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  1. gavagai

    A new love

    Inaccurate. If you know how the USAF trains to set up a grind the whole point is not to be inside the Minimum Abort Range (MAR). If the enemy follows the same plan then you can do everything right but not expect a kill.
  2. gavagai

    A new love

    My bad. I didn't know it is only the gameplay that you like that counts.
  3. gavagai

    A new love

    Hard disagree. A Mirage 2000-5 would be a popular choice for pvp multiplayer. The 2000C is hardly used because of the Fox-1 limitation, while it is considered too modern for cold war servers.
  4. Yes, I agree with that analysis of DCS performance. I only brought up rl thrust differences in response to fulcrumkiller. PW 220 is supposed to be 23770lb of thrust. GE 129 is 29500lb. That rounds to a 22% difference.
  5. The earlier variants also had significantly less thrust. Weight is only one part of the equation. For example, the F-14B is heavier than the A model, but the B outrates the A because the B has more thrust. I suspect you are flying against AI or some very weak human opponents, but I will keep an open mind. Can you post a track or video to back up your claim that the DCS F-16 is a "dominant" energy fighter in BFM? Against a decent human opponent of course. Thanks.
  6. Neat, thanks for the tip with the PRED switch. I tested out against the AI and it works nicely. When I can try it against other humans that will be another test of its usefulness.
  7. It is a great module again. Totally worth some time to refresh myself with it. Only the gunsight is painful to use in a dogfight. Strange that it is so jittery compared to other modules. Not a big issue for flying against bots, but for pvp the gunsight is close to useless (I just aim like WW2).
  8. Lots of good tips in this thread, not much I can add for tactics. What I will say is that the Viper is probably the most challenging 4th gen jet to use for guns-only BFM in DCS. The Hornet, Eagle and Mirage are much more forgiving and, with equal pilots, are going to out rate the F16 or beat it in a one-circle. You can't make much use of your best asset, the 9g turn, because you'll blackout in seconds in this game. It's a great module, but a poor choice for learning how to dogfight because of its exacting demands for energy management.
  9. There are some important differences since that video. Who marked it as a solution? @AG-51_Bluto Keep in mind that much of the time your targets will be on link, so you'll see red triangles on the FCR. In TWS mode it helps to narrow your azimuth and reduce the bar scan. Then it will build the track files on the targets much more quickly. Once the triangles change from open to solid you should be able to cycle between them with TMS right. When people struggle with this they're usually overestimating the Viper's radar. With multiple targets TWS won't succeed at building the track files until they are within 35nm.
  10. It is a bit narrow minded of me. What can I say? I like pvp combat and the opposition is sweaty. If I were a super ace I could get by with just two sidewinders.
  11. I was already aware when I made up my mind. If they allow 4 heaters I might change it.
  12. For me I immediately skipped this module when I saw that we wouldn't be able to take four Sidewinders. Learned my lesson with the F5E that is forever stuck with two.
  13. Great news then! It was always a good dogfighter, but it seems even better now. Above 420 knots it just starts arcing with afterburner if you're in a clean configuration. Wow.
  14. I used to love this module and I was among the first to buy it way back in 2015. For the past few years I have given up on it because the avionics and bindings would change every few months, which was frustrating. Is this module finally in a stable state where it won't change so radically over the next year? Would love to jump back in. Thanks.
  15. Yeah, I thought of Helos, but this is a WW2 map. If people are going to run CA with WW2 stuff then you have a point. Might as well have it. Has CA improved at all lately?
  16. My hardware is pretty new, thanks. Now, like I said, I'm never going to see that stuff from my cockpit. So why spend the time making it?
  17. This is the correct answer. The RWR going silent does not necessarily mean the missile has lost its acquisition. If you are diving and rolling for terrain cover your RWR will go silent even though the inbound missile is still tracking. The only time I'm confident that a notch has defeated a missile is when my wingtip is pointed at it. Even then you shouldn't immediately turn in again because the missile can reacquire.
  18. This tbh. As beautiful and detailed as those towns and villages are, I'm never going to see them from my cockpit.
  19. Newegg became much worse after being chinese-owned. I buy from Amazon (never 3rd party sellers) whenever I can now.
  20. Lots of good deals on gaming laptops right now. I know that laptop GPUs don't have the performance of their desktop counterparts. Is a laptop 3080 or 3080ti enough for VR? Anyone run one right now and can describe the performance? Already have a Reverb G2. Need to move it back and forth between two locations.
  21. Looks like the salt is already flowing before the Viper finally gets its FM update. DCS is a sim. We don't care about balance.
  22. Exactly. I've done some long distance flying. Correctly trimming an aircraft makes it mostly hands free if the weather is good.
  23. There is no need to defend here. We're simply pointing out that the default trim setting is impossible to return to once you adjust roll trim.
  24. Roll trim not returning to center seems to be a thing for every jet in the game.
  25. No abnormal issues with my msffb2. My subjective impression is that the Viper is pretty mushy to fly in DCS. Maybe that's what you're noticing. I've tried other sticks without any difference in the handling.
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