Hi budweizzah, first off I just registred at the forums just to write this even tho I have lurked here for a long time.
AWESOME, finally someone who understands flight and simulations does a video that answers most of the questions that have occupied a worrysome portion of my conciousness for the last year or so! So huge thanks for that!!!
Please, PLEASE, do more videos on DCS. The interactive training modules are really good, I just completed the whole series on the Su-25T. THe also tell you the default mappings right off the bat - so I would really like to see some combat impressions, maybe just trying a low fly with a few trucks to shoot at.
There are a ton of modules out there, most bang for the buck so to speak would the FC3 module which gives you a Su-25A (less advanced version of the Su-25T you piloted here), Su-27A Flanker, MiG-29A and C Fulcrum, as well as the A-10A Warthog and F-15C Eagle. Of these, all have great full 6 degrees of freedom cockpits except the MiG29s. If you just have flied a Cessna 172 in real life, and this really is as immersive and realistic as you say - it would probalby be a great experience to hop into an F-15C eagle and just take off afterburners roaring!
The reason I ask this of you is because I was starting to lose faith about the Rift as a simulator tool, heard a lot of bad mouthing it (probably based on the lowres DK1). I have set aside the money for the OR consumer version, but was beginning to doubt if I should just spend the money on a 29" Ultrawide monitor instead - > now I have hope for the Rift once more!
Even if you dont wanna comment on this, can you answer some of these questions, I would be forever thankful!
1) What rig do you have besides the GTX 760?
2) Do you get low FPS in DCS:W even when flying with a normal monitor or is it just on the rift?
3) How well do you think it would work trying to find targets on the ground using the Rift?
4) I imagine flying formation or doing aircombat when you can move your head around would be easier, what do you think?
Again, huge thanks for the video! I was on the fence about buying rudder pedals but you convinced me now, thanks, will go for some saiteks even tho they are not the best.
Anyways
