Collision Detection, a little over zealous?
 

Im just wondering if anyone else has noticed some slight weirdness with the collision detection in the game? Ive had a few instances of mid-air collisions that I felt I had avoided, or was not that close. A number of them have been from a head-on pass with another fighter. I really noticed it last night in a heavy dogfight. I did a head-on pass with my spit vs 109, and we both made a break at the last second. I was pretty darn sure I was clear and past him and THEN the planes exploded with mid-air collisions.

Lag maybe? But even so it seems a little off, almost as if the collision models are slight overlarge or dragging a bit behind the aircraft.

Yeah thats almost certainly lag. The colision detection is almost perfect in SP modes.

:!:QFT! you can practically floss between planes in Single player.:!:
________
One vaporizer reviews

Compared to Warbirds and Aces High I think this is the BEST collision detection yet. I have been able to avoid collision in VERY close passes that would have been registered as hits in the prior mentioned sims. This includes online play for me.

I thought the collision detection was alright, maybe just lag. It's pretty fun like playing chicken with people in MP. :D Anyone else do it? :P

Im just trying to bring guns on target with this damned Aviator deadzone issue LOL! I get creamed in head-on passes every time. Ive been setting up lead turns instead and going straight for the angles advantage.

Yea, I noticed it sometimes too.
I've collided when trying to fly in tight formation, while I could have sworn there was still a tiny bit of room lol. But yea, lag can be an important factor here.

And especially some ground units don't have a good "collision border", I've tried flying under a bridge once that wouldn't let me. Most do though.

I kinda figured it might be lag related, since Ive seen some rubber banding issues due to lag. However the time I noted above, the game was running smooth as silk and no-one as far as I could tell was lagging. Of course they may have at the point of our pass, I just cant be certain tbh.

Hmm, just thought there that a connection gauge might help when choosing a match. Street Fighter 4 has such a gauge which iirc is a ping based. Im sure that once the game is sold a bit more the servers will start to be more readily available. Having a way to differenciate between local games and international ones would be good.