Could an FW190-D run down a ME-163C at 100ft?

[akuma]

I played a match this evening, I boom and zoomed a FW190-D at about 1000ft, and missed!

So as expected I had to dodge the cannon fire from the over shoot. To do this I ran for the deck at full throttle and kept it beneah 100ft. The speed was off the scale so all I got was the ----- reading.

I expected to be in his gun range for about 10 to 15 seconds after which I could start to throw in some turns and get back into the fight.

To my surprise the player was able to keep pace with me and keep within 1.2km and gun range. It would seem I could not out run him.

Is this possible?

I could buy if he dove a few thousand feet and kept pace for about 20 seconds before his speed bleed off, but keeping pace for over a minute with a starting altitute of 1000ft and a flat race at below 100ft?

Any ideas?

[SleepTrgt]

Arcade?

[akuma]

Originally Posted by SleepTrgt

Arcade?

Yes, it was on arcade mode.

[Soviet Ace]

Then the answer is simple: Yes. You can do anything on Arcade from what I've played. Speed has nothing to do with it, if your flying a Me262 or Me163, it doesn't matter the enemy is a Hawker Hurricane or FW-190D9.

On Realistic and Simulator, I know it's different. Especially on Simulator.

[play2often]

the fw-190 is, IMO, the fastest plane I have ever flown in this game. i usually start a game with my speed at 400, and within 1 WEP, i'm over 1000, and sometimes it goes to ---- if i pitch down just a bit. (i usually use the D-9 model, if it's any difference) but of course this comes as a trade off with manouverability......

[fuzzychickens]

Don't expect anything you know about aircraft to apply in arcade with exception of relative turn rate - even then that's far off the mark because the bleeding of speed isn't factored in.

[HauptmannMolders]

I'm happy so many people are playing this game but most seem to be playing arcade and in doing so, and this is only my opinion, you are completely missing the point and indeed the vast majority of development work that went into this. The REAL beauty of this game along with the graphics, is the variety of aircraft and their mutlitude of characteristics. I love that the 109 exceeds at running and gunning, I love that the Spit out turns it, I love that the 153 turns on a dime but is slow as shit etc.

So why does this 190 keep up with a 163? Because you are playing arcade and because its meant to be a completely leveling system on purpose and therefore discards most of the realism and all the work that went into this game to make it different from Blazing Angels, Heroes Over Europe, BF 1943 etc.

My advice is to try Realistic, turn your elevators down to half to start and then CAREFULLY select the airplane that best suits your style. Doing this, I gaurantee, will reward your quite correct thinking that a 163 should indeed outrun a 190D9 and by some margin I might add. Your understanding is right but you're playing a version of the game that actually handicaps accurate tactical thinking!

[akuma]

Thanks for the advice people.

The reason I play arcade is very simple, you can get a game there.

When I host a releastic game I can be sat for 20 minutes + trying to collect just 3 players, on arcade I get between 5 and 10 in 2 mintues tops.

[Ancient Seraph]

Wow, didn't think arcade was that arcade.. ah well, another reason not to even try it.

[akuma]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

Wow, didn't think arcade was that arcade.. ah well, another reason not to even try it.

Indeed, its such a shame they couldn't combine easy fun and performance in the same mode.