The unofficial "2025 and Beyond" video hype / speculation & discussion thread

[Canada_Moose]

5 minutes ago, T.Power said:

Yeh I checked some images of the 22 and 35, that's way too streamlined to be the chubby 35.

its NOT an F22 look at the intake and the nose profile

It even has the F35A shoulder hump for the gun.

 

[Silver_Dragon]

Claims by Kate on discord, about Mig-23 coming to DCS.... (from russian forum).

[Bucic]

34 minutes ago, VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants said:

A lot of Eurofighter and notice some new fire effect

Also a lot of MiG-29, Polish!

Germany?!

and a few seconds of new module - flyable cargos...

Yup, ful-fi F-15C

F-22A?! Correct me if I were wrong, that is definitely not Fat Amy.

There's a dedicated MiG-29 newsletter explaining the reference airframe is in fact a Slovakian MiG-29.

F-35

Edited January 16 by Bucic

[Silver_Dragon]

2 minutes ago, Bucic said:

F-15C

yes, sorry by the typo.

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

Thanks

[Canada_Moose]

10 minutes ago, VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants said:

New F-14?!

F14 with sparrowhawk upgrade HUD

[Sunbather]

vor 11 Minuten schrieb Jetliner:

Missing a lot of Hellcat footage. Kinda concerning. 
 

I think we all are missing a TON of focus on ground troops. Lots of scenes with tank sights firing, close ups of ground combat, and with the dynamic campaign bringing all those AI improvements are we going to see a massive Combined Arms update this year??

It really does seem that way. The first 2 minutes were basically only showing ground-to-ground action.

[Coxy_99]

For years we couldnt get a full fid su27 because no documentation, But you can do a F-35? How did you get documentation for that?

[Sunbather]

I am still wondering what those palm trees were all about. I didn't really see any Vietnam or Marianias Pacific WW2 action.

[Silver_Dragon]

3 minutes ago, Coxy_99 said:

For years we couldnt get a full fid su27 because no documentation, But you can do a F-35? How did you get documentation for that?

I think, that will be a new 3rd party, no ED, or Next TrueGrit/HB project after EFA?

Some modules missing on 2025.

- No Marianas / PTO units.
- A-7 Corsair II.
- A-6 Intruder.

Edited January 16 by Silver_Dragon

[Canada_Moose]

1 minute ago, Coxy_99 said:

For years we couldnt get a full fid su27 because no documentation, But you can do a F-35? How did you get documentation for that?

 

[Sunbather]

vor 1 Minute schrieb Coxy_99:

For years we couldnt get a full fid su27 because no documentation, But you can do a F-35? How did you get documentation for that?

Read the FAQ in the respective F-35 sub-forum.

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

But looking at the top level forum, there are a lot of stuff missing.

[TheFreshPrince]

vor 9 Minuten schrieb Bucic:

Central Europe, South Atlantic and Iraq those were.

Look at the dynamic campaign screenshots, this is Georgia (Caucasus) and it looks much more detailed than the current map

[dennisVDM]

2026 for the f35 it seems

 

[supersylph]

Although the F15C and F35A are exciting. But it is a pity that except for the 29A, there are still no new and stronger red aircraft.

[Coxy_99]

3 minutes ago, Sunbather said:

Read the FAQ in the respective F-35 sub-forum.

How its was up for seconds.

[d0ppler]

3 minutes ago, TheFreshPrince said:

So... Lots of dynamic campaign stuff. Berlin/Germany map. F35 is wild, will likely take a looooot of time. F15C will be super duper awesome, but I just read that it won't be released until 2026. Eurofighter probably same. Only looking forward to the MIG29 this year. What else? There's so much missing that people anticipated. I probably need Wags explaining the video or else I don't get it. 

I mean, if the dynamic campaign is released this year, that's enough for me to stay happy.

[Aja]

My feelings about the video:

-No "Hi, this is Nick from ED..."

-The music was not epic enough and came too late.

-I have a bad feeling about the F35. It is Pandora's box of problems with the lack of data, and also glass cockpits are boring.

-The next F-15 full fidelity model without resolving the Razban situation is salt in the wound.

+-The level of detail of infantry seems to be a waste of resources, I would prefer adding better movement animation for current models.

+The German map looks to be nice, ideal for helicopter player

+The C-130 is still in the work, I am looking for that module.

+Alternative HUD for F-14, it is always good to have the option to choose.

+-It would be funny if the first full-fidelity ground vehicle was the T-34-85

+Dynamic campaign will be nice. And if it is also connected with AI to voice narrate some in-game radio text or even the auto-generated briefing, it would be better. I hope that with the dynamic campaign, they will brink the save-load function into the DCS.

 

 

[d0ppler]

4 minutes ago, supersylph said:

Although the F15C and F35A are exciting. But it is a pity that except for the 29A, there are still no new and stronger red aircraft.

Don't think you can blame ED here. ED simply don't have enough reliable data to make a FF 4.5/5th gen russian fighter.

Edited January 16 by d0ppler

[JD]

6 minutes ago, Coxy_99 said:

For years we couldnt get a full fid su27 because no documentation, But you can do a F-35? How did you get documentation for that?

not because of documentation, but because it's some kind of illegal

[Silver_Dragon]

waiting about the roadmap newsletter to some info about WW2.....

3 minutes ago, Aja said:

+-The level of detail of infantry seems to be a waste of resources, I would prefer adding better movement animation for current models.

The Infantry has developed by ED from some years ago, and surely, using the ground crew technology, that has appears previously on other videos as 2024 and beyond and CH-47 videos. On fact, by previous newsletter, the old infantry has decrepated and build from scratch.

Edited January 16 by Silver_Dragon

[TheFreshPrince]

I'm also wondering why there is no mentioning of Vulcan anymore after it has been praised for years. Did they give up on that?

[JD]

11 minutes ago, Silver_Dragon said:

Claims by Kate on discord, about Mig-23 coming to DCS.... (from russian forum).

can you provide a text plese? (in russian if possible)

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

Not to mention things related to Bo-15, Australia and the trainer, a bunch of Chinese aircraft announced.Really no F-1M? What on earth is Drakken doing her? I like that one but heck, it may be AI only.