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First thing I did when I loaded the module was go through a manual startup. And it all worked beautifully with Jester reminding me to arm the ejection seat etc. Once he’d finished the INS alignment and told me we were ready to go I taxied out and the sun was shining low in the NTTR and I went to an external view and had to pinch myself I’m in a F-14 Tomcat. I just had an an uncontrollable grin across my face. And best of all to this day the Mig-21 has been my favourite module I love the level of immersion it affords and I love the way it feels like an older jet with quirks and charecter, I find it’s a challenge. The Tomcat reminds me of the Mig-21, not as an aeroplane they are completely different but the painstaking details that have been put into the module and the shakes and the rattles. It feels like an older jet but at the same time it’s very capable, you can fight and win against many aircraft types. I have used the P-51 module a lot and find the rudder inputs I have got used to with the P51 particularly in combat has helped me. HB I love it. I mean I really love it. Thankyou. P.S Is there someone who can explain how to use Jester to attack simultaneous targets with Phoenix and not just STT?

Wow what a video

After the Tomcat. Please bring this bad boy to DCS World. To be fair though I am so delighted the F-14 has arrived and the guys have done such a great job on it that I am happy to just enjoy the Tomcat for the time being. The Tomcat will keep me entertained for years. A Gr1 and an Iraq map and the F14 A&B, then I would be in simulation heaven.

Thank you for the reply. I eagerly await.

Where did you get Air Force One? Love the first one it’s gorgeous.

I really would like to buy this grip for my warthog stick to compliment the Tomcat but all I keep hearing is people can never buy VKB products because they are so limited in availability.

Yes. What a good choice, I will really enjoy a crusader, hope we can get a map appropriate for it down the line

I would like it in the harrier because I don’t think the renders look that good in the mirror, would prefer to just flip them up and it saves a few FPS as well. The mirage mirror I think looks great though.

Nice. Very good vid well made.

Congratulations guys.

I use VR and don’t have this issue. Have you checked to see if you have vsync enabled? I know I have experimented with it in the past and it has dropped my frames to 30fps.

I agree with you. It’s worked well enough in the past. Years ago magazines had preview access. Nowadays it’s more YouTube. I enjoy watching the vids, just because some have decided to have a rant about this access does that mean we can now no longer get a glimpse of the module or previews anymore. They are advertising their product. Good luck to them.

This is really good news isn’t it guys. It sounds wonderful, let’s just look forward to it, it will come.

Yes it could be the damage model.

There were new features coming for the F-18. They also talked about the new carriers and animated deck crew. Or could it be the dynamic campaign already. He was right about speculation running wild. It can’t be related to the F-14 he would not have said ED feature.

New Eagle Dynamics feature. Where is this going now?

Indeed. This. I’ve wanted the F-14 to be properly simulated for years. Since DCS world come along the F-14 was the first aeroplane that come into my mind and I thought if only we could have a Tomcat in this combat simulator. Other F-14 titles have come along in the past on other simulations but in my opinion have been awful. I’ve waited for this one since fleet defender. I’m human I keep looking on the forums longing for the date and keep thinking for Christ sake when’s it going to come out. Yes it feels frustrating and I’m not saying people shouldn’t speak their mind but to let it get to this, threatening when we have got so close, when they have submitted a release candidate to ED I don’t understand it. Please can it stop or just calm down and give the guys a break they are probably still working flat out on things.

Well done HB.

Without a doubt. I try not to think about it. It just makes me angry.

That’s encouraging

I do hope VR is here to stay for flight sims. After flight simming since the early 90s VR has been the biggest immersion breakthrough I have experienced in all that time in my opinion.

Yes I think your right, fortunately I have two 8gb sticks so I have two free slots. So it’s an option for me when I have some spare cash again. Do you have experience with M2 SSDs. I’ve just ordered a Samsung 970 EVO pci SSD. Can I expect better performance running DCS on this compared to previous SSDs or will it be much the same?

The Tornado is my first wish as I’ve stated before but I will admit I can see the appeal of the A6, and I think it would make a cracking module in DCS. If they do announce the A6 I would definitely buy. I just hope someday someone will get round to the Tornado.

Yes just built a new pc. New case and board. Ryzen 7 2700X 16gb DDR4 3200mhz and trying running DCS on an M2 SSD for the first time. Not finished yet waiting on the M2. Taking the 1080Ti from my previous build. My previous system a i7 3770k and DDR3 memory I was struggling with VR with some modules and I know the F-14 would struggle as the Viggen does. So let’s see how this goes.

Because one of the best PC flight simulatons of all time was based on the Tornado. I can only imagine what could now be achieved with the stunning graphics and ability to accurately create these flight models. It is also a warplane that saw combat. Looks great can carry a wide array of weapons and would operate in situations that are exciting for flight simulation. I can say that with confidence because flying interdiction missions with the viggen creates situations that increases your heart rate. If you’ve never read the book Tornado down I would recommend it. The chapter where they run into the target and get shot down is gripping. I’ve also been so impressed with the way in which HB has included the A.I R.I.O with the Tomcat and feel this could be incorporated so neatly with a Tornado. Should Heatblur make one of course.