AG Radar GMTT tracks unreliable - GMT cursor placement obnoxious

Default774 · July 28, 2023

The GMT radar mode requires the placement of the radar cursor to be absolutely pixel perfect to be able to get a GMTT Track on a moving vehicle. From my testing whether or not you can get a GMTT track on a vehicle seems to be solely determined by how perfectly you can align the cursor with the target. Here is a small image with examples from the track that show the difference between a cursor placement that is good, and one that is ever so slightly misaligned, causing you to enter a FTT instead of a GMTT on the moving target.

Seeing as the GMT function of the radar is not covered in the manual, here is a small excerpt from the Wags video on GMT as a reference for what you would expect to happen. As you can see the cursor does not need to be anywhere near as precisely places in the original wags video, and snaps to target instead of entering an FTT somewhere near the moving target.

Furthermore, anything other than perfectly straight and level autopilot flight causes the GMTT track to drop virtually instantly. In the track, the asymmetric drag from my loadout is enough to drop the GMTT track as soon as the autopilot is turned off.

f16_gmt_ergo.trk

Default774 · July 30, 2023

I'm not really sure why this was moved to wish list, I don't see how making the GMT radar mode not borderline unusable would be a wish list item and not just a bug.

Just as a hypothetical, lets apply the same logic to the the air-to-air radar. If the A-A radar also needed obtusely precise cursor placement and would drop lock if you weren't flying perfectly straight, would that also be a wish list item and not a bug?

Does ED not consider this a bug? I'd love to have a bit more clarity on this.

Edited July 30, 2023 by Default774