Don't make performances secret this time

[DKoor]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

I agree I think.

The most odd thing I've encountered is myself in a Wildcat being caught in a dive by a Zero. The point about the Zero was that it was light, which meant it could climb, turn, all of that, but diving was not its strong point. I've a suspicion that the AI in il2 was designed for energy fighting, which meant that the Zero had to be turned into an energy fighter, whereas in real life it was a superb turn fighter. I find the Wildcat much too prone to stalls, and thus less fun than it might be.

You may be caught in a dive by a Zero practically in only these two situations (in game)...

-you've been chased by Ai - it does not obey same rules as humans,
-you have been in initial stages of dive (i.e. only stated to build up speed).

In all other situations you will clearly outdive A6M2 in game.

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by DKoor

You may be caught in a dive by a Zero practically in only these two situations (in game)...

-you've been chased by Ai - it does not obey same rules as humans,

Yeah, it was that. It was the early zero, not the "Hamp". How can the AI not follow the same rules as humans? I thought it had been said that they were all one flight model now.

It was a long shallow dive, I had plenty of time to build up speed (I wasn't high enough that a steep dive would have gained me enough separation), it'd have caught me by rights if I'd stayed level, but there was nothing but flying in a straight line downwards, no turning, nothing, so there was no way better flying should have made a difference, but still it caught up with me.

[JG53Frankyboy]

well, human flown a A6M2-21 brakes at ~650km/h IAS and a A6M3 at ~700km/h IAS.

my experience is that the AI does not care about these limitations...................
same proplem is if you flying LW against early soviet AI controlled stuff.