mazex Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) A bit fun for us that have been along the whole ride. Live, side by side comparison... DCS on Ryzen 7800X3D with an RTX 3080 and Virpil Hotas. vs Flanker 1.5 on a Pentium 166 MMX with a Voodoo 2 and a CH Flightstick. Wrong era monitor though... Usually fly DCS in VR that looks even better. Edited May 16, 2023 by mazex 4 Ryzen 7800X3D | Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX MB | 32GB 6000Mhz DDR5 | RTX 3080 GPU | Sound BlasterX AE-5 | Windows 11 Pro x64 | Virpil T-50 Throttle | T50 CM2 Grip + WarBRD | VKB T-rudder MK IV | Asus PG279Q 1440p | Valve Index VR | Samsung 980 Pro as system disk and DCS on separate Intel 665P NVME SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freehand Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 I owned that joy stick was very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogmanbird Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 i had one too from about 1995. only tossed it out just before covid started 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sthompson Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 And yet I had a world of fun flying Flanker 1.5. It's the main reason I'm with DCS today. 1 I'm Softball on Multiplayer. NZXT Player Three Prime, i9-13900K@3.00GHz, 64GB DDR5, Win 11 Home, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 24GB, TrackIR 5, VKB Gunfighter III with MCG Ultimate grip, VKB STECS Standard Throttle, CH Pro pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazex Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 6 hours ago, sthompson said: And yet I had a world of fun flying Flanker 1.5. It's the main reason I'm with DCS today. Agreed. Flanker was the first good implementation of high alpha, and it stills fell good to buzz the shores of Crimea with the CH Flightstick Been with it since then... 2 Ryzen 7800X3D | Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX MB | 32GB 6000Mhz DDR5 | RTX 3080 GPU | Sound BlasterX AE-5 | Windows 11 Pro x64 | Virpil T-50 Throttle | T50 CM2 Grip + WarBRD | VKB T-rudder MK IV | Asus PG279Q 1440p | Valve Index VR | Samsung 980 Pro as system disk and DCS on separate Intel 665P NVME SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1Combat Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 But how well does it handle a stalled hammer head and/or tail slide? 2 Nvidia RTX3080 (HP Reverb), AMD 3800x Asus Prime X570P, 64GB G-Skill RipJaw 3600 Saitek X-65F and Fanatec Club-Sport Pedals (Using VJoy and Gremlin to remap Throttle and Clutch into a Rudder axis) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazex Posted May 19, 2023 Author Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 1:07 AM, M1Combat said: But how well does it handle a stalled hammer head and/or tail slide? Agreed that they had some work still left to do back in the 90:ies, but they gradually improved and that's why they are still in the business But compared to the "on rails" behavior's of the competition in those days, it was a bit of a revolution the first time you tried it. The aircraft suddenly felt like it was flying through air. But - there is a lot of work to be done yet. The current DCS is not even close to handle an Abracadabra with the YAK-52, that I have done in that AC IRL... But that's a pretty out of the normal envelope maneuver Overall, the out of envelope behavior is where most flight sims feel odd to me. 1 Ryzen 7800X3D | Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX MB | 32GB 6000Mhz DDR5 | RTX 3080 GPU | Sound BlasterX AE-5 | Windows 11 Pro x64 | Virpil T-50 Throttle | T50 CM2 Grip + WarBRD | VKB T-rudder MK IV | Asus PG279Q 1440p | Valve Index VR | Samsung 980 Pro as system disk and DCS on separate Intel 665P NVME SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1Combat Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Yeah I feel like the Yak still needs a decent bit in the FM department but I'm only going by what I've heard. How does the extra, edge or even maybe the spitfire do with that one? 1 Nvidia RTX3080 (HP Reverb), AMD 3800x Asus Prime X570P, 64GB G-Skill RipJaw 3600 Saitek X-65F and Fanatec Club-Sport Pedals (Using VJoy and Gremlin to remap Throttle and Clutch into a Rudder axis) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldur Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 1:07 AM, M1Combat said: But how well does it handle a stalled hammer head and/or tail slide? It's absolutely not unsimilar to what DCS still does if you happen to have something that's still on SFM. And it's not been that long ago when there still were some FC3 modules that way (2018ish). I was so glad when the last plane finally made the conversion I never had a CH stick though... my line of them was/is: (Competition Pro, SVI QuickShot II Pro,) Gravis Analog, Gravis Analog Pro, Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro, Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro, Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2, Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback 2. Added Simped Vario Pro USB pedals later, then HOTAS Warthog throttle and replaced the pedals by MFG Crosswinds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1Combat Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 6 hours ago, Eldur said: It's absolutely not unsimilar to what DCS still does if you happen to have something that's still on SFM. And it's not been that long ago when there still were some FC3 modules that way (2018ish). I was so glad when the last plane finally made the conversion That's kinda what I was thinking. Nvidia RTX3080 (HP Reverb), AMD 3800x Asus Prime X570P, 64GB G-Skill RipJaw 3600 Saitek X-65F and Fanatec Club-Sport Pedals (Using VJoy and Gremlin to remap Throttle and Clutch into a Rudder axis) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gierasimov Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) On 5/17/2023 at 12:22 AM, mazex said: Brings back memories for sure ! Thank you ! Edited May 20, 2023 by Gierasimov Intel i7-13700KF :: ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI D4 :: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB :: MSI RTX 4080 Gaming X Trio :: VKB Gunfighter MK.III MCG Ultimate :: VPC MongoosT-50 CM3 :: non-VR :: single player :: open beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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