DSC:A10 you really should try it... ;)

[GOZR]

Well well i decided to get it , i'm getting tired of waiting for ClOD to be better ....and it's $40 right now and... waooo! ok that was a change .. an happy change for once.. Everything is better I feel like i paid for a very meticulously well done Simulator and what a pleasure just to open it Great interface !!
I took the A10 for some simple gun dogfight and what a fun !!!

It's basically what i was expecting from IL2:CoLD but DCS has it..
If you didn't try ... run and get it !! cheap and it's awesome !!



Even Rise of Flight look and feel so much better now .. grrrrr!

[GOZR]

Humm and did I mention how "SMOOTH" it is ... freeeedoooom !! even the head movements are better ...

Well just test it ..

[banned]

Will do. I've also purchased RoF and A2A Spitfire. They're great whilst I'm bored waiting for CloD.

[GOZR]

Yes RoF is definitely a Sim to have .. so much fun to fly around and as well real smooth and very pretty Interface and all..
It's a must for an aviation enthusiast!!!! no way around it

[Madfish]

I ike the sim. It's great although a little too complex for me right now.

3 points though. For me:
- it doesn't perform better
- it doesn't look better
- the interface isn't better either

It's not that you can get DCS A10 or BS to run on a crappy system well. It runs great on a system that runs CloD really good but it also looks much less detailed near ground level by a huge margin. Yes, the runway looks fine up close but that's about it. Also there aren't that many big dogfights with numbers of planes going on. Compared to CloD it's obvious that A10 doesn't have to eat that much performance.
Also I found the interfaces of A10 and BS not much lighter than the one for CloD. But maybe it's just me.

That aside it certainly is a nice sim indeed.

You might want to check the pilots lounge though. There is another thread on this already.

[skarden]

Yep a Fantastic sim by all accounts,I've been playing it a fair bit of late while waiting for COD to get a little better (although I do still very much like to play COD when I get the itch) and finally taking the time to learn the start up sequence and get a little deeper into the management of the sub systems a bit.

A very rewarding experience and not too bad for me to learn as I went out and bought a TM Warthog HOTAS(highly recommended!!) which makes learning it surprisingly easier to learn.

If ya love Jets it's a must have.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by GOZR

Humm and did I mention how "SMOOTH" it is ... freeeedoooom !! even the head movements are better ...

Well just test it ..

And did anyone mention it is directx 9 - and it works just fine and looks splendid anyway (thinking back of the whine storm here a while back regarding the fact that CoD uses Dx10 and not Dx11).

[major_setback]

Could you please post some big screenshots. Preferably showing landscape/ground-objects etc.

I'm sure the plane looks great, but I'm curious about the environment.

[Osprey]

I would just go on you tube MS, there's plenty on there. By all accounts it is excellent however as a sim it probably has far less to deal with than COD so it's unsurprising that so much effort could be spent on eye candy.

[Fjordmonkey]

Originally Posted by Osprey

I would just go on you tube MS, there's plenty on there. By all accounts it is excellent however as a sim it probably has far less to deal with than COD so it's unsurprising that so much effort could be spent on eye candy.

Far less to deal with than CLoD? Okay, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, my friend.

CLoD, while involving and has a lot to deal with, is actually quite simple in terms of the technology behind the aircraft, systems etc. Yes, it might be easier to fly in the A10C since you do have systems helping you, but you have a VAST array of systems, functions and instruments you have to keep an eye on at all time, know how, when and when not to operate them, plus the fact that the AI takes absolutely no prisoners.

Comparing the two in terms of complexity is like comparing apples to bananas. Both are fruits, both grow on trees and both taste good, but that's where the comparison ends.

As Cheesehawk also mentions, it takes a damn lot more in order to accurately employ weapons in DCS:A10C than it does in CLoD, although CLoD isn't a slouch when it comes to that either.