So I have been getting to know the F-5E and really like the model, BUT, everyone has a big but, let me tell you about mine.
BUT, I can't fight it for crap. Never any energy, no matter how much smash I carry into the merge the AI opposition is wrecking me, literally 1 kill for 30 attempts today. I have lost to the AI F-14 at NTTR, and to the AI F-5E in Caucasus. They ALWAYS have more energy, and always get to maneuver to the WEZ.
I am trying not to be salty but I have flown actual BFM and ACM in my Yak-52, I am formation qualified, I fly formation aerobatics, just don't seem to be able to turn that into killing in DCS and it is pissing me off a little.
TrackIR5 doesn't always help translating my head movement into accurate pointing, and then being able to maneuver the aircraft with only the sky/ground and my intended target (eventual murderer) visible is also hard without mother nature helping like she does in the Yak.
I know DCS has a steep learning curve but for a real pilot, with decades of flightsim experience, hundreds of hours as a real-world pilot with actual dogfighting experience this is pretty aggravating and awful humbling.
Not looking for sympathy, just looking for recommendations on TrackIR settings, good tutorials, tips of the trade, anything from my Brethren Tiger Drivers to help me feel just a little better about my chances when I venture out into MP servers.
Don't bother calling the Wahhhmbulance, I am already in it and on the way to crybaby hospital.
'Gimp