Arcade, Realistic, Sim

[Flywest]

Yeah to really enjoy sim mode I had to buy the Aviator flightstick. I reckon it's near to impossible looking around and dogfighting with the 360 controller pad.

[kod30]

Sim for me.

with the av8r stick it makes flying around on Sim a joy. Finding targets however, not so much joy.

*cough* lets just say it's very dangerous to be my AI wingman in single player *cough*

[steellwaters]

lol..my method of identifying targets in sim mode is to fire a short burst and watch the radio traffic :-p....but I would not recommend attempting sim mode without a flightstick...and forget landing until they map the brakes to it...unless you like trees

[Ancient Seraph]

I think I might've taken down as many allied planes as axis' . Especially the Sicily part was hard for me for some reason.. kept confusing friends and foes.

[Axe99]

Originally Posted by steellwaters

lol..my method of identifying targets in sim mode is to fire a short burst and watch the radio traffic :-p....but I would not recommend attempting sim mode without a flightstick...and forget landing until they map the brakes to it...unless you like trees

lol - aye, you really learn to pick out the differences between the planes (Spit/Hurri wingtips are round, BF-109 square, for instance), and I've downed a few friendlies - stories from the real thing suggested this happened a fair bit (although maybe not as much as in your war Ancient Seraphim ).

And landing is possible, but make sure you're plenty slow when you hit the deck (sub 200), hit right at the near end of the runway, cut the throttle immediately, and pull back on the stick once you're below 'take off' speed, and you'll generally stop in time, although there's a couple of very short strips where you've got no chance unless you can do a 180 using your rudder!

[Soviet Ace]

If they're flying something not blueish/black, or a very dark green/black, then usually I just go after them. But usually don't fire until 900ft or so, not just so I can make sure they're friendlies, but also so I get a good clean shot!

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

But usually don't fire until 900ft or so.

That's not right... Soviets should use the metric system . They do in real aviation .

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Ancient Seraph

That's not right... Soviets should use the metric system . They do in real aviation .

Whoops, my bad. I meant to say 274 meters or so

[trk29]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

What's with all the people in Sim, suddenly having dogfights in the clouds. Seriously, I go flying through, and even though I'm blinded by the clouds, I at times see planes chasing one another inside the clouds, not just zipping in and out, but actually staying inside the clouds? Has anyone else gone up against this? Because it's kinda pissing me off.

I actually did this today. I was playing sim mode and could not shake the other spit. So I headed for the big clould above us. I actually lost him in the cloud, came back around on his six and downed him. Oh it took me two tries before I did this though.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by trk29

I actually did this today. I was playing sim mode and could not shake the other spit. So I headed for the big clould above us. I actually lost him in the cloud, came back around on his six and downed him. Oh it took me two tries before I did this though.

Luckily for me, people who try and break for the clouds, while I'm on their tail usually get a whole lot of MG and Cannon fire because they bleed off speed so quick while trying to lose me in a "suddenly" tight climb.