.
Tomorrow the last few Tornados of the 154th gruppo volo Diavoli Rossi will be transfered to the 155th gruppo volo Pantere Nere since the 154th will fully switch to F-35s. This is the special livery for the occasion.
>>529632854Have you come from War Thunder?
>>529632854what plane? if it's a modern one just put the thing on the thing. Watch some videos like this to start with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KloXF7U4RK0
>>529590747The year is 2030. All pusher aircraft have been shot down and now tractors rule the sky with an iron fist. Mounting a propeller the wrong way is punishable by extreme immolation.
>>529636801pushers are kino
>>529636937I've developed negative feelings towards them after 200 hours of getting headshotted by a F.E.2b gunner in my E.III shitbox. The tides have turned though. It's now the era of total RFC annihilation
>>529636937Are there any mechanical benefit for pushers other than the obvious one of not shooting your propellers?
>radios are not working, SU3 beta seems to have broken this plane a bit
>can't talk to ATC or even tune to the ILS
>night time in the T-33 which I barely know how to fly
>cockpit night lighting for the instruments is literally just a torch shone onto it
I'm going to die.
>>529639956Bloody hell I landed it, fortunately there's no wind here, not a fan of 130 knot approach speeds desu
>>529573432my 1660 super is kinda surviving
(flat screen, 1080p lmao)
>>529641451Watching the sun come up is fun
>>529641094I'm also on 1920x1080.
I turned the grass off, converted the textures to the 4k version, ticked the graphical options in the config tool which reduce strain. Despite that, I still only had like 30FPS in the benchmark mission. Anything below 60FPS feels weird with head tracking, I have no idea why.
what's the f15 stall speed?
>>529643003It's like the An-2, it doesn't have one.
>>529639346>not shooting your propellers?Impossible even with pullers since the gun is mechanically timed with the propellers
>>529643231I think that was the reasoning behind the early pushers. Germans developed that tech before the Brits/French.
>>529632854>more complex than algebrait's calculus, actually, you just train your brain to do it automatically by sight and feel like a dog catching a frisbee
In awe at the length of this lad
>>529642775try flying a campaign mission, airbases have lower fps now because they're full of objects.
>one billion bomb carts pleaseonce you're airborne it might smooth out for you
>>529643231>the gun is mechanically timed with the propellerNot on this hot piece of ass
>>529657060How is the An-2? I was keeping track of it but it ended up in development hell, I think there were licensing issues or the dev got called up to fight or something because all ATSimulations social media went dead ages ago. Have there been any updates to it?
>>529657207Ah don't worry I remember now, they made the Seastar that's in the deluxe edition, maybe they're just making planes for Asobo now rather than doing their own thing.
>>529657207pure kino, extremely comfy, should be illegal to fly this slow.
just don't be in a hurry to get anywhere
>>529657060Based and slowiplled.
>>529469428I'm simging out.
It's somewhat quicker than going to a pond or pool to learn the controls, but nothing else. Runs poorly, very inaccurate/unrealistic movement, the tether is magical, and a very important feature is bugged. 3/10 not worth trying, better off playing subnautica
>>529665897How deep can you go?
>>529580648i lost on avg 70 fps going from 37 to 38
>>529666027There's 2 maps for the 11 scenarios, the big one is 25 meters deep
>>529669708>snow in JulyIs that accurate in the Alps?
>>529665897>looks clear to me, boss
If this is an autogen airport then I'm very impressed, I've never seen gliders at one before.
>>529648484pencil planes are based
metroliner, crj-900, 757-300, dc-8-61, md-90
all fantastic birds
>>529676607They should get rid of wide bodies and just make planes longer
>>529651448Did they ever finish the rest of that airplane?
>>529679614I forgot the -1000 existed kek what an absolute unit
>>529679614>TFW deplaning and in the last row
>>529681062>takes so long they've already refuelled and the next lot of passengers are getting on before you've disembarked
flight over (not really) scenic capri
>>529684210same caption but im less retarded
>>529684440MSFS has spoilt me for terrain and now everything else looks dreadful, as long as the cockpits are nice I suppose
>>529685637the cockpits are fantastic
>>529688652>X Plane 1000Cringe yet sovl
>>529689240You don't like the G1000?
Second evening flight, this time trying the Beechcraft Baron 58 for the first time, didn't even have to read any manuals because everything I've already learnt in the King Air pretty much applies here, except this thing is slightly older and simpler instruments-wise.
>>529695861I find them soulless but they're good, I was more laughing at the fact that it's not licensed so says X Plane 1000.
>>529696526Haha. And yeah I have to agree it's kinda soulless because it's so modern and fancy, but I find it gives me some nice variety every once in a while.
The Baron 58 seems like a fun simple plane, first flight went just fine, ATC gave me a basic STAR to an RNAV approach. Only few small details bother me which I have to check later from the plane's manual.
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Recently found out that all the weird vehicles in Roadcraft are just slightly modified russian machines
>>529684440looks like an ORBX DCS map
its insane how few players know how to use the medkit in reforger
>Frontier treating the players who support them like whales
Despite myself and my interest in space games, I no longer want to play this fucking game.
lil golden hour stol flying in my baby
Any twotter enjoyers?
>>529738990one wheel at a time baybee
>check Nuclear Option QA on r*ddit
>mfw
Damn, the game is already good, but it also has a promising future. It may be simplified with fictional vehicles, but damn if it isn't fun, easy to pick up, and actually dynamic to play.
Meanwhile ED will sell you some piece of shit WIP cargo helicopter in a game with no logistic support. ))))))
>think sail boats are childs play
>get bodied immediately by one
not like this
Staring up a comfy morning flight with the baron.
>>529734960Hang on a fucking minute, they're now charging actual money for ships?
>>529758980Climbing to FL100.
>>529759874Damn it, forgot flaps.
>>529759874That's far too high, come down from there right now young man
>>529760083Nah it's too kino up here. Cruising and soon STAR starting from FL100, descend via it to FL031, one leg STAR.
>>529761579Decent arrival, approach and landing but I find RNAV approaches quite boring desu. I wish you could tune the X-Plane ATC so that it would give you only certain types of approaches. Maybe I'll have to look up ATC plugins, if there are any good ones.
>>529763518Also yeah I admit I didn't yet utilize the HSI on the Baron fully.... I somehow forget to sync its course and during landing was like whatever because I could see my glide slope being fine from the runway VASI.
>>529763518>140kts on approach
>>529764209Yeah I'm still bad at speed control with the baron, I knew someone would notice this. I added a notch of flaps and extended landing gear after that screenshot which slowed me down but I was still slightly above a comfortable landing velocity. It doesn't slow down like the other planes I've flown in X-Plane...
>>529764303Just slow down earlier mate, some planes really do not want to slow down and you have to give them more time.
>>529764397You're right it should logically work out fine if I just add the flaps and landing gear before the FAF or even before the IAF (still adhering to STAR/APPR speed restrictions ofc) so I could slow down while flying almost level in most approaches. I'm sorry anon-san I'll try to do better next time I swear.
>>529764578It's just practice innit, the King Air is very slippery and doesn't like slowing down either so I have experience with finding out you're going too fast too late, and nobody likes go arounds.
Nice evening for it
PWCG campaign has been fun...
started in '41 near the beginning of Barbarossa, now we're heading into the battle of Stalingrad now
some of the Lend-Lease american planes are appearing now, P40s and A-20s
Poor Willy Bauer has been wounded a few times now. Gets on well with the nurses though!
>>529764763What version of the King Air do you fly? The default X-Plane one?
>>529764937The Blacksquare Analogue overhaul one for MSFS 2020
>>529765054Seems cool, slightly more detailed than the X-Plane default C90 B. I'm on linux so I don't think I'll ever buy MSFS, so I'll have to make do with whatever X-Plane has.
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You might not like it MB-346 anon but I found out in which way the Yak-130 is superior to the mb346. Total weapons on board and hardpoints. the yak has 3 under wings and 2 tips, yours has 2 under wings
>>529765835It's also actually been involved in combat, killing civilians in Myanmar
>>529766949https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/30/myanmar-used-russian-made-aircraft-in-civilian-attacks-report
Did anyone here go to FlightSimExpo?
I don't like this thing... (Lancair Evo single turbine prop). It's powerful though...
>>529770162it's fucking ugly, the Lancair Legacy though is gorgeous
>>529734960In the short term I don't care about this. Buying ships with real money is boring so I just wait until they're buyable in-game.
But I do have a concern that it'll lead to power creep over time as they need to come up with reasons for people to keep buying more ships
>>529771916Yeah it's ugly inside-out and handles very crudely, you steer it on the ground via differential braking, etc... I understand it, it's an experimental aircraft (sold as amateur-built kit afaik), but I really don't want to fly it in a sim.
>>529772598>differential brakingI hate differential braking because I don't have rudder pedals
>have to twist the stick and press the brake button like a retardnot a fan, I'll get pedals at some point
Captcha: YAWVA
>>529761579>tfw when Simbrief auto-assigns me STARs higher than my plane can fly
>>529763518>Maybe I'll have to look up ATC plugins, if there are any good ones.The two prominent ones for X-Plane these days are SayIntentions and Pilot2ATC
There's also X-ATC-Chatter, that has a feature called "Simple ATC," but I've never used it, don't know much about it
>all 6 men flying with me have died in mid air collisions
>again
>>529773298>SayIntentionsThat reminds me, SI has that generic "use any sim" API thing now, right? Anyone made a DCS plugin for it?
>>529773880https://github.com/papiplanes/sayintentions-dcs-adapter
>>529765835>Total weapons on board and hardpoints.That's not true. Look at your pic and pic rel. The Yak-130 due to the landing gear bay configuration has lost the central underfuselage wet tubed hard point that the M-346 retains. The second hardpoint isn't used but still retained on the m-346 since during testing it showed to have adverse effect on the flight envelope of the plane (russians don't really care).
And regarding the wingtip hardpoints that are present on both the M-346 and the yak, on the yak they are essentially lost since they weren't able to develop a true fighter attack version (yak-131) so they had to put the flares on the wingtips.
This leaves the yak with 4 useful hardpoints for ordnance if they don't carry any extra fuel (unrealistic). While the M-346FA can have 5 hardpoints with ordnance with an extra fuel tank or a TGP/EW/RECCE pod. (or 4 weapons and 2/3 extra fuel)
Not to mention that due to russian engines whenever you put any kind of load on the yak the T/W ratio goes lower than a fully fueled L-39.
>>529767035>bombing civilians who at most have some FGC-9sJesus.
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>RAF Will Open Competition to Replace Hawk T1 and T2 Jets
Britanni! Ignore tabloids like the Sun and shill for the M-346 to your local representative! Just don't choose the M-345, it's gay.
>>529777610I thought we were going with that weird Aeralis modular babby plane. Also in other UK defence news
>The Defence Secretary said 12 F-35As will be substituted into the next tranche of 27 jets to be ordered, replacing 12 F-35Bs that would otherwise have been procured.We're going to get the As in the next batch interestingly, by which time they'll be fucking obsolete
>โI expect those F-35As to start being delivered before the end of the decade,โ
>>529777846Looking into it, it sounds like it'll be the 346 or the Aeralis, with the preference being on the latter due to it being british
>>529777846>I thought we were going with that weird Aeralis modular babby plane.It's most likely going to be the winner. Granting such a contract to a company that has zero experience is risky but the public would never accept the RAF and RA flying a non British plane.
>F-35I don't really understand the F-35 order. I tought the Uk went all in with the "at least one sub always at sea" for their nuclear deterrence. I don't see a bunch of B-61s and F-35s like the ones we have at Ghedi being that threatening.
>>529778456Yeah. Aeralis had even approached the french Dassault to jointly develop it. Just hope it'll go better than the FCAS.
>>529777276Yeah. I wanted them to distract the escort on some bombers while I did dives on them. I looked away for a minute and they were all dead with none of the enemy fighters downed.
>>529778774I don't understand it either, maybe it's for a quick response more tactical option than an icbm.
>>529778898All my knowledge about nuclear warfare is the same since I was 12yo. I always tought that once a single nuke is used everyone goes bananas. Maybe those smaller tactical nukes are more tolerated in case of a conflict.
>>529779036That is true, I suppose having planes nearby with nukes is another deterrent, multiple options
>>529778774>the public would never accept the RAF and RA flying a non British planeI wouldn't be so sure. the comments on faceberg of brits seem to be mostly "just don't buy american"
>>529779601Nah if the red arrows for instance started flying non-British planes then people would be outraged
>>529777053lmao, fucking russians. that bay door looks like sheet metal
>>529778774>destroy your domestic industry's ability to build aircraft>chimpout when demo team can no longer fly domestic aircraftwhy are bongs like this?
>>529782881If something becomes successful in the UK we either sell it or it gets bought out
>>529767268>BuyFagHardwareExpono thanks
>>529784229>BIGGEST AND FASTESTLockheed being based as usual
>>529784870I'm unfamiliar with the B733 project, I was only aware of the 2707 design. Super cool.
>>529784870>The CL-823 used a cranked-arrow wing and buried engines, the L-2000 had a compound delta and podded engines, and was larger overall.
damn did the thread get sonic boomed?
>can't decide between euro truck or american truck
leaning toward the former since it has a more complete map. ATS would be more interesting if it had the east coast and great lakes.
>>529800251I have over 400 hours in American truck and 200 in Euro. I much prefer ATS even though I'm a Brit
>scale is better>trucks are huge>proper rural states>speed limits are higher>more sightseeing>quality overall of the map is much better than ETS2 as a whole, the oldest state, California has been completely reworkedThe quality of ETS2 vary tonnes, with the DLC areas being great (apart from Going East), but the non-DLC areas are fucking terrible, especially the UK which hasn't been touched since 2010.
>more complete mapI'm not sure which has a larger map, ATS gets at least 2 new states a year, it's getting 3 this year so maybe that's the new norm. ETS2 gets a DLC every few years. Also ATS gets a lot more in terms of new trucks, ETS2 gets next to nothing, the amount of trucks has barely changed for absolutely years, I presume the companies are more anal about licensing.
Overall it's up to you, but I would say that the quality of the map is a lot better in ATS than ETS2 overall and you'll be disappointed by quite a few areas in ETS2 and how old and shit they look.
I'm a burger and I have like 50 hours in ETS2 but 0 in ATS (I own it).. I think it might boil down to wanting to drive the opposite side of the pond.
>>529802867I suppose it's something different isn't it. Shame SCS seem to be making DLC for every country bar the UK for some reason.
>you are now reminded there's a practically complete Russia DLC that never got released due to the war
>>529803637Forgot to say, there are coaches coming to ETS2 which is fun, they were teased about 8 years ago and then forgotten about.
Yes, yes, well done, M-346. Well done, M-346. HOWEVER
That thing in the middle isn't a cupboard, it's a lift, for the crew to access the galley in an Il-86
Kek first time flying the Sirrus SR22 in X-Plane and the interior honestly reminds me of a car.
>>529813823It even has a keyboard in the middle so you can shitpost as you fly
>>529805481Lol is this just to balance load?
>>529828603>The toilet was a damaged toilet, which was going to be thrown overboard. But one of the plane captains rescued it and the ordnance crew made a rack, tailfins and nose fuse for it>It was dropped in a dive with LCDR Bacon flying tight wing position to film the drop. When it came off, it turned hole to the wind and almost struck his airplane.
>M-346 + AirLand Scorpion but its also carrier capable
I love the Compass
>>529828889>When it came off, it turned hole to the wind and almost struck his airplane.
Mental how you could walk around the planet in the game in real time if you wanted to
>>529811829>IL-86ocะฝoะฒaะฝะฝัะน.
Did you know that passengers boarded from ground level through a coat room on the lower level? Designed so passengers in cold climates could check their big coats without wasting space in the passenger compartment.
>>529272693Haven't tried SH. Before my time. I've read in a lot of Uboat's reviews that some people see it as the spiritual successor of SH but I can't give any comparison myself.
>>529672398I remember Jorg saying they added glider ports all around the world. He was on a stream or interview somewhere and said they literally had some guys just calling every glider school in the world asking them about their setup so they could include them.
That's a precision landing right there.
>>529848695all i need is my ballcrushing TFRPs
>>529813823yeah they designed it that way
>we're going to design our cars so they look like airplanes>well now we're going to design our airplanes so they look like cars
>>529854545>Put balls outside of zipper >Problem solved
>>529857247im naked in nothing but my cheap halloween top gun outfit and vr headset, thats freedom
>>529865442hehe. all Floppy
should i buy nuclear option, bros?
>>529867260Millions must die. Only one sim lets you contribute.
>>529868123>'mgunna NOOOOOK!
>>529867260Depends; is $18 a lot of money for you?
>>529869026i just wanna know what the actual gameplay is like
>>529869759Random gameplay off jewtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nn7sZBhnSQ
>>529869759your average mp match is more entertaining than dcs and it's a better use of $20 than buying the yak
I refuse to use autohover
>>529839159Fascinating, I was wondering why that was the case.
>>529842952You're right I'd forgotten about that, it's the first one I've been to then, nice touch.
>>529867260Never buy early access
>>529897703Nah, buy early access because it will only be worse later.
346lad do you use the airbrakes much? It feels like if you're having to use them on approach you haven't slowed down enough and you shouldn't rely on them.
>>529902795I do use them to slow down if I find myself butchering the overhead break, but less than I did in the past.
>if you're having to use them on approach you haven't slowed down enoughThat's generally true imho, but if I'm very light usually prefer to keep the speed break out and keep N1 higher so I'm not constantly bumping on idle, kinda like with the DCS F-16. I have no idea if this is proper procedure tho. I've seen both kind of landings so I guess it's more of a "at your discretion" thing.
I always think that if I was in the real jet, being close to the landing speed in case something happened and I needed to quickly go around, retracting the speed brake and pushing the throttle would get me faster, quicker than if I had N1 close to idle due to spool up times.
tl;dr= I don't really know what the proper procedure is
Is there a PW Campaign Generator equivalent for cliffs of dover? Preferably something with a little campaign interface instead of a pure mission generator.
Is it worth getting the Kiowa if I already have the Apache?
>>529910564they do different things and have different mission profiles, so the real question is if you'll actually put time into flying both.
>>529908474Fair enough, I'll look into it more.
I've flown the Inibuilds T-33 enough now to give some thoughts
>external model is really nice>cockpit looks decent, not perfect but it looks really nice>flies well, there was a lot of negative feedback over the flight model initially, I belive that has been fixed with updates, I'm not sure about the stall behaviour, it's tame which apparently is realistic but might be too tame, and doesn't seem to spin at all>the sounds are good and bad, it's very loud and get get grating after a while at high throttle, but it sounds great initially, maybe the loop is too short>Documentation is shit, it goes through some systems but there are many switches and systems in the plane that aren't explained and I have no idea if they work or not, cabin pressurisation and oxygen for example, the latter of which I don't think actually works>Bugs, I can't communicate with ATC with it, the tablet in the plane often doesn't work, there's no canopy (SU3 beta bug) and some other things I've noticedI give it a 7/10, I got it on sale for ยฃ12 which is a good price, and it's a fun plane, I would like to see the bugs fixed but sadly doubt they will be.
>>529916039>doesn't seem to spin at allActual spins are not really implemented in MSFS. Some developers hardwired them in like witht the F14 and Sf260, but that's it.
>>529916565I've definitely spun planes in 2020 and 2024, maybe it's just done by the plane developer then, so inibuilds perhaps didn't bother.
>>529913906If it has a completely different mission profile then probably.
Did WW1 pilots (any nation) have a higher casualty rate than WW2 u-boat sailors? The situation for pilots seemed really fucking grim when you factor in enemy encounters, natural failure of your balsa wood shitbox, inadequate training, and normal mistakes like botched landings or collisions. Were mid-flight collisions as common as these sims seem to make them or is that the AI being shit? I can't go a single mission without at least one crash.
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Looking around the website of the ones who made the livery for a few of the recent tonkas I found pic rel. I wonder if it's anything serious or just something they did for fun.
>>529923964the background looks like msfs
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>>529924227>https://theaviationist.com/2025/07/04/154-gruppo-f-35a/It is. apparently they sell some of these liveries. I'll check the marketplace.
>>529924452can't find them
>>529925884Maybe they're on the 2024 one, what are you searching for?
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>>529926402Tornado liveries. One should be the one for the 50th anniversary of the first flight, the other is from the 40th and the third should be something related to the 102th gruppo.
>>529927067No liveries on the 2024 marketplace for the tornado just had a look, the marketplace in 24 is pretty sparse, it hasn't been up for long and people still working on conversions for their addons.
I did such a shit landing that I alt+f4'd after floating down half the runway
>>529927675Thanks for checking anyway.
>The official administrators at FlightSim.Com have been AWOL for quite a while. I can sometimes help as I have access to the back-end.
retards, all you had to do was have your 2020 categories ready to roll out on day one of the release of the new flightsim.
>>529934387Happens to the best of us.
>>529910564The one downside to the Kiowa module is that there aren't that many campaigns for it yet (compared to the Apache), although there is a decent number of single missions for that that people have made.
It's a great module though, if you have any interest in helis then this is non-optional that you buy it.
spending too much time in dcs, has 2020 just always been this ugly? is it finally time to upgrade?
>>5299484232024 looks better but not that much better, the new trees are one of the biggest improvements. I would wait as SU3 is scheduled for this month.
this is how you bleed off speed before landing
>>529957864>200kts to 0 that quicklyI kneel
Wait a minute, this isn't a fun sim game, this is an actual job
>>528887467you are correct
>>529961967That looks kino
>>529961967Plot twist: you're operating this IRL >for free.
>>529961967I actually thought this was real footage until I saw the physics don't make 100% sense
>>529963349>fuck shit up and make everything explode as usual when playing sim gamesWell that was a dumb idea.
>>529960724>>529961327The Tomcat tutorials and Heatblur manual literally teach you Case 1 and Case 3 patterns.
>>529962935It supports controller + keyboard, hotas, pedals, and master arm controllers, plus multiple displays. It has a few unlockable scenarios but the win condition might be broken or disabled for the trial.
>>529963616Heave and currents are only on the paid version
Not a stick connoisseur but this doesn't look comfortable. 5F and 7F are two separate arms, I think they didn't assign all the functions
>>529984164>5F and 7F are two separate armsYou usually won't separate them unless you're playing some WW2 plane or civilian shit so it doesn't really matter.
Vortex ring state is God's punishment for creating flying machines that look nothing like nature's creations.
>>529985798Did you mean to post that in the /v/ thread ?
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>>529985798I have a friend who's fan of planes but fucking despite helicopters just like you. Its really funny. Meanwhile i'm dicking around in my soviet flying shit buckets.
>>529985798>plane>it pretty much flies by itself, you just have to steer it. usually a stable and safe plaform. Can just eject if you manage to fuck up.>helicopter>literally trying to kill you, even when you're still on the ground. its like trying to wrangle a tard with a knife, if you relax for a second you're dead. outside of a couple exceptions, you can't eject from them, so if you fuck up you're doneYeah, planes are for sissies.
Roadcraft did one of those r*ddit q&a things. Besides the abundance of "please make snowrunner 2 instead" questions and "great idea i'll pass it to the team" answers a few that are noticeable are
>the sudden steering on a controller is a bug
>trucks being bouncy on crashes is havok
>heavy dumper fix, promise
>removing sand is not possible because of savefile hardcoding
>same with making arbitrary holes (no excavators)
>fastening vehicles to vehicle carriers soon
>alternatives to mule in the future
>>529998780Roadcraft is such a let down. I wanted Spintires with tracked vehicles and road construction. I got Snowrunner but even MORE dumbed down.
VL-49s are always being goofy
>>529999595Roadcraft is the antispintires and it was obvious it would be from the start, roads are the enemy of mud and low tire pressure. Being let down by it is only caused by not reading the title
Thanks you to whoever tipped me off to that new Kiowa campaign, it's been a while since I flew that thing and now I'm remembering why I like it so much.
>>530002945Its just overall mediocre as fuck.
How come the meta in real life air combat seems to be that altitude is king, but in combat sims, the meta seems to be hugging the ground
>>529985798If my vario goes below -1m/s in a hover I panic.
>>530013615You're confusing the BVR missile meta with the BFM dogfight meta. And IRL dogfights would go that low to the ground due to the risk of crashing.
DCS dogfights are meme tier.
>>530025868>wouldWouldn't*
>https://youtu.be/VWgsdexkv18?si=_yz0xrz1Zlwp-c5u
Remember, heights are scary and if you go above 10m IRL you WILL die. There is nothing in the sky worth dying for. There is no firmament.
>>530025868When you're constantly trading altitude for energy trying to get a one up on your dogfight opponent, you'll eventually end up on the deck. That's why mock-dogfights have a defined hard deck thousands of feet above the actual ground.
Looks at any HUD video of mock dogfights and pay attention to the altitude ribbon.
>>529968485I only have the A10 for DCS and haven't played it for years
>DLC selectedkek
>>529990420At least they're safer than these cunts
>lose both engines>die
What's a good beginner HOTAS for getting into simming?
I'm not sure yet what my budget is, obviously the cheaper the better, but I think I'm fine with spending 200-300 eurobucks on one (probably fine with second hand to) if it means I don't have to replace it as soon as I take the hobby more seriously
>>530029503The t160000000 is cheap but okay, the throttle is a bit naff but the stick isn't bad.
>>529990420To be fair, modern jets are as aerodynamically unstable as they can reasonably get away with.
You're also wrangling a tard with a knife, you just have a computer to help you
>>529648484Ah the old Death Pencil!
>>530035826It does have a pretty bad safety record
>On November 15, 2022, an SA227-AT Expediter crashed on the Western Lakes Golf Club in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, 6 km short of Runway 10 at Waukesha County Airport. The plane was flying from New Orleans to Waukesha to deliver dogs to the Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha. All three persons and all 56 dogs on the aircraft survived.Imagine the noise/smell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwBeH6eOPW8
>>530036372Oof. Or should I say, woof.
>>530036372>It does have a pretty bad safety recordI had a mate die in one. Was a pilot but was actually in the rear row commuting home from where he was based. Poor bugger.
>>529985798>nothing like nature's creationstouch grass?
>>530037186Sorry to hear that
>>530036372Saw a video recently of a guy flying on Denver Air Connectionโs 9 passenger metroliner. Looked super comfy until he decided to take the second leg in the seat next to the prop, holy fuck thatโs deafening.
>>530037961It looks very claustrophobic inside honestly
>>530037952It did suck but it was a long time ago now. That prang was the reason Australia mandated EGPWS in smaller aircraft than what was required at the time so at least it had a positive effect on safety.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero-Tropics_Air_Services_Flight_675
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>>530044910I hope they add the AC130
>>530044910This has to be the dumbest module in DCS.
>>530048053Aren't the maps too small to use it properly?
>>530048053It will be great with CTLD but dogshit without it.
They're fun to fly, we don't have big turboprops in this sim so there's nothing else really like it.
It fills a weird niche as a transport and gunship platform and will probably be useless in most missions, like a fixed-wing version of the CH47.
>>530038198They fly theirs with 9 seats to avoid needing a flight attendant. They pull out every other seat on opposing rows so you have crazy leg room and no one beside you across the aisle.
>>530049794That looks great, apart from the increased chance of death, comfy.
>>530029791Technically, yes. In reality, they're easy as fuck to fly because the computer does everything for you.
>>530029314Yeah at least a regular heli can land safely without power. This shit is a literal death trap.
>>530029183He had a long day ok
>>530029314Just put parachutes on the top in case of double engine failure
Comfy evening cross-country flight with the king air. After trying out all the other default X-Plane 12 GA aircraft, I must admit this thing handles elegantly.
Let's all post our cocks! Here's mine:
>>530075017clean your fucking keyboard
>>530075308You only touch the tops of the keys, and those are clean.
>>530075017Are you the lad that bought the collective a few months ago? How is it?
>>530075472i bet it has pubic hair in between them
>>530075594It's great, totally changes flying helis; I can hover anything anywhere with a collective, but just kinda did a controlled crash everywhere before when I was using a throttle for collective. The only thing I don't like about the grip is that it doesn't have an analog stick, so steering a targeting pod with the 5-way digital hat is a little clunky.
>>530076056Does it have a twist throttle on it? I can't see
why spend money on a collective if you can just rotate your throttle lever 90 degrees
>>530076128No twist throttle, since DCS is sorta shitty when it comes to mapping closed/idle/off-idle throttle positions.
>>530075924It's just flakes of White skin, perfectly safe, see pic related.
>>530076631Forgot pic.
>>530076348Thos collective is an almost 2 foot long moment arm, you can get incredible precision with it.
>>530077075wash your penis
>>530077075man that is fuckin disgusting i dont care if the tops are clean get some canned air and clean your fucking board of keys
>7 minute to land enough 12.7mm on this thing
I wonder if I actually knocked out his engine or if I just ran him out of fuel lol
>>530077686At that speed he'll stall and crash
>>530077686Looks like the Bronco VS F-16 irl dogfight, but the Bronco won this time
Okay, I actually DID have to run this guy out of fuel lmao
Took out one engine with my last bullet (out of 500) and then just followed him out of spite
At this point he has 1 engine and I have 0 weapons, so I tried getting him to run into the ground. He almost got me instead
Note: the Vortex is actually the worst dogfighter of the fighters, and I'm including the advanced trainer (with no afterburners) in that list. It bleeds off energy very fast and has a terrible sustained turn rate because of it. The Revoker / Ifrit / Compass can sustain a 16-18 second circle at like 450-600kph, while the Vortex will slow down to like 400 and needs 20-21 seconds.
Trying this bad boy out briefly before I go to bed
>>530085939This is fucking mental, the physics are spot on, it genuinely feels like a racing game.
>>530087635MSFS is the most technically impressive game in the last decade. I thought being impressed by vidya was over after Battlefield 3
>>530088005This is genuinely ridiculous, I need to go to bed and will play more tomorrow and post webms, driving around New York feels like Mad Max at the moment.
>>530088005>WHen the dextromorphan kicks in
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What the hell
This was not in the NOTAMs
What module would you recommend to a beginner in DCS?
I'm interested in the F-14, but I'm not sure how fun that is on your own and if the AI for the WSO is any good.
I guess F-16 would be a no-brainer, though I'm not sure I want to start out with a 4th gen plane right away, I think transitioning into one from a Cold War fighter would make me appreciate all their capabilities a lot more
Or maybe I should just say fuck it and go for a Ka-50?
>>530075472I never touch the corners of my shower, but I still like to keep them clean because its helle gross otherwise
>>530107172I recommend never touching DCS.
Get BMS Falcon if you want a game that has accurate procedure and system modelling but doesn't also fail on every other level.
>>530107172F-5E
Simple procedures, cockpit full of stuff that carries over to other US aircraft, and Cold War is "in" right on multiplayer so there's plenty to do with it. Only really downsides are capacity and variety of weapons.
>>530107418Anon we both know BMS is nightmare mode for beginners
>>530101163kek
think fast!
>>528875065Both Israel and Iran's benefactors benefit from Trump retaining popularity and have a vested interest in ensuring he is not dragged into any ground wars or has any US deaths tied to his actions
>>530107172unironically just get the T-45 mod, it's fun and free and easy and will be updated soon:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTCKEzQyrw4as a rotary whale ka50 is my least flown module, but am also just here for steam gauge kino. most of my time goes into obsolete cold war slavshit and am happy there.
f5e has sovl and will learn you basics gud if you're set on blufor. if you want peak roleplay start with the yak (pic not related)
>>530058101The GCW map is the best in the game by a crazy margin. God I wish someone would make an F1 campaign for it.
>>530101163I think MSFS needs some wacky mini golf course tier shit to spice things up.
>>530107172OH-6 mod is free and extremely fun, it's a great way to see if you like helicopters.
>try to find a server to fly the f4 on but none are good for pvp and forget about trying to find a crew mate
>BMS finally installs
>tryfighting an f-14D and fail
>try fighting an F-3 and fucking fail
>close bms and try dcs online again
>no luck
>trying generating a mission
>bomber intercept escorted by an f-1
>fucking f-1 kills me every time without even an warning on my rwr
fuck it im going to bed I'll try again tomorrow.
Well, that's enough of the yiff patrol for tonight.
>>530110994>ka50 is my least flown moduleI think one of the big reasons I gravitate towards it, is because it's a single-seater.
Though also it's just kind of a cool helicopter in general
>>530109006>>530110772>F-5EHmm, I'll give it a think. Biggest problem is that I want a plane I actually like for irl (hence why I'd choose F-16 over F-18, I just don't care too much for the latter for some reason)
For that reason it kind of sucks, that the Mirage 2000 isn't available anymore.
Maybe I'll just start out with the Frogfoot and delay the decision of what module to buy
Been flying around sweden and I notice many controlled airports have no ATIS frequency at all. What's up with this, anyone knows?
>>530147078The large ones do but literally who small airports don't. Presumably Swedish pilots have to get their weather information from somewhere else.
>>530147297Yeah largest ones do for sure, but even smaller controlled airports with two-way ILS and VOR's don't always offer ATIS. At least for me, with latest AIRAC cycle, using latest X-Plane 12. I guess that's how it just is. In Finland even smaller uncontrolled airports have ATIS, which is very useful, I know this for sure because I live near such an airport and my RTL-SDR can pick up its ATIS broadcast just fine. But yeah, I guess IRL it's fine to just look up weather information and broadcasts elsewhere, in a sim the ATIS feels maybe even more useful.
>>530147078>>530147297Just checking as I've never really thought about it but have noticed most places in the US have ATIS compared to Europe, and it does seem to be a regional thing. In Europe pilots tend to just check METARs online or other sources apparently.
>>530147505>broadcastsI meant forecasts...
>>530147505I'm not sure how you can check in X Plane itself, in MSFS 2024 the EFB is unironically great and tells you everything, but outside that Little NavMap can tell you the weather, as well as sites like https://metar-taf.com/
>>529029041the historical tactic was for several uboats to pounce on a convoy all at once. wolfpack tactic. as an individual ship your only real advantage is surprise, so sitting and waiting for an ambush is your best bet
>>530147601Yeah I use little navmap, but that metar website looks useful, I'll see how well it matches my x-plane realweather conditions, cheers.
DCS addons are quite expensive even on sale
Gotta love rainy IFR days. I love the sound of rain and the x-plane windshield rain effect is not half-bad either.
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>>530147601For anyone that doesn't have 2024, here's an example of the sort of airport information you can get from the EFB, it really is a fantastic addition to the game.
I'm at Silverstone as it's the British GP today, it looks a bit different though.
It's comfy wrapping up a game by practicing VTOL landings and picking up my ejected comrades. Where do they sit, though?
>>530150136Bridges are a bit weird
>>530150728When are you going to do the dakar rally?
Also, are you using a joystick for this?
>>530150929360 controller as that's what they recommend and all the controls for it are mapped, well nearly. I'll go to the sahara now and see what it's like.
>huge building at the grid for some reason
>>530150632>Where do they sit, though?
>>530151194>trying to find dunes>it's all flat
Rallying in Crete is fun until you hit an invisible wall and die
Bits of Hurricane flew into my propeller again
>>530153245Getting Greece flashbacks from dirt rally
>>530154142I'm doing the Trento-Bondone hill climb at the moment and it's honestly not bad, the road is there, a bit iffy in places and very bumpy but it's doable. Microsoft Rally Simulator 2024
>>530154440I made it to the top, was great fun, there's loads of cloud so you can't see back down unfortunately
>>530154440>>530155971That's honestly great. I've been there IRL quite a few times. Makes me want to splurge on 2024. I hope they put it on sale soon.
>>530158242You can get Crosskart for 2020 too, but it's much better for 24 as that added a proper ground and feeling of it as well as the vastly improved textures and flora. Nearly all the road was doable, there were only about three trees along the whole length that were in the way, one I had to slew past as it was in a dodgy place.
>>530158729I bet that either amazing or nauseating in VR
>>530160876I watched a review prior to getting it and the bloke said to not try it VR as the buggy is constantly shaking around so you'll have a bad time.
>>530161015Understandable.
>>530145931F-5 is a good trainer for the F-16, even the FC version, but if you want to fly the viper just fly the viper
Saving this thread with all survivors
>>530176713Fucking hell it really does look like a post apocalypse scenario.
>>530179558That's just what England looks like irl
>bought TWCS trustmaster throttle and stick to have something easy and light for games like Nuclear Option when i don't want to get out the whole Virpil setup
>used the thing 3 times and i already have to open it up to clean the potentiometer because its jittering like crazy at minimum throttle
Piece of shit
in this household we KILL the flankers
>>530181898DO NOT THE FLANKER
>>528853264 (OP)is there a good koth mod in reforger? What's the mods quality status on reforger? Should I move on from a3?
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>>530183146you lost. get over it.
>airfield
>it's literally just a field
It'll do
>>530184223>airfield>its on the groundWho made this shit up
>>530176713singlehandedly carrying us into the light of '24, might even pick up some converts
>>530184945I am the way and the truth and the autism. No one comes to the simulator except through me.
Is there any point getting into flight sims that don't have guns after dcs? Are the enough buttons to flick to satisfy my autism?
>>530186619If you like just flying, learning, improving etc then yes.
>>530186619how good are you at IFR navigation and flight planning?
try a complex twin like the analog king air, or fall for the OG autism button flicking trap and just become an airliner person
>>530187194Not going to lie, if I ever branch out from dcs I'm probably going to go for airliners. I've always kind of liked them
>>530184223>no ridge lift whatsoever>tried to land in a groundfield>died
>>530186619Yes? As the previous anons said, learning to fly a plane like you would in real life is challenging. I don't know anything about DCS though, so I don't know what kind of stuff it teaches you. I've spent about ~100 hours playing X-Plane so far (my first and only flight sim) and I have only touched General Aviation aircraft during this time. I'd say I'm mid-tier skills-wise at VFR and IFR now, for me it's about improving my skills, learning more, you can dive pretty deep into the technical details of IFR charts, radio navaids such as NDB's or VOR's or DME's, for example.
>>530187747airliners are pretty hands-off inflight unless it's something steamkino like the dc6, but there isn't much else with that level of systems depth if that's what you're into.
>>530188547Yeah the old stuff you actually need to manage the plan and navigate, newer tubeliners you plan it all out and the plane flies itself.
i've learned when the wind is barely blowing, put it at your stern to get out of it, even if that gets you off course.
seems that in these things because fuel is unlimited, the limit becomes time
>>530190023its called a boat dumbass
>>530190394it's a ship actually, fight me irl
>>530188547>>530188824Crank up the failure rate chance so things start breaking
>>530190701If you don't have an engine fire every flight you're a casual
>>530191594I start the mission with the engines already on fire, casual.
>>530188072>so I don't know what kind of stuff it teaches you.Nothing, it's basically warthunder but with more switches. The training missions are just barely surface level information on how to use some of the systems.
>>530192245>The training missions are just barely surface level informationYeah, I've literally never played a fighter sim that teaches you in-depth details in-game without you having to put in the hours yourself. That being said, comparing DCS to War Thunder when it comes to anything probably just means you've played neither.
>>530193880He probably talks about how people actually use DCS. Pop on a multiplayer server, put whatever unrealistic loadout with the most missiles, take of and die.
>>530151393That hellfire rack says "no step" right where his foot is.
>>530194368DCS players do have a bit of a bad reputation in the flightsim community, I think the game attracts a lot of mongs
i feel like if you can't be bothered to do anything in DCS other than taking off an making something explode, civ sims aren't really going to be for you.
I've never played DCS in multiplayer so I don't really empathize with these complaints.
>>530194890I feel like people who actually want to do sim shit either play solo or have their own closed community. Other people, like teenagers who wanna see stuff go boom, just hop on the first multiplayer server and crash on the runway.
>>530194920Pretty much. If you don't enjoy flying in itself and everything that goes around it, civ sims won't do you no good. Also lmao@ the screenshot. Grim.
After discovering Nuclear Option, i feel like a good part of the people playing DCS multi just to fuck shit up would probably have way more fun on that one. It got everything they want but simplified and ready to play.
Personally, i love both. DCS for the deep plane/helicopter autism and overall historical accuracy, NO for easy and careless fun.
>>530194890The flight sim community has a bit of a bad reputation amongst DCS players. Did you ever think about that?
>>530195738I'm sure DCS players don't give a shit about civ simmers
DCS players only care about civfags to dunk on them between epic BFM sessions
>>530195738most DCS players don't even know other sims exist besides maybe Il-2 and war th*nder ("""""sim""""")
What if I like both? Ever thought about that? No, you just think about yourself.
>>530196231I think you're gay, did you ever think about that?
>>530196231are you gonna cry ?
>>530196297N-No
>>530196325Jokes on you, I was already crying
>>530196231>No, you just think about yourself.Correct!
>What if I like both?
but you don't though
>>530196519Yeah I don't like them, I LOVE them
>>530195738DCS players don't even know how to hold a pattern or navigate an airspace.
>>530197770MSFS players don't even know how to utilize every available inch of taxiway and parking areas to land their plane.
>>530192245>>530193880tell me you haven't flown the L-39 without telling me you haven't flown the L-39
>>530198845How do you taxi?
>>530198845But you just tagged to opposing opinions
>>530199227>training missions are just barely surface level>never played a fighter sim that teaches you in-depth details in-game
>>530199123One hand on the runway to feel for the dots.
>>530200791Kursant is a campaign, not training missions
>>530201323it's annoying that ED paywalled both the albatros and the campaign, if they were included by default we'd have much better airmanship within the sim
>>530201625We'd live in an utopia if the modules didn't cost literal gold nuggets
>>530198845I have and the C101 as well. Their training missions are still superficial at best.
>>530198845I'd just bend down and look through the opening, i'm very smart
>>530204054Legit copy-paste premium planes with nothing special are sold for 80โฌ right now in War Thunder. DCS isn't so bad after all, as far as simulation goes. The most expensive part is probably high-end peripherals, but it depends on what modules you play and your own needs.
>>530205907I understand the planes, but I just don't want to pay for terrains or missions that should realistically be just shipped with the plane anyway
>>530206830Bro', think about Nick's plane collection ...
>>530206830I think the maps are a con in DCS
>>530207821Its retarded because they're literally gatekeeping a portion of their player base from joining multiplayer or even buying missions specific to those maps. The rest of the video game industry learned a long time ago that this kind of DLC was actually hurting them.
>>530207315I'm thinking more about Nick's ground assets
80 dollars for sand
>mfw Mig-23 never ever
I wanted to fly this fast piece of slavshit so much
>>530210983>tfw the loss of one dev cripples the north korean air force
>>530210983For me it's the Mig-25
>>530214384Yeah but the Mig-25 was never in dev in the first place, sadly.
>>530214384This would make BLUFOR quake in their boots.
>>530201625>we'd have much better airmanship within the simnobody would fly it
we live in a simulation, bros.
>>530225143Why does this game suck so fucking much breh
Why is there a simulator for almost every job, military and civilian, but there is basically nothing for artillery.
>>530225431real life is hard
got free gaem pass, what do you guys think about msfs2024? I liked 2020 but I heard 2024 had a rough launch
>>530225143Considering that I spend time in flight sims to alleviate the drudgery of my base reality, things must be really bleak in the next base reality up from here. I'm guessing it's an interstellar generation ship or something like that (the shittiest existence imaginable, but with access to high technology and a VERY real need to distract people while keeping them alive).
>>530225445You should be able to figure this out
>>530225445Like transporting and setting up artillery pieces around a war zone, then using them to fire at incoming enemies or something?
>>530225654Give it a try, and report back in three days after you get it working. It's not like you'll lose money on this like the Steam users will.
>>530225654it's only what, 30 gigs? and costs you nothing?
try it and tell us, anon
>>530225654It's kind of a sidegrade from 2020
May become an upgrade if they eventually fix enough bugs
I'm continuing to use it instead of going back to 2020
>>530196297Your mom didn't think it was gay when I lied about pulling out
>>530210983For me it was going to be the thing that let me fly the F1 on blue, not red. Fucking retarded school children can't patch up their differences
>>530234116Shit you're right. And yeah, those faggots have been acting like fucking teenagers, babbling everywhere on reddit/shitscord instead of being professional and settling things in private.
Lost two good pilots in PWCG today, rip Friedhelm and Sebastian :(
>>530225654It's kind of a sidegrade from 2020
May become an upgrade if they eventually fix enough bugs
I'm continuing to use 2020 instead of beta testing โ24
>everytime i start getting good at using a module i stop playing for a year or so, i come back and i have to relearn everything
And this is why i'll never be truly good at anything in life.
I'm getting better with my F-16. Still suck in many aspects but it's quite rewarding.
>>530234642Yeah it doesn't seem very hopeful in the short or medium term. Pity because they had some seriously good product, the F-15E radar is wonderful and the M2000 is a fantastic bird if what you're doing with it doesn't involve dodging active radar missiles.
