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+1 It get's more and more obvious the more you listen to interviews with veteran Vietnam war pilots. Either the US pilots got ambushed or they accidentally spotted som MiGs down below which they in turn jumped, often the MiGs weren't even aware they were jumped until a missile hit them or nearly missed. Other times they tangled up and after a few turns and yo-yos they completely lost sight of eachother and just turned home to respective home airfields. The "growling sidewinder" dogfights were probably exceptions to the norm. Hate to brake it but irl wasn't like DCS.

Yaay! It's pre-order time again! No thank you!

Yep, key right there. That’s why I haven’t even pre-ordered the F-4. Pre-order EARLY ACCESS? yeah, no thanks.. It’s not like there’s a limited amount of licenses on release day right?If developers don’t get money before they even release the product, more incentive to crunch and release right? I mean look at Star Citizen, worst and most extreme example of pay now and maybe get something down the line.

Far from spring here in Finland any way

Nice!

Just for the record, I'm not a SJW in any way, shape or form. I am however a fan of accuracy and authenticity. Hence my question, will there be pilot options for ethnicity? Like flying a JASDF livery Phantom as the most caucasian looking dude with a big old moustache kind of ruins the immersion and authenticity. It's not the end of the world if the option won't be there but it sure would be nice. Thank you!

Well, considering there's an actual pilot customizer as seen in some vids I'd be very surprised if we didn't get the body too.

Fantastic news! Looks like you guys have made a lot of progress under the radar, so to speak.

Yeah, I agree with this. Just watched a video of, a somewhat "refreshed", "Joemate" bagging 4 player flown F-16's in his F-5 on a multiplayer server. So yeah, plane is only as good as it's pilot and the MiG-29, even in somewhat capable hands, will be a real threat to any opponent.

Also, people keep bickering about weapons and sensors and flightmodel etc. But can we just for a moment appreciate what a SEXY jet the MiG-29 is? For me it's the most beauiful fighter jet ever designed, those lines and curves. The Tomcat is a close second but man, dem curvez:

F-16A would be cool in early 80's scenario.

Yep, the MiG-21 has like a million switches and dials in the cockpit but they are THERE, you can see them, what they are doing etc. Return to it after 6 months or something, not a problem. Try the same with the F16 for example, not a chance.

It's a late 80's early 90's plane right? Just throw in some techno beats with som Chinese flair and you're set. It's gotta be fitting to the plane, nationality and time period imo. Most other modules have pretty fitting soundtracks and I reckon the Phantom is gonna have a kick*ss soundtrack.

Yeah, it shouldn't be THAT GPU/VRAM intensive, I mean I get that it needs a lot of CPU and memory but sitting 30k feet up in the sky in the very low-res MiG-21 cockpit for example. It shouldn't use that much VRAM. There are games with A LOT more detailed textures and extremely detailed and cluttered environments that use less resources than DCS.

And I think it was originally supposed to be released sometime in 2012 actuallybut the original developer jumped ship iirc.

At least a Lybian since they have been in actual air conflict with eachother.

Please baby Jebus give us a Vietnam map so we can have a proper sandbox for the MiG-17 and the F-4.

Yeah this is gonna be great! Only thing I miss are air-to-air missiles but I guess the fresco didn't carry those?

Be....sure?

I only tried with the Jeff a couple of times but lost interest pretty quickly

Yeah, it's really satisfying, almost gave up at one point

Oh boy was it hard but after a looooong time trailing the tanker, bobbing up and down and side to side I managed to fully refuel the jet. In the end the following things helped the most. 1. Adjust RPM so you match exactly the tanker speed then micro-adjust accordingly when connected 2. Try not to overcompensate movements so you don't end up with PIO, small movements on the stick 3. Don't aim for the basket! aim for the wing/refuelingthingie from which the basket/fuelline extends 4. Don't give up! It took me like half an hour before I managed to connect properly Love the module Aerges! keep it coming!

Phantom vs MiG-23 is going to be really interesting.