Hog_driver

So you know what I'm talking about. Try to damage the enemy plane or at least create a distraction which may give you a small advantage. I'm afraid there's no simulator that would allow such subtleties. I tried it many years ago in A.C.E. on C-64, when an enemy plane was on my tail firing ceaselessly (you could watch it thanks to a rear-facing camera) and I kept dropping flares out of frustration, to no avail :)

That's interesting, didn't know that.

What about two-player guns only fights, like those fought by Growling Sidewinder?

As I said, it would be a last resort measure, of course it's not possible to aim them. Just fire them like a shotgun shot and hope for the best.

I wonder if flares could be used in air combat as desperate measure? A flare sucked into an engine inlet would probably damage the fan blades. I know there wouldn't be many opportunities to use this "tactic", but in theory it could at least distract the enemy at our six o'clock. What do you think?

Strator, you just made me realize what I miss in DCS. In the old days of F-19 Stealth Fighter and Strike Eagle III, strike missions were all the rage. I few days ago I was a bit bored and made a simple strike mission in the mission editor. Dropped some Snakeyes doing 600 kts at 100 feet and the results were promising :)

YES the save game option would be useful for sure.