Advice for aviators switching to Simulation Mode

[vdomini]

Originally Posted by bobbysocks

let me throw a spin on this...or ask a simple question. how many of you have actually been up in an aircraft? taken it off...landed? had it under your control? if you have then i wont have to tell you that the ONLY thing about sim that SIMULATOR and remotely close to real life, is target acquisition ( providing you dont use the map feature!). air combat was predominately all about the bounce! if you saw the enemy ac without them seeing you could sneak up on his 6 nice and close or make a diving pass and smoke them! in this game the guys here who have learned the tricks of sim play use that to their advantage and do exceedingly well. its a different difficulty and takes time to learn..but dont think that "sim" makes you more of an expert or its more to true life than realistic mode by any stretch of the imagination. without something like TRACKIR ( that is actually a HUGE factor), blackouts, redouts, stall shaking, compressibility, the heaviness of flight controls real and sim are virtually the equal in being devoid of real flight characteristics. the difference is the settings to begin with. fly real...no hud...no map...no target camera or tracking....and depending on the ac adjust the sensitivities and its just as hard as any sim game...but you dont have flaps ( they arent used correctly in sim anyway). fly sim NO map ( or any other way to detect EAs if you want "hard")... that levels he playing field. you may fly for weeks..months without a kill or even a shot that would be truer to life...many a high scoring ace has been shot down by more rookie pilots who bounced them. your kills would be worth something. each mode of this "game" has its limits and confines. different people due to their nature gravitate to one of the 3. it is not an issue of which 1 is better or harder...or more closer to actual flight...its just more enjoyable for you and that reason YOU bought this game was to enjoy it. challenge yourself and be triumphant. but lets not bash OTHERS who plays different modes or try to make ourselves better for playing one. lets let people experience this great "game" and enjoy it in the manner which they choose without laying on them some guilt trip or bash rap on them .... or online play for this "game" will cease to be. make it unpleasant, gentlemen, and they will leave....and then who will you fly with?

Right said bobby! I agree with you and, answering your question, YES, i have been up in an aircraft by my own I have got the license. Taking off... and of course landing , flying only in VFR ( visual flight rules ) and i have a little idea of how a plane would appear in the sky, i have been trained how to check the space that surround the plane for safety reason, i know what's the feeling of flying just below the clouds line etc etc etc, i could write for hours eheheh

I have done a couple of loops also ( i was not the pilot that day, aircraft used to have double seat, i was not able and allowed to pull aereobatic manouver with my current flying license ) and i've felt a some G on my body.

All simulator game on any platform hardly take in count of the stress your body can take during flying.

Thinking of the stress that real ww2 pilot have suffered inside their little cockpit makes me shiver! Real world and real war is very different, we all know that i hope.

Have a nice day!

[scottyvt4]

bobby ive also flow mainly air experience fights, airobatics ect ect bout 4 or 5 hours in a de hav chipmunk and a Bulldog Series 120

[scottyvt4]

Originally Posted by gordon-vembu

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.

S*ite ................... you f*cked me over one of the first times i played sim knowing i was new to sim you heard me and Brigg chat, plus he was talking me through the game it was a dog fight in the sicily map and now i will very very very rarely play sim ............... and yes it was for the entire 20mins was fought 10 to 250 ft off the deck...... FACT!!

when i do play sim its the strike missions Gilly, shadow, McQ, kav ect ect miss playing realistic IMO its a great balance of all the aspects of the game the PS3 is a consule after all ......... for me the game needs more wookie amazing player (and top bolke into it) at this and ive also been missing from the skies been playing other games i really like this game and miss playing it online as much but its a progression i suppose

been practising off line and just cant quite get the hang of it ............ lol managed to master landings :p but the rest im struggeling would rather just load it up and fly!!!

just my 2ps worth

scotty