Thread 536100684

Riding the Pine edition

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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.

>Extra attention grabbing search terms for example welcome sims
/fsg/ /dcsg/ /fsxg/ /bmsg/ /shg/ /rofg/ /etsg/ /il2g/ /lfsg/ /tsg/ /nog/

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>Repository of various aviation related material:
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>Example of welcome sims
Falcon 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, Nuclear Option

>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

>>536100684 (OP)
REAL previous thread: >>53479080

Introduction of the mig 29
https://youtu.be/5JXAVMhtjMI

>>536100684 (OP)
Actual REAL previous thread: >>534790801

>>536102524
The external 3d modeling looks the same as the FC3. Internal cockpit looks a bit better. Unironically not worth buying if you already have FC.

>>536102938
You had one job

WHEN

>>536107772
Your sins must be very great if God sent a punishment like me to make your thread.

Well?

>>536110871
Yor-38 Forger

1.Would you recommend starting MSFS2024 career in one of the cities from yesterday's city update? I'm eyeing Kiel or Bremen.

2.Also, do I get the update by just choosing it off the marketplace and leave it on stream, or must it be downloaded?

3. do you play live with multiplayer? or custom weather?

>>536114726
1. You can do, they'll look nice
2. You can leave it on stream
3. I turn multiplayer off but us the AI traffic and always fly with live weather.

>>536110640
I hate the antichrist

>>536122161
https://youtu.be/Cjj_5DK-rU4

Recently found out that my cunt's navy uses Virtual Sailor NG as the official trainer. This setup is plywood, a few tvs, 2 gaming pcs, and every controller is 3D printed for some reason.

>>536124926
>for some reason
It's cheaper

DC-3 practise, I'm not very good at flying this.

>>536128342
The navy would have access to a real ship wheel and levers, or money for some sim controllers. Instead they went for flimsy printed throttle devices and a tiny helm printed in 4 pieces because of the tiny printing bed. They are already probably running all simulators around the country off the same $40 key

>>536136474
>real ship wheel and levers
Useless in a simulator

Which airport should I choose for career in msfs2024? Thinking somewhere in Alaska may have interesting scenery. Or norway, maybe I get to see the fjords

>>536110871
Mirage F1

>>536144805
>norway
svalbard

Looking at a headtracking setup. Worth getting a TrackIR or will something like the delanclip be good enough?

>>536144805
>noko
Doesn't work anymore

xploring kaukasus

When the fuck are they doing a sale on 2024? I don't want to pay 80€ for a game

Want to graduate from the cesna 172, what would be the smart move forward? Looking into getting on fast/long range jets eventually.

>>536132620
Just send it, bro. Make sure you turn on the superchargers.

>>536144805
KSDL

>>536160574
beech baron
and/or king air

What are some good games that give me direct control over a ship/boat? Not giving an AI suggestions, but controlling the systems myself.

>>536160574
>muh beechcraft
if you want a twin that's actually fun to fly, try picrel. light jet trainers are full of sovl too.

>>536160574
MSFS? You could give the Tecnam P2006T or the Mitsubishi MU–2 a try. If you choose a jet trainer the MB-339 and the Hawk are great. If you want to try out the M-346 just be sure to pirate it.

>>536110871
Double Flogger

>>536166473
command modern operations but you have to turn everything on to manual. that's what I do.

>>536166473
How many missiles do those fucks get anyway ? How long would i have to run circles around them until they're dry ?

>>536144805
KLAL

After using the turtlebeach velocity one a bit, i fucking hate it. It may be ok for some casual MFS stuff, but its almost unusable in a combat sim, or anything where you need to make fine adjustments.
Its hard and the range is very small, it fucking sucks.

Where is my fucking update

trying to resist the sim boomer urge to give ED more money.
it's that thing where you know it's a scam but can't help but go along anyway because it almost seems to stupid to be real, like someone picking your pockets mid-conversation in broad daylight.
the russians seem to be much better at that than they are at actual game dev.

>>536110516
LONDON
O
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D
O
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>>536212181
It's useless, it's going to be in early access for the next 10 years, has no interesting armaments nor will it have any decent campaigns. It's literally going to be abandonware, mogged by the meta of SPAMRAAM.

>>536224608
the only decent argument for it is rounding out redfor pvp, where it already exists in lower fidelity and will be absolutely fucked by the modern blufor meta.
this will only get shittier with eurofucker and f35.
it's so transparent at this point that the only thing ED actually gives a shit about is taking your money

>>536207090
Which one?
I have the stick and it’s only OK, never tried the flight deck

>>536225930
based

VV like it's Sarajevo

>>536226727
Yeah the stick. I fucking hate it. But its probably not helped by the fact that i'm used to play with my virpil stick with 20cm extension.
Currently considering a new FFB base, but i barely play sim shit these days ...

>>536226712
>eurofucker and f35.
From what a friend told me the EF is purposefully delayed by HB for some reasons and the f35 imho will just be a meme.

DCS but instead of becoming the "everything simulator" for all planes from the P-47 to the F-35 and all places from Nevada to Syria, it remained permanently in the setting Flanker 2.0 and built a fully featured game around a US vs Russia over eastern europe.

>>536244529
That's just Bizarro-BMS, what you described.

>>536244529
Also, only homosexuals care about fighting Russia, straight White men want to fight India and israel.

>>536245948
*india
I did NOT mean to un-disrespect india with a capital first letter, it was autocorrect being a cuck.

>>536245948
Yeah but it'd have to be an alt history game where Europe destroys Israel. I dont want to play as a muslim, thats just a different flavor of semite.

>>536245948
>Also, only homosexuals care about fighting Russia
oh em geee, you're so zzzased and tradpilled! Slavs are subhumans and in a simulator the only 2 coalitions that make sense having are NATO vs USSR from the cold war, with no or very little FOX3 missiles. And it should have a bigger focus on CAS, ground pounding missions. Adding the jews as the enemies is impossible if you want your sim to actually exist in current year.

Never seen this game posted, it looks alright

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJtdBEXiXc

>>536247002
My man, I literally bomb israel every day in DCS, and the only my to stop me is for john greenblatt himself to fight his way into my house and uninstall it from my computer.

>>536247465
So do I, but the shitty map is empty and the nukes don't even have a visual effect.

>try project zomboid
>font too fucking small and can't read anything.
>need 4 different mods
yeah fuck that. At least it was on sale

>>536244529
1970-1990 is the peak, all dev effort outside of this window is wasted.
vietnam should be the WW2 of this era of flight sims if we're trying to relive the 1990s analogy

>>536247465
Wasn't there a mission where if you shoot on israeli planes the mission immediately ends?

>>536165046
It's the landing mate, the gear is huge and I never know when I'm going to touch down, I'm starting to get the hang of it.

That window of time where reliable all-aspect heaters, laser and TV guided munitions, and BVR fox 1s existed, but GPS bombs / high off-boresight / FLIR / fox 3s did not is the ideal time period for aerial combat kino. Nothing much happened in this period besides the Falklands War, which is why more sims need to fully embrace alt histories or fictional worlds like arcade flying games do.

>>536252249
>lebanese civil war
>iran-iraq
>ussr in afghanistan
>us latam shenanigans
>african bush wars
not nothing, but most of it was brown

>on final
>90kt (5kt under stall speed)
>flare
>twitchy surfaces bug reported 5 months ago makes me flare too much
>do nothing
>plane goes on at sub stall speeds for a good 3km
The flight model is honestly shit outside of a few instances compared to the MSFS one (that has a lot of other issues but in different areas)
I don't know enough about flight models to know what is wrong, but something is wrong.

>>536253662
Exactly. Nobody wants to play as browns

>>536246149
it's allowed if you use it in the same sentence as *srael

>>536253662
>ussr in afghan
holy mother of kino. a full dynamic BMS-style campaign for this NOW.

>>536257040
>BMS-style campaign
It's literally impossible on DCS engine. Wags even hinted on his last appearance that's it's going to be closer to a bigger instant action.

>>536253912
Is the dev still active?

>>536262397
Yeah, but I don't know how big their team actually is nor what is the threshold for them to consider a module complete. In my opinion their M-346 is around 50% done, but I can easily imagine them fixing just a few bugs and calling it a day, since they never made a roadmap.
They also have other modules but if I have to be honest the level of details from looking at some youtube videos isn't that great.
Their F-16s are at the level where I wouldn't be able to ask people money for them if I was the developer. The CRJ seems to be a tiny bit better but it's hard to gauge the true reception.
If their M-346 will actually be developed further, introducing more MFD pages, the remaining HUD symbology, an actual physic based flight model like XPlane is famous for instead of the current FrecciaRossa one, and with more than 2 updates per year that hopefully will do more than only break stuff, then for me it was worth it. But if I didn't have an obsession with this trainer I honestly would've never looked their way even once.
I bought this module IIRC a year after its release and some of the bugs were IMMEDIATELY obvious from the first flight if you had even a little bit of experience with flight sims in general the fucking map was stationary so I seriously can't understand how the devs could miss those, unless they are incredibly understaffed and have cornered themselves with having to support too many modules. where have I seen that before?

>>536265424
Indiafoxtechno said that the 346 will get an update 'soon' so you'll just have to hope it's a good one.

>>536267650
I think they are just going to do some cleanup for the code but I would love to be proven wrong. Their M-346 module would need a complete 3D model overhaul and a completely different logic for their FBW/trim logic with flaps down. I don't know what to feel about them as devs considering some of the bugs for the DCS MB-339 are still present a year after them being reported (same with the M-346) and they seem to want to focus mostly on their breadwinner, the F-35 which I think it's getting some A/G stuff but I'm not sure as faceberg asks me to log in to view posts.

>>536269287
Honestly I've noticed that quite a few devs support their product for a bit and then completely abandon it even if there are still issues, not a fan.

>>536269720
I think it's because unless the module you release keeps selling like hotcakes at some point you'll have to either find another source of income or go under. Same issue DCS has. I hate subscription services like the plague but their advantage is precisely that. But their downside is that the devs then have all the incentives to trickle down meaningless updates to minmax their cash flow.
With the Xplane12 M-346 I was honestly a complete retard and didn't read up on how the modules work there. I tought it would be that once I buy it I own it so in the future I could make a fully offline simpit for the M-346 and not have to worry about licenses yet I'm stuck with a limited uses activation code module.
As a customer either way you'll take it up the ass. and I'm now considering buying the F-104 for Xplane

>>536257040
the pinnacle of 90-00s combat simming was in recreating 50-year-old conflicts and it's a waste to not be doing it again in the 2020s.

>>536270950
>lightning on window
how?

>>536270950
be a man and pirate it bro.
no need to take it up your ass unless you actually want it there.

>>536271459
The problem is that with Xplane there seems to be a lot less pirated stuff. I was able to find a couple of GA modules on some weird russian website but they also asked to run some sketchy exe files so I just said fuck that.
>>536271421
it's st Elmo nutsack or something, it was a part of the simfx mod for msfs IIRC

>>536270950
>limited uses activation code module
That's gay, maybe if you reach the limit you can contact the devs and get new ones?

>>536273565
Yeah you can, my gripe is about what happens if they go under or die. I hope they will at least have the decency to make an uncrypted release with the latest build if they ever stop being in the business.

>>536247148
Never even knew it existed

>>536110516
>>536166473
>>536207090
>>536211106
This is the only game that gets me pissed off in the weeks before the update. Every time it looks finished or they outright say its done and then there's just radio silence for weeks before it finally drops. And don't you dare point that out lest the discord meat guzzlers spring to their defense.

>>536283402
>And don't you dare point that out lest the discord meat guzzlers spring to their defense.
And as usual, when you ask an actual serious question about the game, most of those faggots will just play LE EPIC memelords instead of actually answering your question and throw some inside jokes your way. Or just spout blatantly false information they pulled from their asses, but they feel like its true so its alright.

>>536284191
still prefer that over anyone who would defend the people who stole greatness from us

>>536286850
The MiG-23 is so unappealing

>>536308942
>for MSFS 2020
>2024 update coming later
2020 chads stay winning

>>536290931
Maybe the Mig-23 finds you unappealing?

Are there any other dedicated flight sim controllers other than pic rel? Anyone here have experience with it? For it's build quality 250 seems very steep. I know its a very low volume production but still...

>>536334869
>250
oh helll nooo

>>536265424
>The CRJ seems to be a tiny bit better
>but it's hard to gauge the true reception.
that's because most Xplane users are "yes men" with stockholm syndrome for the sim. They are almost all Linux users who are accostumed to having something inferior they need to try and justify to everyone, so for every issue they have they think they are using it wrong or that it's totally not an issue despite even microshart lapping them in current year.

New competitor for the T-45 replacement. Unlike the others a prototype doesn't exist yet but it seems they want to make it CATOBAR capable. It looks like a mix of the T-7 and the Scorpion.

>>536337332
>that's because most Xplane users are "yes men" with stockholm syndrome for the sim
It's just because it's the sim with the most boomers. Boomers are by default cucks.

>>536334869
This shit looks like it will fall apart if i look at it the wrong way. Also if i remember correctly, its all made with 3D printed shit. So the finish will probably be shitty too.
Also it looks retarded.

>>536334869
it's a gimmick. A PS or Xbox controller will be more than enough to use with flight sims if you learn to use it.

Today i will play Nuclear Option with my virpil setup for no good reason at all.

>>536334869
That thing looks awful, honestly MSFS 20/24 works surprisingly well on an xbox controller, and you can probably get DCS working alright with it.

>>536338261
Isn't that just the scorpion?

>>536346335
I tought so too. the design is similar, they also use normal GA engines like the scorpion etc. But SNC as far as I know isn't a Textron subsidiary and Textron already endorsed the M-346 with Beechcraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHqXaKNbqiA
ROV kino is back

>>536290931
the mig-23 itself is less appealing than the mission set gap the mig-23 fills for redfor.
j8 will be the closest we get now unless you squint hard in the mirage and pretend it's a baguette-23

Sometimes i forget that, even without actual force feedback implemented, the Microsoft Sidewinder is such a good fucking stick. This fucker is almost as old as me and it still kicks ass.

>get virpil stick out
>fuck around a bit
>forgot that i configured it in helicopter mode
>can't be arsed to open it and change the cams
>don't sim
Wouldn't have happened if i had a FFB stick. Now i'm gonna buy one and not use it either. :^)

>>536353129
You're a lazy cunt, just change it

>>536353543
>You're a lazy cunt
and a dumb consoomer too at that

nice guts

>>536353610
Give me your virpil stuff, I won't ask again

DON'T SINK

>>536334869
Once again shilling the dualshock 4 + ds4windows. I fit Beemus F-16 on it

>>536369556
I'M SINKING!

>>536338261
He's in

GET OUT THE WAY

>>536373545
>decide to take off properly from the airfield for once in NO
>in my Ifrit
>some cricket motherfucker sits in the middle of the way fiddling his inputs settings or some shit
Fuck this shit

>>536373781
This was AI, it kept speeding up and slowing down and then sat there for a while but eventually took off.

>>536373265
zis is German Navy vat are you sinking about?
>>536373407
it does look very close

given all the bullshit and drama it's genuinely annoying how good the flight modelling is in DCS and how nice everything feels to fly, especially helicopters

>there's a fix for the carb heat levers for the duckworks mod
>I don't have it installed
>my carb heat is low
No idea what will happen if it gets too low, messes with the mixture I presume, it'll be fine.

>>536353129
I just keep my MongoosT base on the soft center cams with the light springs all the time, then tighten the springs all the way for fixed wing, or 15 turns out for dead stick on helis. Same drag clutch settings both.

>>536373265
Good, one less airframe to be complicit in mass immigration.

>>536334869
There's this coming out soon: https://meridiangmt.com/products/x-ray-flight-sim-controller/

>>536378605
This one looks serious.

>>536378605
Cute

>>536375647
yep

>>536375647
True. Fucking MFS is literally a joke compared to it.

>>536379568
I believe 24 made improvements with helicopters but it's still not its strength.

>>536380271
Rotary in 24 feels pretty good once you mess with curves and find the right aircraft, definitely better than 2020 but still worse than even the free mods in DCS.

>>536379568
I only need MSFS for being able to fly over places I've been in real life, other than that I prefer actually flying in DCS by a long shot. Hopefully when Falcon 5.0 comes out it will make ED start bringing their A-game instead of lazily siphoning module dollars towards Nick's warbird collection.

>>536380556
Engine limitations I suppose, 2020 didn't even get helicopters till quite a while after launch so it wasn't really made with them in mind.

woops

>earlier this month someone broke into Kecskemét airbase and stole parts from inside the radomes of the Mig-29A 9.12's stored there
>the planes were stored in the open for decades, so pretty much every part of them is junk, completely unfit to be put into a flying airframe
>therefore nobody knows who stole them and why
Bets on it being ED? They got stuck with simulating a subsystem in the radar, so they "borrowed" the real thing?

>>536390687
I like how ED doesn't let petty things like "the law" or "property rights" get in the way of their creative vision.

>>536390687
I doubt ED cares that much for their modules

>>536390687
Aliens

>>536390687
definitely some dude who posts here. show pics of the haul already fag

japan won the war!

>>536376471
>carb heat low
>what could possibly go wrong?
Ice. Ice in your carbs makes the engines no go no mo'

>>536399953
You don't need carbs m8 just protein

I got him bros ... Its over ... No more tariffs.

>>536412326
glad to see some non-planefag autism here.
what route?

>>536412558
>I don't see no crater, boy!

>>536110871
Is that from the f19 sim?

>>536412558
You defeated racism. Racism is finished.

>>536412558
t.

>>536399191
Surely the Compass absolutely mogs any real "advanced trainer" right? It's a nuke-capable transonic A-10 with an internal bay and carrier capability.

>>536378605
Looks good but how do you move the camera with this?

get moab'd

>>536435982
It's for airline fags, they just look at the autopilot screen the whole time anyways.

>>536445727
>Just tanking all that AA
ISHYGDDT

>>536445727
>your splattered debris getting blown out of the way by the explosion
kino

He mad.

Doing a cricket-only match with only bombs/heaters/guns/rockets made me realize how much I want a 1950s simcade game. I know IL-2 Korea is coming out, but just looking at the screenshots is telling me it'll be 200gb and my PC won't run it.

>>536453224
IL-2 is pretty well-optimized desu, it's not a petite little 10g install like NO or 24, but with most of the ww2 shit it's still lighter than a modern AAA.

>>536454770
Yeah but IL-2 Korea has more detailed *ground units* than some recent games actually set on the ground. Unless it's optimized like Halo 3, I don't expect it will run smoothly.

brutal

>try to watch dcs video on youtube
>spudnocker
>talks like a special ed kid retard
>slobbers ED cock
how the fuck can people watch him?

>>536470212
how do you niggas play flightsims on 1920x1080? it's so small, I could barely see shit while playing. switching to 1440 was like my top priority besides getting a joystick when I was only getting into simming.

>>536471420
I've never played them any other way

>>536339601
The funny thing is that MSFS2024 literally has a better physics engine than Xplane. But Xboomers will still go "muh realism" when they don't realize the last time Xplane was on top was before msfs2020

>>536479180
based
luv me j3

>>536471339
>talks like a special ed kid retard
it's not just spud, the DCS content creator binary is either "humorless boomer fighter pilot" or "cripplingly autistic pimpled 20something" with nothing in between.
the number of speech impediments you have to suffer through at 2x speed to learn anything in this hobby is non-trivial

>>536453224
>shitting on an unsuspecting Ifrit with the cricket

>>536484870
GS is kind of entertaining, although you don't really learn a lot from his vids.

>>536421437
>Lag Vegas

>>536471339
CasmoTV should be your first choice for tutorials then, and Got Space Games should be the last.

>>536471420
I'm running at 6240 x 6280 per eye.

It's here, the game we've all been waiting for, I present to you Airport Training Simulator, Professional Ground Handling Training.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1TyGjSsDQ

>>536509446
yo this actually looks cool as fuck. i'm glad i still have my t300rs and shifter.

>>536504645
art of the kill and laobi vids all you need assuming you're flying something covered in the 60-second series.
casmo does have some good series on air cav tactics and thinking rotary thoughts but privated most of his useful airframe tutorials

>>536516874
What is this from?

>>536524613
A safety poster in an EC-145

>>536524613
DON'T APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL THE PILOT GIVES THE OK, you rube!

I'm playing Farming Simulator 2022, I probably haven't played a farming sim game since 2011

>>536531673
Forgot pic, my first tractor and I'm renting the plough, I don't really know what I'm doing I have to say.

>>536532953
>Stealing defeat from the jaws of victory

>>536532953
Looks like the sort of 'planes' I would make in KSP

>>536102524
Still hate ED but I can't deny this actually looks pretty sick, though it does just make me madder that we only have the post cold war versions of the US 4th gens

Still wondering whether its worth it to dust off my HOTAS for Nuclear Option. PLays well enough as is, but feels kinda spastical playing with MKB.

>>536562614
Fucking hate playing with MKB, even tho for some reason most of the fags playing this game on youtube are using MKB. I guess they're just regular games who stumbled upon the game and not sim-autists.

>>536562614
worth it, everything feels good

>>536562614
Do you have a gamepad? Even the dev himself uses one

>>536574640
>NK OMETyW AEBABNT
>NK OHrETyW NPAB ABNT
>ANPABKA KPAHGl OTKP
WTAHrA ABAP BbNyCK
Who the fuck came up with this shit? It doesn't make any sense.

>>536575043
learn how to read, anon

>>536576828
CyKA BLYAT, PIDOR!

Ass Evo 0.3 when

>>536524881
>>536527320
>card has instructions for entering the helicopter without getting mulched
>"DO NOT REMOVE THIS CARD FROM THE HELICOPTER"
what's the point then?

>>536559114
What a coincidence, I was looking into the 105 yesterday, it's a nice helicopter.

>>536593008
DO NOT REDEEM THE CARD
>remove the card
>you can now enter the helicopter however you want

>>536600000
based

>>536600000
Nice aircraft

>>536600000
digits checked, hope there's a dev update soon

>>536550892
>looks pretty sick
how? it literally does nothing the FC3 one doesn't already do. The only difference is the clickable cockpit since the EFM is the same and they confirmed they won't implement GCI control

>hot again
GO AWAY

>behold the modern ground-attack aircraft
picrel plus hypersonics mean the future of 21st-century air-to-air jet combat only exists in simulation.
there's no "real doctrine" and everything is a LARP. take off from the taxiway.

>>536615150
What if we get air to air drone combat?

Big drones with lasers chasing down small drones carrying explosives

>>536617136
RC WW2 with quadcopters and wingman jets sounds pretty dope actually.

>>536619851
The skies will be full of REEEEing

FUCK FISHBEDS THEY'RE TOO EASY

>>536621160
>drone fishing
kino

*digs out a random screenshot to save the thread*

>>536639261
>twin radial cargo dog
what is this?

>>536640550
DC-3, you can have it as passenger or cargo

>>536639261
story of /simg/

>>536640756
genuinely forgot it came in a cargo variant, cheers

>>536644162
There's also a modern version with GPS (gay) and the classic version without (based). The old autopilot is a bit funky.

>like IL-2 Blitz game engine, flight dynamics, and cockpit interactions
>don't like the Cliffs of Dover planes because 303s are so piss weak
>don't like the Tobruk map because it's just a flat empty desert
>supposed to be making Dieppe but no news this year so far
Where is it

>>536621160
I always told you guys the solution to drones is more drones.

Guys, do you smell burnt hair ?..

>>536654436
This is why you can't fly with big lithium batteries

>>536651250
Husband... You gave away all our ressources to implement TrueSky but it still doesn't work... and now we are homeless

>>536651626
From virtually no drones to drones being the most lethal weapon on the battlefield in just 3.5 years, I can't wait to see what the evolution brings us to counter them, surely fishing nets aren't the ultimate counter drone weapon

>>536656543
Big sticks to whack them out of the air

>>536656543
>pic related

>>536656543
My bet is current remote weapon stations on tanks and other vehicles will be replaced remote weapon stations that are basically mini SPAAG systems with a small radar, or thermal cam, or AI-guided optical camera or something, while the weapon itself is either blasting the drone with shogun shells, or airburst rounds.

>>536651626
Damnit, I just wanted a fun hobby flying FPV drones, then some slavs had to go and use it to mutilate each other, and now the wall are closing in on me. I really am just going to have to live in my fucking VR headset if I want any freedom, the judeocracy has already ruined fast cars, guns, women, and vaping for me so far.

>>536666619
Oh and they want to take my 3D printer away next too, I am so sick of these politicians forgetting that they work for ME.

>>536656543
I'm thinking drones that just shoot some kind of adhesive like a Spider Man web sprayer.

>>536671260
Can be countered too easily with a drone that shoots lube.

>>536656543
Nets are big and heavy and only destroy 1 drone, but drones are more fragile than that. A chain or rope can also break the propellers. Hell a strong gust of wind can fuck a cheap drone, give counter drones an airzooka

Fucking aerospace CEOs in here trying to get us to brainstorm for free.

>>536673381
I've been foiled

>>536673381
Works better than chat GPT somehow

>>536678915
Censored by another shadow aerospace agency to keep their drones safe

How crazy do you have to be, to unironically consider flying this shit?

>>536688013
what is the thought process here?
does this help in a crosswind or...?

>>536688013
>>536690746
It's called "not giving a fuck as hard as you can". Besides, you can always just eject and lose a few inches of height permanently!

>>536690746
I think it was just the period when they tried EVERYTHING they could, and try to see how it performed. Especially because computers weren't powerful enough to just make a simulation. So they needed to actually do the wacky shit and take notes.

>>536688013
Do you have to go full throttle once that thing moves?

Terrain.

>>536690746
I'd guess it's a mechanically simpler swing wing

>>536690746
high speed, long range, long endurance

I finally finished modding XPLANE12..
After 3 days and 185Gbs of mods, I finally got it looking pretty good (for XPlane).
Doesn't look as good as MSFS2024 obviously, but at least i can zoom in really far and still see the buildings ahead of me (unlike in FS2024)

fuck i forgot to post the picture lmao>>536732864

>>536733004
what mods?

>>536735462
Simheaven X-WORLD 3.0 and AutoOrtho for the graphics, LiveTraffic for traffic (duh), Better Pushback, Follow Me Car and Auto DGS for Ground Ops, and lastly a couple of great freeware like the ZIBO737 and the Aerobastk DR400.

>>536690801
u wot m8 I had no idea this was in development, I can't find a website or much info on it beyond a video

>>536733004
That looks good, the trees still look a bit odd though

>>536690801
I love this weird little nigga so much

>>536736890
Yeah they included those new 3D trees in XPLANE12 but they don't look great from afar...
The only good thing about them is that they change depending on the season and can look pretty good from up close.

>>536737252
That looks decent, the great trees in MSFS 24 made me realise how much of a difference they make to scenery in sims, 2024 goes a bit mad with it though so it looks like another game almost on the ground. What does water look like in X Plane? Does the sea look alright?

>>536737194
it will do the spray and everything, live out your soviet farming kino dreams

>>536736564
>Simheaven X-WORLD 3.0
isn't that a bitch to install?

>>536736564
>>536733004
Sweet. Personally I didn't like the look of Simheaven due to the all gray buildings and fell back to only authoortho. Simheaven also gave me massive fps drops.

>>536738654
Believe it or not, just a drag and drop into your custom scenery folder and just a quick check the see if your sceneries are loaded in the correct order and you're set !
>>536740320
Sometimes i find the building models for Simheaven to be really low-res compared to the default ones, but for VFR it adds so much details and structures missing from the base scenery package.

>>536737494
Water looks alright most of the time, the waves are well made but i still prefer 2024's water effects

>>536744387
It reminds me of FSX where you had to install countless addons to make it look good (at the time). I remember Orbx's scenery packs seemed amazing at the time but it's funny looking at them now.

>>536745159
That's exactly what it is.
I hope someday we can get better ground textures and details out of the box, they did a good job with the clouds and the colours last update, i hope they keep it up.

It's ok-ish for VFR flight now, IFRs flights are really great though compared to FS2024. I do enjoy the night lighting and the airport scenery way m ore in XPLANE.

>>536745942
They keep fiddling with lighting in 24, apparently the weird sepia glow around cities will be fixed in SU4

>can't even load 500 mods in BeamNG without having them crash my vehicle after I spawn it nor can I load the RLS career mod in it
why even live

>>536757383
Are you the dev? Where are you getting these helis from as I can't find anything about them.

>>536757884
helix collective is the dev

Chicago almost looks like a normal place.
Almost.

*waits under your path*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfkWW3PMPMU
This video suggests that MSFS 2024 actually runs better when streaming everything compared to downloading.

>>536770515
Forgot to say, I'm working on a submarine in Stormworks, it really belongs on /egg/ but it's a vehicle and a simulation ish. I love subs with the red lower hull, it looks great.

>TrackIR arrives
>yay, time to live the head tracking fantasy
>turns out it's a pain in the ass because my posture is fucked and I'm too ADHD to keep my head still and level most of the time
balls

>>536780546
It's not the 2000's anymore, we have VR now. You can return your TrackIR, and for that same $150 pick up a used Reverb G2 to run with the Oasis driver that comes out on the 29th.

>>536780546
You'll have to fiddle, you can give yourself neckache with trackir if the curves are wrong and your head is stuck in one spot
>>536780849
I'm sure trackir is much more comfortable than VR

>>536780849
I mean I have a Pico 4 headset, I'm just not sure whether that is actually supported by the sims I wanted to try it with. Whereas track IR is pretty much out the box, which is pretty neat

Have a great night /simg/

>>536781148
>I'm sure trackir is much more comfortable than VR
Comfortable maybe, but more unnatural because it doesn't track your movement 1:1 like VR.
Any VR headset can be made comfortable with shims under the facial interface pad, and then your body will develop thick, powerful neck muscles to deal with the weight.

>>536781148
you can't beat VR for immersion, but if you're lazy and can settle for 80% good enough trackir or opentrack is fine.
low-barrier impulsive sessions on flatscreen are better than the sessions you skip because you can't be bothered to put on the headset.

>>536783723
When I fly I like being able to look at littlenavmap on another monitor like I had a paper map in the cockpit, and I can also shitpost here as I fly. I know you could probably do that in VR but it sounds like a pain.

>>536782308
>fever
>clogged nose
>25°
Probably not going to be a great night.

>>536787985
Do Anon (fever) dreams about flight
by /simg/

>>536787985
>>536788303
I've genuinely had fever dreams about planes and it wasn't fun, ganbare anon

>>536786019
second screen is a massive pain in VR, you're better off peeking under the headset at your actual monitor than whatever cludgy workaround you need to do with openkneeboard or virtual desktop.
if you listen to music, socialize, consume brainrot, or use any kind of references in another window, the convenience of alt-tab beats the fidelity of VR every time

>>536796804
Can you get other windows up easily in VR?

>>536804335
Wtf that looks like real life

>>536804335
His setup was always damn impressive. I liked his modded AC showcases.

>>536804335
Wait, is he using a filter to show his body or is that the actual model of the game having those realistic hand movements?

>>536806261
Its a rig, youre seeing the real him, wheel, and dashboard... the windows are screens

>>536797383
no

>AGM-99s for air-to-air
>it works
holy based

>>536811038
You can kill flying stuff with almost anything if used right and the dude doesn't really evade. You even have a special warning for optical missiles for this reason. So you know it isn't TOO BAD, but you might want to shake it off anyway to make sure.
I've yet to kill a heli with a bomb tho.

>epic games store can't handle the power of a fully operational TSW dlc range
lmao

>0.31 dev stream tomorrow
Please be the last one I need it

>>536797383
Setting up some floating windows just to look at may be easy depending on the headset (it's easy with Quest). If you need to interact with them and not just look at them it gets more complicated.

Although the original topic was just looking at maps inside VR and there's a ton of ways to do that, including the built-in EFB in FS2024

>>536825610
same
I've waited long enough

Is the world accurately simulated in FS2024? Or is it ball earth spinning at 1000mph?

is it the same boat or not

>>536861786
I'd say yes. That's cargo on the bow and stern, not part of the structure.

>>536835261
What's the cockpit like?

>>536858707
Why would it be spinning at 1000mph? It turns in real time.

>>536835261
>>536846617
What game has bestkamov in it?

>>536863971
no pics of the -31 yet, have the -26

>>536864850
You still haven't told me where to get this from, the only references I can find are on the helisimmer website which seems to be down. Where can I get it?

>>536788303
>>536790075
>finally fall asleep early in the morning
>neighbors decide to start cutting logs.
I now understand why sometimes people kill their neighbors.

>>536864753
msfs, eventually
>>536864926
not out yet and no announced release date, but the devs dumped all of these screens in june/july so hopefully it's close

You know what bugs me the most in DCS? Cockpit clocks don't have accurate beat rates.

>>536866545
What a shit game, embarrassing

>>536865948
>the helicopters are going to be totally free
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2515207526

>>536867791
It's just fucking annoying when you start the AChS-5, or the Heuer or Dodane clock and it's either a smooth glide, or a 1s beat, like a quartz clock.

>>536874459
They should just release a seiko nh-36 early access module. Full fidelity but you can't open the caseback and the seconds hand will come afterwards (possibly)

Plz gib update now

>>536874459
I've honestly never understood watch autism, they tell the time, who cares beyond that. I'm sure they might be put together well and look pretty inside but it's something that sits on my wrist and tells me the time.

I've honestly never understood plane autism, they fly from A to B, who cares beyond that. I'm sure they might be put together well and look pretty inside but it's something that I sit in and takes me the Bali.

>>536877484
(You)

>>536879105
Guess I won then.

>>536880431
It was such a terrible analogy it wasn't worth a proper response

>>536881008
To the selfish autist, maybe.

>>536877329
You might want to play a watchmaking sim

>>536882225
Do real pilots sim the plane they fly irl all day?

>>536882225
>The wristwatch (: rannekello) is an item which can be obtained by knocking out the drunken man at the dance pavilion. Once the man has fallen down, he will drop his watch which can then be equipped by looking at it and pressing F.

>another nothingburger bomber escort
It's been nearly 25 missions just get me out of Finland please and into an il2 or something

>>536882951
Hiding such an important item in such an insane way was an inspired choice. Sasuga TopGun.

>>536884520
That's My Summer Car in a nutshell, honestly I wouldn't recommend the game, it's frustrating and boring on purpose, which some claim is part of the charm but it is very irritating.

>>536882652
I figure there's gotta be a bunch of them who do. Honestly I stopped flying planes in DCS for almost a year when I was moving and couldn't find the time to get my shit setup again and by the time I did I felt like I had lost all my muscle memory.

I still knew what I had to do and what i had to press but I felt like I was running on brain lag.

Apparently there's a Russian sub off the coast of Norway that's being hunted for

>>536865985
That's it, I calling the EPA on these fucking underwater pirates.

>>536897009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IyngX5mojc

It's 747 Wednesday my dudes

Move it FROGS!

>>536897009
the sub dissapeared and for a moment they heard whales humping

>>536877484
This, but trains.

>>536877484
If anything, I have a major fucking grudge against airplanes for allowing billions of people like this guy to effortlessly fly from india to unsuspecting places all over the world.

>>536897009
I'll help in the search

>>536877027
ITS BEEN 5 MONTHS

>>536908113
what are butt trains?

normal chicane sortie

>>536922850
I'm guessing your CPG got turned into beef stroganoff spray?

NO dev stream cancelled because their street lost power

>>536931047
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

>>536922850
>why do we even bother with all this useless stuff ? look, its fine

>>536922850
Uoohhhhhhh belly erotic

>dogfight a cricket in my jet
>end up stalling my shit up and crashing
Historically accurate.

up we go again...

2020 really looks like dogshit after adjusting to 24

>>536943006
What heli is that? Looks nice and unmolested by GPS niggerdry.

>>536945378
one freshly soiled pair of underwear for the crew chief

>>536948318
>He doesn't know about the secret roll rate

>>536947296
freeware ka-26 from helix collective.
devs were close to release as of a couple weeks ago, but then did a weekend of research in hungary and came back with stuff to tweak.

>>536948318
IL2 1946?

American truck simulator clone made by who else
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2141130/Road_Kings/

Found this. I think its the first video game I ever touched

https://www.moddb.com/mods/janes-wwii-fighters-2020-edition-flight-sim-air-combat

>>536959807
You have to be 18 to post here.

>>536964770
sorry, am YF-17

>>536959593
Maybe i'm the only one, and maybe i am delusional, but i wish those fucks would kinda consolidate all their trucks games in one solid game. Expeditions imo has very good rock crawling physics, compared to snowrunner (last time i checked at least). Roadcraft got tracked vehicles finally working, construction etc. Now you got this new truck game ...
Each game has its strength, but is lacking in some way.
Well, at least we'll soon get the new difficulty for roadcraft, with gearboxes and fuel.

>>536931047
I honestly think something's up with this update. No other update has taken this long.

>>536980638
I mean, seems like its fucking packing. Remade (some?) airfields, new heli, new airdrop mechanic, new enhanced flight model, new ground vehicles, and i'm probably missing stuff.

>>536980875
They are doing a great job. I'm still hoping for a C130-like cargo plane though.
(Yes i know about the Medusa)

>>536980638
Surprise VR update, I heard it from someone who knows an insider!

>>536980451
How are you supposed to pilot from the back seat if you can't see?

>>536983951
backseat is for the passenger

>>536984085
I haven't flown the cub for ages, I thought the rear seat was the pilot was some reason, fair enough.

>>536968204
JANNY

>>536984085
Nah, rearseat is pilot
You just gotta look around her
Or push her out of the way

>>536984193
>>536985341
I thought piloting from the rear seat was only during solo flight

>>536986436
instruction too

When are we getting blender wing body planes?

>>536986536
blended*, though that plane was probably made in blender.

Anyone played this? It isn't a sim but I like the Porco Rosso aesthetic.

This was obviously painted on as a joke, after a Hungarian Mi-24V ambushed two F-15's on an exercise and got gunkills on them.

After the exercise the Americans told them they could fly over to their base in the US for a visit any time. The Hind guys said sure, just line up every aircraft carrier they have over the Atlantic, and they can hop over from carrier to carrier.

>>537002464
>20 minute flight
Filthy casual

>>537003120
I just needed to get to KCOD to pick up my Starship

>got my first multiplayer kill earlier in il2
Oh yeah... 7 ground targets too... thanks Focke Wulf!

>>537003120
filthy casual joyride flights are the most fun

>hour long escort with no trimming, dont see a single fucking Finn. Lose most of our guys to collisions
And they wonder why I drink...

>>537005498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMSxobFK_mY

>>537006105
bring back grossly inefficient engines and short-hop routes with sovl

>>537005930
No trimming ?
What kind of shit-plane do they force you to fly ?!

>>537014787
I-16 type 18
If it had some cannons I could forgive it slightly, but I'm stuck with pea shooters that take out trucks and that's about it
I can't wait till this part is over and I move to the il-2

you wouldn't cheat in an online co-op game

Anyone know what DCS mod this is?

>>537034068
Another view:

>>536980875
Really needs some AI improvements. Watching AI try and make room for eachother on the Annex class carrier is like watching indian truck drivers in Canada

>>537034068
And another:

>>537034068
Last one, I promise ;^)

>>537034824
RIP

>>537034068
I would simply pull up

>>537034068
Polish F-16 demo pilot. Barely a year after they lost a M-346 in the same exact manouvre. You'd think they would change the ceiling for these moves. RIP.

>>537041337
Seems to be a common way to crash at an airshow

>>537041337
He also has AB on the whole way through.

>>537034824
ugh, rip

>>536980638
They better nerf Piledrivers too. As it stands, they're just an "End Match immediately" button as soon as that Radar Truck goes down.

>>536982990
is that you?

>>537034824
Do you think he G-locked? Even with full afterburner I tought the f-16 should've been able to pull more AOA than that, in that situation.

>>537059176
>load bomber with bunch of Piledrivers
>take off
>launch
>repeat
Love the game but this unbalanced broken shit isn't even fun. There's a problem with how spammable some weapons are, and with the size of the maps and actual engagement ranges.
Also AI is fucking useless.

>>537062263
this is the irl modern combat meta, take it up with reality.

hmmm

>>537075013
Wait, heartland is 80x80km, and Ignus is more like 160x80km. Apparently the new map is a steppe biome that is mostly land and ignus sized

Wont be in 0.31 im pretty sure, but likely 0.32

Bohemia needs to hurry up and buy ED already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY-3nQ5Fpeo

>>537064372
>plane launched micro ICBMS are realistic

The only reason they are so OP is because they fly in a ballistic arc through the stratosphere. Thats not a thing IRL, no rocket taht has enough fuel for that fits on a plane, especiall if you add that the rocket has no pad to launch itself from and needs to steer upwards mid-air while also correcting for the planes velocity.
NO does pretty well with prioritizing fun over realism when in doubt, but these things are neither fun nor realistic.

Regardless of whether they are realistic or not, tuskos were a terrible addition because there is never a reason to not take them. Piledrivers are vulnerable to missile SAMs, cruise missiles are vulnerable to SPAAGs, bombs require you to get close, while tuskos are strong against anything.

>>537080427
russians are lobbing kinzhals off mig-31's and the chinese can air-launch the dongfeng-21.
irl HGVs are even more OP bullshit than the approximation we get in NO

>>537004149
I just bought this plane and parts are already falling off!

The world was never the same after the third impact

>>537103086
Stay out of icing conditions

>>537077970
Mentioned before but I saw this on display at a defence exhibition under BAE, big setup with lots of people acting as ground troops on computers, two people in flight sim setups flying jets, huge screen showing the overall battle, it was fun to watch. I spoke to one of the engineers and iirc it was built on the Operation Flashpoint engine.

>>537119826
it's too bad their flight mechanics are ass since the rest of the ground simulation works so well

>>537034068
>TFW you forget you don't have thrust vectoring

>>537111678
I love Jank Simulator. Found these just West of Colorado Springs. I tried to land on one, but clipped through.

>>537130236
ah yes, brutalist corporate architecture in the middle of the rockies.

>>537137148
I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR ME TO FLYYYY

>>537137148
>kinoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUlafaMDuU0
>model full-fidelity clickable jet
>startup requires two buttons pressed simultaneously on opposite sides of cockpit
>still need keyboard bindings
buy it before it's done or it's $80, thank you for your passion and support

>>537119612
We will stay above the clouds

>>537164176
Italy has become too powerful and must be stopped

>>537165704
Don't worry, we're already stopping ourselves by electing retards

>>537166339
But look how pretty she is

>>537166838
The fact that she's the least retarded of her coalition is what makes me want to cry lmao.

Would recommend The Wind Rises for an aviation -related film

>>537167876
Youtube recommended me this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyC8TNm4kHY

>>537168428
There really is an anime for everything

>>537167876
It's good

>>537169338
Still waiting for that horology anime of cute girls discussing Omega, Heuer, servicing movements and wearing cute Seikos.

So i was away for a couple of days. Quick rundown on the NO stream ?
Turns out i don't have skin cancer btw

>Complex Engine Management [Off]

I can't be bothered to map all these keybinds, sorry

The crash compilations are already starting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s_sVwelYik

>>537191424
Don't follow NO, but glad to hear it anon.

>>537198379
The game is already out ?
>>537198869
Thanks anon

>>537199268
nvm i'm retarded

How is it possible that the majority of flight sims won't let you just map view panning to a joystick axis like a normal fucking game. Props to Nuclear Option for not being fucking retarded and just letting me do this.
>hmmm should I set up my right thumbstick as a virtual mouse or a virtual keypad

Nothing as comfy as RTBing after a successful Sortie.

Which mecha should get a DCS module

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2ZNBkI4rMQ

s

>>537191424
That's great news congratulations mate, I hope you didn't do anything stupid because you thought you were going to die soon

>>537191424
Congrats, anon. Most anons in this thread don't have skin cancer because they haven't been outside since Arianna Grande was still fuckable.

>>537203185
If you're using the duckworks mod (which you should be if you're flying the dc-3), there's a fix for the carb heat levers in 24 on the duckworks discord, which is a bit of a faff to get, not sure why they don't just update it on the site.

>>537229424
I'm sure there was a mech simulator in development but I can't remember the name of it

>>537251594
I already did plenty of dumb shit before, don't worry. Nothing too bad tho.
>>537251705
Honestly, barely go out and i mostly live at night so i was pretty annoyed to be told i could have skin cancer. Fuck that.

>>537253650
Wear suncream m8, it's amazing how many people don't and age like shit and get cancer. Even if you're outside for an hour, when the UV is anything above low it still affects you.

>>537253736
I do bro'. I always protect my skin and i still look like a fucking baby at 32. I know its not that old, but some people are younger than me and their skin already look like shit because they do UVs and shit.
Thinking about commissioning this artist to do more NO characters like this.

>>537254050
>'My last wish before I die of ligma is a NO anime girl (futanari)'

>>537254305
My usual commissions are mostly hyper-muscular religious dudes (no homo), its nice to try something new sometimes.

>>537229424
Atlas obviously. It will sell well so we'll get more modules and Gundam crossovers for Zaku/Kampfer modules. Then we will get more obscure crossovers.
- A delusional Anon

Wingless planes

Got in touch with the artist. Commissions slots are full right now, but as soon as they open up again i'll try to cook something funny for /simg/
>>537261510
Thats the spirit

>>537261635
Paying for art is fucking stupid imo

>>537262230
Nah, if it's a good artist and you have no other choice it's good. It's not like paying for porn

>>537262230
I've commissioned a lot of artworks over the years and i'm glad i did. When you find good artists you actually vibe with, its amazing.

>>537262230
it's the only reason good art exists

>>537263757
I've seen absolute shit in galleries being sold for over a grand

>>537264004
Thats just money laundering.

>>537262230
>t. Julius II

helicopters aren't real

Fuck you newton.

And here I thought we'd get the NO update this month...

>>537271271
There's NO update

>>537271271
I've heard it could come as soon as next week. Keep huffing that copium with me anon.

>drop AA, radar and ammo to solidify the airfield
>gets wrecked by a missile salvo from a darkreach anyway
Also fucking ammo containers just slide around the place.

Fucking aussies are probably colluding with Team Cherry to release 0.31 on the same day as Silksong

>>537254050
God damn I need to commission something like that. A mix of an M-346 and Holo from Spice and Wolf holding a Dragunov.

>>537284434
I warn you, once you take the coomer path, there is no return. Save your soul before it's too late.

>>537284434
Do it.

If you like the M346 so much why dont you marry it

>>537285056
>Deranged man loses his genitals after breaking into a military base in bizarre aviation incident

>>537285056
You sound like my ex

>>537285963
The 339?

>>537286310
kek

What are we thinking, fellas?

For me the interesting part was how quick and automated startup was, guess the Soviets were taking QRA pretty seriously.

>>537294185
For me, it's the eject handle

>>537294185
Yeah, handle looks like nuts

>>537294185
Looks like a good adversary to the F-14 until we get the fagafied version.

>>537295279
I think a more matching adversary would be the M2000. Well, as long as that module still works that is.

>>537004149
>Starship version 1.2 update re-enables tail registration display for all included liveries in FS2024
New paint job time

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wKR8DPyuHOM

Could you guys make this landing?

>>537306186
I could land on the boat but I doubt I'd survive it.

>>537295949
they're never coming back, it's razbover

>>537295949
I routinely get the shit kicked out of me by AI Mig-25s in the Hornet. It does, in fact, suck to suck.

>>537312040
Simulation: Accurate

Gib NO update NOW. I want to AIRDROP shit NOW.
Also i wish the front wouldn't move that fast in multiplayer. Feels like you have no time to do anything.

I love being a logistic autist. I wish to see one day some sim game that has both high quality combat gameplay, and high quality vehicle autism gameplay, and both running alongside each others.
Like, kid of a mix of Eurotruck/spintires/DCS/Foxhole/Arma or whatever. You get the idea.

>>537306186
tuna spotter vids are kino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t15UsFN9JOc

We're over the Target.

TERRAIN

BUMP

>>537348759
>yes 2 inch freeboard is good saar

>>537330313
I keep wondering why the frogs are so autistic about compatibility with USN carrier operations?

>>537374739
Anon...

Seeing that the arcade console gamers get graphics like this is a let down for me as a linux x-plane 12 simmer. Fuck, I can cope all I want with "graphics don't matter, it's all about simulation", doesn't change the fact this looks fucking good.

>>537378993
>arcade console games
The MSFS24 g1000 172 has a better flight model than the Xplane one. Even just the physic engine of 24 is better than xplane

>>537381446
Yeah no, it is an arcade game and the physics is broken.

>>537377521
Yeah, but why though? Do they think in an actual hot war Rafales will be blasting off American supercarriers, and F-35's will be blasting off the Louis de Funés or whatever the fuck it's called?

>>537384921
But enough about Xplane.

Has anyone here had experience with both VKB and Virpil kit? I'm just getting back into flight sims after a few years and I've quickly remembered how much I hated the ungated hats on the Virpil CM3 throttle and CM2 grip compared to my older Warthog and CH products kit. Are the hats on the VKB STECS and MCGU any better?

>>537384921
Nope, i've got decent IRL experience to say this :
FS2024 is really good for GA, XPLANE has better FM for Airliners.
That's about it, 2024 shits all over XPLANE12 graphic wise though.

>>537387735
>Nope, i've got decent IRL experience to say this
>FS2024 is really good for GA
Yeah, for the graphics, eg. sightseeing, not much else. Look up any neutral comparisons made by real life pilots and you'll notice everyone says that MSFS planes fly like on rails.

>>537378993
even DCS has better terrain and atmospherics than xplane, it's an ugly sim

>>537388013
>ignores anon who says he has IRL flight experience
>look up videos online dude

>>537391636
>believes anons blindly
I'm a A350 captain bro, I know what I'm talking about.

>>537392287
Most pilots i actually know and talk to agree with me (again, for GA aircrafts only).
Sounds like your opinion is made up anyway lmao

>>537393095
Yeah sure thing buddy.

>>537387735
>>537392287
>>537393095

My dad had a neighbor who flew for KLM until 1977 who'd stand on his patio, rambling about how this new Microsoft would help him somehow taxi his aircraft.

I know a dude who used to fly some ultra light crap. I only listen to his advices.

I wish we had another game like Atomic Suggestion but in a cold war gone hot setting.
Instead of having advanced aircraft, just justify the simplistic controls by having a co-pilot who actually deals with the targeting and stuff.

As an active duty professional M-346 sim pilot thank me for my cervix I think the effort put in by the virtual aircraft developers often matters more than the engine limitations of the sim. I still don't know anything about flight sim engines so I'll shut up now

>>537384921
This is just cope because you don't want to use Windows for MSFS. How realistic a plane flies is nearly all down to the developer, not the engine

>>537405083
>How realistic a plane flies is nearly all down to the developer, not the engine
It's both. X-Plane has implemented "blade element theory" which tries to interpret the physical shape of the aircraft's model and incorporate it into the physically simulated object. I don't know about MSFS.

>>537405605
MSFS24 has that. In 2020 "aicrafts" were all basically a tube with wings. in 2024 you can have complex shapes. But if the developer doesn't use the tool they are back to being a tube.

>>537405605
But I'm sure devs have to implement that, I imagine there are plenty of shit addons for x plane that don't fly well.

>>537400182
What a Battlzone style RTS where you can also pilot the vehicles?

>>537404284
>As an active duty professional M-346 sim pilot
How do you get into that career?

>>537408635
Be a devoted /simg/-bumper

I'm cautiously getting back into virtual flying. Some sacrifices had to be made - my Warthog stick died last year, so I'm back on the CH setup and it kinda holds up after all these years, but A2A refueling is an exercise in frustration. Ordered a ChinkWing Orion G2 stick, the Hog throttle should do fine still, but all I got for rudder is the cheap TM ones and the CH which I really don't like.
VKBs weird press-down rudder seems to be the only thing available for purchase now, but they are expensive and don't have brakes, though I really like the compact form factor - is this worth getting after my next paycheck?

On to the next thing, which is what is worth focusing on. IL-2 was always my go-to sim, but you all know how it is - it's got some issues like not all planes FMs being equally polished, AI sometimes being stupid (when the fuck will they fix the bug when AI wingmen don't drop their bombs!?), but it's still the best WWII SP experience.
I checked out DCS the other day and it's just not good. Some warbirds still have a bit too much power, the AI still cheats and the DM is still lacking. Add to that the absolutely unrealistic planeset for the maps and campaigns and it becomes a joke as soon as you look past clickable pits and operating the plane itself.
I'd say fuck it and just play BMS, but I don't find it fun on my own, always get impatient and do something stupid.
God, I'd kill for something like Nuclear Option, but with WWII inspired planes

>>537408635
Bad life decisions mostly.
>>537408820
that too

>>537408890
lmao based
Keep flying king

why can't assblow get trees right?

>>537414376
Works on my machine

>>537414938
Kuldahar... home...

>>537414938
>i didn't sign up for this shit

>>537414938
Yggsadril

carrier landings aren't that hard once you get used to the wind. but ditching the plane every time feels a bit wasteful.

>>537417578
>that sneaky rotor under the tail
I always suspected these things wouldn't be able to hover level the way they do in the movie.

>>537378993
Whenever I remember that people are still playing Xplane in 2025 I also remember of pic rel.

>>537428034
Lazy bait is lazy.

>>537428034
It's not 2001 anymore, gramps.

Tell me, does Windows have ads in the UI yet? Last time I used it they were thinking about it.

>>537428797
You have to stand up and say I LOVE WINDOWS every 10 minutes otherwise your PC gets locked out

>>537396995
>flew for KLM until 1977
was he by any chance their star pilot?

Does /simg/ think anything about IL2: Cliffs of Dover?

>>537442750
meow

>>537444465
Guard frequency is for serious use only

>>537447980
*chinese meowing intensifies*

Nuclear Option is getting updated this week. I can feel it in my stick.

Honestly I'd trade the Fulcrum to have the Flogger. It's such an unique weirdo plane.

>watch NO dev stream from the other day
>new helicopters physics will be more realistic but also easier because they're getting fly-by-wire
Mhhhh

>>536124926
>Virtual Sailor NG
>Virtual Sailor NG is an open world sailing simulator with accurate physics, simulating well the various boats included.
yes saar we simulating well the various boats

>>537453868
wish granted, we get a full-fidelity MiG-23MS with R-3 missiles only and no IRST

>>537440983
Early WW2 is not fun because it's unstable but durable shitboxes with weak guns that take forever to kill eachother.