Radar lookdown capabilities changed ?

[Lynnux]

Hi !

It recently occured at least two times that enemy planes flying at a lower altitude were not detected at all by the radar.

They were flying towards me approx. 3000..6000 ft above ground while I've been at 20000+ ft. They flew at least 10 miles through my radar cone without me getting a single blip.

Radar mode was HFR.

 

I've never noticed this before, so it looks to me like there was a change in the patch (23. July) but there's nothing mentioned.

Also interesting that friendly planes appeared on the radar, so the radar was on and active.

 

Did anyone else notice this ?

Edited August 11, 2021 by Lynnux
Clarified patch since a new one was just issued

[Ramsay]

1 hour ago, Lynnux said:

Did anyone else notice this ?

I've known there were range penalties i.e. for look up, look down and cold targets

 

Not sure how much is new, as I took a break from the Mirage to explore other modules and only started a A2A Mirage refresher on the 24th of July.

 

Razbam are working on a more realistic A2A radar but AFAIK, it's not likely to be ready for a couple of months.

Edited August 11, 2021 by Ramsay