As with a lot of games, there are semi-religious fanbois who abuse anyone who seems to even ask a question which might be critical (which I learned asking about why the DCS Mustang spins so badly) and DCS seems to have more than its fair share of those. So, if this is hard core, then it is too hard core for me! I don't care actually, all I care about is whether I can fly the darn thing, and I can't. See a typical post here:ĭCS fanbois will argue until blue in the face that DCS has it right, and every other sim in the world (where the Mustang is actually flyable) has it wrong. Then I realised - IT ISN'T ME! Hundreds of players have this problem.
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I got a ton of advice on how to set up my joystick, how to tweak the in game settings, you name it - but I pull back on the joystick and the darn thing goes into a death spin almost every time. Then there is the fact that even in 'simple' flight mode, the flight model is so tricky that I find it impossible to dogfight in the Mustang without sending it into a spin. Then the next 'mission' is just about how to taxi out to takeoff! Third mission you actually get to take off. I simply could not takeoff, even in the tutorial mission - just to give you a taste of how hard core this sim is, the first tutorial mission is all about just how to start the engine! It takes about a hundred steps. Yes, it has easy and hard modes, but the easy flight mode is still way too hard for someone coming from a flight game like War Thunder.
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Then you install it (I chose the basic free DCS World module, which has an Su25 jet you can fly, plus the P51 Mustang which cost about 25 quid or 40 bucks) and the suckiness starts. You look at the website and you think - cool! Jet fighters! P51 Mustangs! Helicopters! This game has it all! And man, it looks beautiful. and how FRIENDLY the players are in their communities, who you can turn to for information and newbie type help.īut here is a funny fact: they're all Russian! Now I feel ready to make a recommendation, not based on all the different features of the game (they all have their good and bad points) but on how well they fill the role of 'transition game' from War Thunder player to hard core simmer. Well, a few months ago I took the plunge! I bought three different 'hard core' flight sims, and have been trying them all out. You're ready for a new challenge, but the hard core flight simulation choice is daunting, the learning curve looks too steep, and most of the players on those forums are total SNOBS.
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You started in arcade mode, using a mouse, then you went historical, and finally full real/simulator. So, like me you've been playing War Thunder for a year.