whats the average age for people that play

[bigdog4215]

i m just curios whats the average of people playing dcs?i m 26 and i just tried this game and i don t know if its because of cheap graphics card but its just to slow to keep me interested.my dad like 50 and i we are new pc gaming,he hasn t played anything since the commodore 64.we just got our 1st pc a few months back and i found this game for him, now he is hooked like i am on my console.i m also curious if there is any arcade style flying games out there for me play.

 

any opinions what kind of graphics card would be best to look into and do you think it would improve the gaming experience of this game.

[EtherealN]

Arcade style - HAWX and it's soon-arriving (I think) sequel. Of course, you can also activate "game mode" in DCS:BS and have a pretty Novalogic experience, as well. :)

 

On graphics cards, a GeForce 8800 or similar is all you actually need. Anything above that would really only help you with some effects like antialiasing and texture filtering or use of very large or multiple monitors. What you want to improve "gaming experience" here is a beefy CPU. The absolute majority of the workload is in cockpit logic, flight modeling, ballistics modelling, line-of-sight computation for radio/radar and so on and so forth: all things that happen in the CPU.

 

Simulators are a bit "odd one out" in the gaming world for this reason: almost any other game type will have you eyeballing the latest nVidia or ATI products, this stuff has you look at CPU's instead.

 

Average age of people, I dunno, I've seen people on the forum ranging from 16 and all the way up to 50+. I suspect the average is either high 20's or lower 30's.

[Brit_Radar_Dude]

Back in the early Lockon days, there was a "What age are you?" thread on the UBI forums that stretched to many pages. There were a few 14 yr olds, a few in their 60's but the average seemed to be mid to late 30's.

 

Made sense to me back then, since that age group......

 

had the cash to buy a rig that could run it,

had the patience to learn it,

had the interest to stick with it for more than a month or two.

[CyBerkut]

I can't speak for the others, but for the last 11 months, I've been averaging 53. ;)

[Sel94]

Tom Clancy's HAWX is great for PC and console. Ace Combat 6 is also a really fun arcade flying game. Also, if you have an Xbox 360, there is a game almost nobody knows about called Over-G Fighters. I'd describe it as the closest you can get to being a flight sim, without being a flight sim. Every once in a while, I get on it with my buddies and we have a good time.

[bigdog4215]

Tom Clancy's HAWX is great for PC and console. Ace Combat 6 is also a really fun arcade flying game. Also, if you have an Xbox 360, there is a game almost nobody knows about called Over-G Fighters. I'd describe it as the closest you can get to being a flight sim, without being a flight sim. Every once in a while, I get on it with my buddies and we have a good time.

i played all those and the only one i liked was hawk,that it is one great game.i m looking for a game similar to that on the pc,like arcade style.i ve been getting into dcs and all i can say is wow.i don t think i ever seen a game so realistic,this is the first flight sim i ever played.is there any missions recomended for a beginner.thnks

[Sel94]

If your looking for a similar game to HAWX on the PC there is always...HAWX on the PC. You could buy it and tons of other games on steampowered.com. Also, HAWX 2 is coming out in a few months! There's also been some rumors of Over-G 2. I bet everyone will buy that

[zakobi]

i played all those and the only one i liked was hawk,that it is one great game.i m looking for a game similar to that on the pc,like arcade style.i ve been getting into dcs and all i can say is wow.i don t think i ever seen a game so realistic,this is the first flight sim i ever played.is there any missions recomended for a beginner.thnks

 

Try check www.lockonfiles.com, as there tend to be alot of missions to choose from (require login). Don't know if there's any training missions for DCS but i remember there is for FC 1.12. Also you could go online and see if there's anyone up for teaching and learning. Dunno if you need hyperlobby for DCS, c/d?