Sebastian Calvert

Very true. Had I done so, I think she would move heaven, earth and a large proportion of the local group to smack me about the head with my financial folly, namely the Warthog HOTAS - and the box it came in. :lol:

I figure I might as well throw my penny’s worth of thoughts in here instead of elsewhere, so here goes. I’ve tried FS 2004, FSX, and… meh! I’ve dabbled with other sims too…(mixed results), but what’s really made me sit up and pay attention to DCS A10C is: a) The sheer tour-de-force of a competent, knowledgeable, and helpful community evinced within the ED forums. b) DCS A10C's attention to prototypical detail (from a laymans point of view, if you’re a real pilot, forgive me, I admit to simply being a PC jockey coming from a FSX very-part-time flier background, and as such, DCS A-10C seems all too real and overwhelmingly authentic to me). The sheer daunting scale of these sims (which adds an element of appeal in their own right) is still, even after a week, very much, well, daunting. So one week later I'm still at the overwhelmed stage, but also loving every minute of it…. and not just the in-flight stuff. The ’modabilty’, the potential for community generated improvements, and the promised DCS Typhoon..... together, well, they are just about enough to drive my wife to seek divorce* (and if I see a working combination of the Outerra engine with a DCS sim, hell, I might just wet myself). *If the TrackIR5/x52 Pro credit card statement doesn’t prompt her into a pre-emptive strike (If I'd got the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS she'd have beaten me to death with it before filing for divorce)!