Advice for aviators switching to Simulation Mode

[hurricane]

horribly violated?not in my match!!

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by hurricane

horribly violated?not in my match!!

That happened in one of Brickster's matches, not yours

I felt sorry for those newbs

Anyway that is good advice from Blackdeath.
Don't forget you can look at the map too to acertain between friend and foe. When I boom and zoom I check before the dive that the spoted plane is red on the map. If there is red and green together, I try to spot both planes then match their positions on the map which tells me whether my friend is chasing or being chased and then I attack the enemy (or leave him if my friend is about to finish him).

Originally Posted by Gilly

All have them in sim on PS3 mate: raised, combat and should the landing gear be down landing flaps. Save for fixed undercarriage (eg stuka) which dont have combat flaps.

Yeah the stuka only has landing flaps, but I'm pretty sure the I-16 , I-153 and Po-2 have NO flaps and also no trimmer.

Thats one thing I like about the Mustang, is it is one of the few planes to have aileron trim so you can negate the torque of the engine.

[Drvn1]

Originally Posted by hurricane

horribly violated?not in my match!!

Maybe not. However I have seen people that were new try the P-51, get completely dominated for a few matches and never play again.. Most of them also try to play on full sensitivity... I always try to help them, but it takes patience and some people don't have that...

[QBlackDeathQ]

Originally Posted by Drvn1

Maybe not. However I have seen people that were new try the P-51, get completely dominated for a few matches and never play again.. Most of them also try to play on full sensitivity... I always try to help them, but it takes patience and some people don't have that...

Yes agreed there are still alot of bugs in the game regarding controls as custom controls are crud when you try to use a joystick. I tried to configure the thrustmaster hotas x, and no dice. Wish they just gave you something like the thrustmaster setting `1 and 2 but would allow you to edit nonlinearity, and dead zones would be even neater if the sensitivity settings worked after editing your settings it seems to only work with the pad. The P-51 Club uses custom settings and full sensitivity so they have a bit more control over the plane. As you said it need practice and patience but unfortunately if you have a joystick you can’t use costume setting effectively.

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by QBlackDeathQ

........ but unfortunately if you have a joystick you can’t use costume setting effectively.

or an xbox 360

[dkwookie]

Advice for an Av8tor switching from realistic to sim?

Dont try anything fancy
Buy some glasses
Buy a bigger TV
or Buy a projector

I have been on this forum for a long time but its time to let lose on some on some thoughts on this.
I have heard all this crap for so long about how great sim is and how the other modes are somehow inferior, I am really tired of that stuff.
I want manoeuvres and dogfighting not hiding in the clouds or down on the deck. I want to know who shot me not a random burst from some guy who was flying past.
I like arcade mode, I like realistic too.

Anyway I have had enough. Cheers guys

[hurricane]

funny i never heard anybody say what mode is superior,fly whatever in whatever mode you want,have fun.

[QBlackDeathQ]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

Advice for an Av8tor switching from realistic to sim?

Dont try anything fancy
Buy some glasses
Buy a bigger TV
or Buy a projector

I have been on this forum for a long time but its time to let lose on some on some thoughts on this.
I have heard all this crap for so long about how great sim is and how the other modes are somehow inferior, I am really tired of that stuff.
I want manoeuvres and dogfighting not hiding in the clouds or down on the deck. I want to know who shot me not a random burst from some guy who was flying past.
I like arcade mode, I like realistic too.

Anyway I have had enough. Cheers guys

Ok, ok I hear ya! And all I understand is that.
I don't like to take the extra effort to track my own targets manually I am so dim whited that I need the AI to tell me what to do! Having to do things for yourself is too realistic so I still like living with my parents. Things that are too hard aren't wort doing! Well I say! If you have mastery over arcade and realistic its time for you to step up. AS I Say things in live which are worth doing aren't suppose to be easy! You have to challenge yourself and consistently evolve to stay above the curve. What you just said is that “ I am not good at sim so I am not even going to try because its too hard! F everyone who feels sorry for themselves step it up and be a man stop crying because your not good at something at the start. Make yourself stronger, Adapt and overcome! Join JG-52!!!! just send me message!

we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender! I am sorry you disagree dkwookie

Wow finally someone who thinks the same as me. Sim is the top level in this game and to all u people who say we r just ground huggers and u want to perform manuevers and know who shot u, that's just garbage. The reasons combat has evolved into a ground war are 3 fold. Firstly the dive speeds r ridiculously slow, there is no chance of separation in this game. Secondly the god damn map icons which is basically onboard radar. Lastly the displaying of a black dot, your plane, at ranges that r unrealistic. In this game u can c spots over a mile away which was not possible in reality. Sim mode on the ps3 is still way 2 easy and i do not understand how anyone can argue this point.