Tommygunsdad

Thanks all. Even flying to or through a cloud feels slower than a Cessna....!!!!

400 knots is 740kms per hour - almost 12.5km per minute or roughly 200m per second. Half a football field. Dunno. Now that I’ve written it like that - more confused than ever. Again - watch the trailers. The low level stuff - I think there’s a good one on viper. The in game stuff ain’t like that.....

Howdy all from Oz. Melbourne. I bought my first DCS game - A10 - back in 2012 for $10. Bootcamped a Mac and never got it to run. Just paused at the start. The graphics of the cockpit blew me away though Bought a gaming laptop 12 moths ago RTX 2060; and bought Huey; F-18; and AV 8. Didn’t get to load them once before my laptop bag was run over. By me. (I’m almost 50. And an idiot) Sooo. Replaced it with an MSI 1 & further 2TB SSD; 17 inch 250hz screen with an RTX 2070 card - 32g ram. If I had to go again - I was going hard. Anyway. I’ve now further got F14 and viper; and spitfire. I haven’t gotten into any of them yet - just screwing around. But being isolated from Covid (& with 4 stepdaughters!) is changing that. I have a CPL in real life - so am motivated to really fly these things and teach my 8 year old. So that’s the intro. My concern is how ‘slow’ the planes appear to go over the ground - particularly at tree top height. You watch the trailer videos; and the ground flies by underneath you. I’m even paranoid I’m not using afterburner - but I’ve read (and correct me if I’m wrong) full throttle is simply afterburner But even at 400knots - the ground should be wizzing by. Think F1 games - the cars really have a sense of speed - and you really need to slow for the corners - so straights make you feel like you’re flying pardon the pun. But try buzz a carrier. I reckon the cessnas in fsw or x plane 11 don’t look much slower. Ironically I don’t have A 10 anymore - but THAT’s the game I want for ground hugging speed; seat of your pants; ‘one blink and you’ve bit the dust’ missions and graphics. What gives???? Any ideas? Is it just ne? My settings (all maxed out and frame rate seems fine - no lagging etc. roll the plane and it’s real fast like real life) Please help - given I started all this 8 years ago and am now into my 3rd 3k plus laptop - and only NOW getting into it - I’m a little disappointed... Cheers