Rusty_M

Desperados, Hobgoblin, Top Banana, Bishop's Finger, Sheepshagger, Old Speckled Hen, Old Crafty Hen, Erdinger, Leffe, Hoegaarden, Tsingtao to name a few that I really like. I'd encourage people who like good beers to try Innis & Gunn and Deuchars IPA from my home town (although you can get them all over the UK at least). I also belieive Innis & Gunn is proving very popular in canada.

Well not screenshots, but...

She is neutral to it really. I sim whilst sitting next to her on the sofa anyway.

I always have a soft spot for the F14, having started with Fleet Defender in my youth!

My girlfriend asked me to marry her! An easy decision for me. Even easier than the decision to buy DCS A10! Hooray!:thumbup::helpsmilie:

Cool, but I hate the acronym! Same as I hate the HEART acronym for the HOTAS Warthog. It's not a proper acronym. I must stop being a bit of a pedant!

Yup. Another brit here.

On a budget, I found the Creative Fatal1ty (even if I want to pronounce it "fatal-one-ty") to be not bad. It's a great fit for TrackIR

should be a special "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED" section for sticks & TrackIR. Last year I decided to get into sims by buying F4:AF, Lock On, Il2 1946 & FSX. This has led to a downward spiral of X52 (which I'd already love to upgrade), Track IR, the DCS series, FC2, BoBII, Rise of Flight and a new computer. Damn you sim developers!

Thanks...let's see...

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I did it because I'd heard it had come quite a long way, so wanted to see for myself. I wanted a before & after impression.

I was the same as effte. Bought it. Waited for delivery. Installed, played. I thought "why do people make a big deal out of this?" Then I installed the patch and thought "aaah now I get it. Now to try to get it"

I keep meaning to install BF 2 and give it a real go...but then I just go and play Bad Company 2 instead. What can I say? I love destructibility. I'm really looking forward to this. I don't mind the console-esque battlefields, but they lose some of the larger scope of 1942, BF2, Vietnam etc. It'll be good to see the frostbite engine put to use over a really large scale!

Also, Mechwarrior 4 is available for free without pirating it from http://www.mektek.net Although I guess it's a bit dated now.

I'm in the self-same situation Sel94

haha. It almost looks like you're trying to make a specific point with that last shot! Seriously, though, they make me really want to get into this game

I used Amazon. It wasn't too expensive either.

heh! that kills my FPS (at least with full settings)

cool. Saw something on this a while back and thought it seemed interesting. Just signing up for open beta fun now.

Straight to 2.11 (just got hold of this this week myself)

the .Pr0 profiles can be either for the X52 or the X52 pro. It sounds like they may be for the vanilla X52. Although the files are the same format, they are not cross-compatible. The file type relates to the version of the SST software being used, rather than which stick the file is for. Edit: See how they work with the new software. I'm sorry to say that seems to download very very slowly. I got similar speeds, and just had to leave things going overnight.

That would be cool, but I've got to agree with Sobek on this one. Maybe one day when we can play a game with ArmA's breadth and DCS simulation depth this will be possible. I think it's a long long way away, and for now concentrating on making one thing brilliant rather than lots of things quite good. It's like why many martial artists are very respectful and wary of boxers. Most other martial arts train a wider variety of techniques. Boxers train almost exclusively in punching, and become incredible at that. Weird link I know, but my brain works like that!

My god I see what you mean about crashing! These things are tough to control! I like it! (for a couple of days, I've migrated to the dining table, leaving plenty of room for a HOTAS. I've only flown three times so far. The first time, i was playing around and sheared my wings by pulling sharply out of a dive. The second I BSOD'd shortly after take-off. The third I accidentally broke my plane by crashing into my wingman. Not even made it to an engagement yet. I do love the raw feeling of this sim though!

I'll wait for the final release before I print the manual. Also, i'll probably just be lazy and buy the printed manual if that is possible.