the 51 isnt the only POS in this game....the 190s, 47s, Ta152s...and Spits to a certain degree all fall short of how they really handled. as for the 51, the flight model for this game was taken from aircraft with drop tanks attached...or so it was rumored. in reality the 51 was on par with all the fighter aircraft of the day. it could turn with a 109 or 190 at any altitude. when they first came on the scene in 44 they were vastly outnumbered and up to mid 45 would engage larger groups of LW ac. the main reason for its success is it would spend several hours each mission in LW home areas. so they had more time to be engaged and to go hunting. in the latter part of 45 the US tactic was to use bombers as bait to sucker the LW up for a fight where the ponies could play with them. if the huns didnt oblige 1/3 of the fighter group was cut free to go down to the deck and shot them up on the ground. and doing such they got into many a rumble down low. the fact that it ( and the other mentioned ac ) are so totally outclassed is a shame.
if you have PS3 you will get a patch which i hear makes the plane fly better. in xbox its lead covered brick. you can learn to fly it and have to adapt different tactics. at any rate it is something they HAVE to address and fix in BoS.
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