Tracer Mod?

[nikoel]

Hey Folks,

I have recently delved into the WWII aircraft scene with the purchase of the Spitfire (and the entry wall of the WWII asset pack and map). Loving the plane and everything about it.

There are countless threads about the Spitfire snout being a little in the way. I'm reasonably okay with deflection shooting, but I would like to improve—especially since the poor ol' girl, in typical British spy fashion, brings only a couple of magazines to the show.

So far, I have been setting up a 2 vs. 4 Dora mission against AI with unlimited rounds to get the hang of it and keep frustrations to a minimum. It's going well, and I can shoot them all down eventually. One thing I’ve found a little frustrating, especially in VR, is the lack of tracers—which, of course, is realistic, and I fully support it. However, I was hoping to see if there is a mod you’d recommend that lights up the tracers so I can have better feedback on where my rounds are going while the training wheels are on. So far my search has not turned up anything. As I get better and more confident, I’m planning on taking away the tracers and then the unlimited ammo - once I can shoot down 5 planes in a row without running out of ammo I will be happy

P.S. In most threads I’ve read here and "elsewhere," people who are answering say they get the bandit a lot closer than the 250-yard range where the rounds converge. Makes sense—closer = larger target = fewer ways to miss. Yet they still set up their gun sights. Can someone explain to me what the point is of setting up one’s sight to 250/35 for a dog fight on the rotaries if the recommendation is to shoot closer than that? That really confused me and makes no sense as the sight calibration will be wildly off

[DD_Fenrir]

When adjusting the sight all you are doing is moving the horizontal ranging bars to provide a larger or smaller gap to give you some reference to your range; as far as I am aware there is no alteration of the vertical position of the reticle to account for any changes in the ballistic drop based on a change in range.

Ultimately I keep it at the convergence setting so that if an opportunity for a sneak attack from a bandits low six presents itself I can know when the best moment to fire is to land most of my rounds in a concentrated spot. At all other times the gunsight settings are practically useless and I ignore them.

[Gunfreak]

Spitfire has tracers, but only for the .303s. Use the .303 to help with the aiming.

[nikoel]

Thank you boys appreciate the advice

@Gunfreak love the profile photo! The Ying to the Yang

[Gunfreak]

50 minutes ago, nikoel said:

Thank you boys appreciate the advice

@Gunfreak love the profile photo! The Ying to the Yang

Thanks.

It's from my video intro