The superhuman AI and warbirds

[Rex]

I just created an AI vs AI mission, BF109 vs Spit ... 109 on Ace, Spit on Rookies (just to give the Luftwaffe a chance). I watched the Spitfire climb at 20 degrees, starting at 133 knots.  It picked up speed to about 139 knots, nosed up to about 30 degrees, and eventually came back down to 133 knots and stayed at 30 degrees nose-up.  Never did it drop below 133 knots.  It climbed this way for about 90 seconds until it caught the 109 (yes, caught the 109 in a climb).  Never stalled, never even came close. Multiple lead suppositories.   Poor 109 never stood a chance.  Funeral was closed casket.  

AI Spitfire has a T/W ratio that modern jets would envy.

For grins I created a F/A-18C vs Spitfire mission, both on Ace, guns only.

This mission ran much longer, and the Hornet came oh-so-close several times, but the Spit's tight turns caused the shells to miss by two or three feet, and the Spitfire eventually prevailed here too, plunking the pilot through the canopy for an insta-kill.

The AI Spitfire is the Chuck Norris of DCS.

Edited May 24 by Rex

[Mr_sukebe]

Did you disable the ability of the AI to use WEP?

There was a fairly recent post that the devs had added a capability to “restrict use of afterburner” and use it with AI.

Bu default, the AI can and will happily use WEP.  Adding that restriction will make them somewhat less like UFOs