Hey, I was in those games
, my first sim-mode games. It was really cool
Anyways, I will not pretend Im a pro at sim, because I have only played a few games, but they went pretty well.
About the speed: dont be afraid to cut your throttle to 0%. If you are still going to fast, make some barrel roll behind your enemy. Also, I noticed that not every one in the game realised that your turning radius will decrease, of you decrease speed. Due to this I was able to outturn spits with my 109 k-4. The turn RATE will decrease as well like you said. But the smaller turn radius, will make you turn inside their turn, thus giving you an angle to fire on him (most of the time). The smaller turn radius with the lower speed, is also nice to shake someone off, since he will overshoot your turn, and because of his bigger turn radius, he will never have angle to fire on you.
Also, when turning, put combat flaps (if you did not allready).
Thats all the advise I can give for now, but I'll be playing more sim from now on
, so prob I will learn a thing or two more myself
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Hope to see you again in the skies !