howie87

Well, the jug can out dive everything else on that list but climbing isn't its strong point. Probably a good plane to run away in though!

I'd also go Samsung Evo. I've got two Samsung drives and they're both excellent.

I upgraded my 560Ti to a 770 and it was a nice jump in performance. 580 to 770 isn't quite as much of an upgrade though. DCS can't really make use of the hardware at the moment anyway so I'd wait for EDGE if you want to see some real improvements. The 900 series will probably be out by then! :D

Is this bird still going to come with an English cockpit? My Russian isn't too good...

I voted for the Spitfire but the pilot who knows how to use his aircraft's strengths to his advantage and his enemies weaknesses against them will usually win.

Your attention to detail is absolutely mind blowing. Very impressive stuff.

Yeah, I've done a few hard landings in the eagle without damaging the gear. Done a few harder ones that did damage it too! I'd say it seems about sturdy enough.

Wish we had contrails like this in DCS...

Any word on this yet? I know we're not out of April yet but I'm hoping you'll come back to the dark side soon! Would quite like to stop having to stop teamspeak updating every time I use it!

The problem with DCS for civil aviation is the tiny theatre, poor ATC implementation and lack of navigation aids. FSX, P3D and X-Plane have pretty much an entire world to fly in with accurate runways, frequencies, terrain, weather etc. Those guys don't want to fly their tube liners in circles around Georgia while trying to avoid being shot down. They want to file an IFR flight plan across europe or the Atlantic and use Vatsim to talk to real controllers on the ground. It's a completely different kind of simulation and something that DCS just isn't able to offer right now.

The only problem with a phantom is getting dual seat to work. Now a Northrop F-5, there's something I could get behind. It would make for a great MiG-21 adversary too as it's much more nimble than the F4. Eventually I'd love to see something like that for use as an aggressor in Nevada. Someone could make a 'MiG-28' skin for it :D

The thing that worries me most about the consumer version of the rift is that I'm probably going to wind up selling a kidney and buying a pair of Titan Z's just to get nice frame rates with everything maxed out... This will be the greatest thing to ever happen to the PC hardware market. 3 year old graphics cards and slow CPU's just aren't going to cut it anymore. Low frame rates are annoying but acceptable to some people on PC monitors but in VR it will be like a pneumatic drill going off inside your head.

I'm not too worried about the sensitivity at the moment as both the Huey and P-51 were much more twitchy and sensitive before the flight models were finalised. This is still a beta and there are still some obvious issues to sort out. Give it time and I'm sure it will be amazing. Belsimtek hasn't let us down so far.

If only it were that simple...

Agreed... Just make it like the A-10's The 3 buttons idea sounds like a nightmare.

Come on now, let's just have 1980's-2000's fast jets. Old enough to be declassified, new enough to be totally awesome. That's my cup of tea right there...

That was August last year right? When Wags said we wouldn't hear anything more for at least another year?

Why release something out of the blue when they can just torture us for years instead?! They've been doing it so long now, they must enjoy it...

I will try when I get home. The latest 'stable' drivers for my GTX 770 cause a load of blue and red artifacting in X-Plane anyway so I want to get shot of them ASAP.

I reckon when 1.2.8 goes final... Probably another month or so.

Thanks for the video otto - looks like you need a little more work on the landing! Can't wait until I get home on Sunday so I can actually fly it. Little video request in the meantime - can someone do a nice, slow landing then an high alpha slow pass and kick the rudder? I want to see how this baby stalls and sits on its tail!

Anyone report back on the F-15 AFM? I'm at work so have to live vicariously through you guys!

Son of a... I've been sat around all week doing nothing and now I'm going away for 3 days! Y u do dis ED?

Finally found what I wanted do with my life at the age of 25, after failing my A-Levels and working in dead end jobs for a few years. I'm now 27, half way to getting my private pilots licence and still living at home and working the dead end job to pay for it. The dream is to be a commercial pilot but I don't know if I'll ever make it to be honest. Military flying was never an option with my eyesight though. I'm just above the civilian requirements to fly without glasses but nowhere near 20/20.

Hoping for a video update soon!