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I was going to enter that contest but slamraam has it in the bag!
Probably will still enter though.
I really need to decide if I'm going to buy this module or not. It looks great.
It's just the idea of my flying a Spitfire seems so...well......wrong.
Vae Victis!
"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight." - Sun Tzu
Come watch the fun!
As an incurable Spitfire fanatic, I'll try to stay objective here. Please keep in mind that the DCS Spit is in Early Access, so it's still very much a work-in-progress. Nonetheless, I've been very pleased with it so far, with a few caveats:
1) The artwork is gorgeous. My PC can handle it increasing the resolution to Nvidia's EDR 4X, where this sim really shines. Not a true 4K res, I realize, but my ancient 46" Samsung LED TV looks great here. Others no doubt use other video settings at 1080p to good effect. The only area that I feel critical is the overly-dirty canopy. A mod called Clear Canopy fixes this.
2) The current sounds (engine and weapons) need further work. There are mods out there (Diveplane - engine & Brownings, Rlaxoxo - Brownings and Hispano) that really bring the audio alive.
3) Multiplayer - more private servers are featuring the new Spitfire, notably the Burning Skies server. The upcoming Normandy map will certainly be a major hit for WW2 air sim buffs. Not to mention...tanks!
4) Flight performance/handling. It feels great to fly. An easy transition in the air from the Clod Spitfires to the MK IX DCS Spit. Taxiing, takeoffs, landings are a whole different animal. I would hazard a guess that there were fewer fatalities amongst real life Harvard pilots transitioning to real life Spitfire IX's than virtual Clod Spitfire pilots transitioning to virtual DCS Spit IX's. But, hey, I could be wrong. LOL
It may be awhile before there is any sale on the Spitfire since it hasn't yet reached its Final Release stage.
That's all that comes to mind so far.
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Installation path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz
In case anybody is interested.. the spitfire is on sale at 50% price (~25$)
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Vae Victis!
"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight." - Sun Tzu
Come watch the fun!
Shame on you Invictus . I shall recommend you are posted to the Ost front for this.
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Oberleutnant - Otto Meyer
"Gelb Acht"
9.Staffel / Jagdgeschwader 52
(Karaya)
In memory of 9./JG52 Ziegler, Vermisse dich mein Freund
http://www.9jg52.com/
Mk.IXe accessories:
https://youtu.be/CJPLpUK5j9o?t=122
Have they implement delayed fuse yet?
It takes an airplane to bring out the worst in a pilot.((dB)) youTube Channel
not that ive seen. Equally the sticky bombs persist too I think. That said its unplayable for me so I haven't bothered much.
2.5 is but a short time away perhaps that will address the issue. According to ED DCS WW2 has exceeded their expectation in terms of sales and profit to investment so who knows, maybe one day soon that the fact it wont remain a cash cow unless they actually make it playable may occur to them.
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" Better a thorn on the outside than a prick on the inside"
Normandy is very playable for me and many others I fly with online, check out my youtube videos on Burning Skies. The problem I have, and why I haven't played much recently, is the snails pace development of ww2 content. Still waiting for bombs and drop tanks for the Spit almost a year after release. It might be early access but that's still poor imo. Many of the ww2 assets still need a lot of work, the B17 damage model is a good example - they take one / two light hits to go down rendering them pointless at the mo. The new damage model is in testing but I'm not holding my breath as we've heard so little on it for ages. The core DCS sim is fantastic - flight model, CEM, ballistics; but they really are lacking in other departments. My only hope is once 2.5 is out and everything is integrated, they will have more time to concentrate on getting assets etc finished as without decent AI bombers, ground vehicles (e.g. trains are a joke at the moment), damage model etc etc the overall experience is lacking, which is such a shame when they have flyable aircarft modeled as well as they are.
My Cliffs of Dover movies [youtube link]
My PC specs: Win10 64; CPU i7-3820 4.3GHz; 16GB RAM, GPU Nvidia 1070 (8GB).
Is there any word on the P47 coming to the sim as thats the only plane that would make reinstall dcs on my pc. Even if its half finished fm wise i want it to arse about in
Hals und beinbruch
Oberleutnant - Otto Meyer
"Gelb Acht"
9.Staffel / Jagdgeschwader 52
(Karaya)
In memory of 9./JG52 Ziegler, Vermisse dich mein Freund
http://www.9jg52.com/
No
From what I gathered, the spit was bumped in priority over the 47. It also seemed like they were still deciding which model of the p47d to do for a while.
I suspect we might know more after 2.5 release
I’m sure they didn’t stop developing the module, they just haven’t written any updates about it.
Somewhere (must have been here) i heard that they were having trouble getting actual blueprints etc that they need to build the plane.
It sounded like they did not have enough technical info for the build.
I'm just relaying what i heard and readily admit that what I'm saying could be total rubbish; there's a first time for everything, right!?
"If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down"......
Tis a shame to be sure if its been canned. Its my fav plane from ww2 that and the mosquito. Ah well just have to wait till it comes with Bodenplatte next year.
Thanks for the replies fellas
Hals und beinbruch
Oberleutnant - Otto Meyer
"Gelb Acht"
9.Staffel / Jagdgeschwader 52
(Karaya)
In memory of 9./JG52 Ziegler, Vermisse dich mein Freund
http://www.9jg52.com/
Seems that when Republic Aircraft cease to exist in 1987 their executives order that all archives from WWII era to be burned.
"It's a little more than that, unfortunately, due to the fact that all of Republic aircraft's papers were pretty much destroyed when the company was sold.
There's simply hardly any real information available to make the kind of FM that is possible with the Spitfire, for example, which has LOADS of those old test documents around."
https://www.airspacemag.com/military...lded-69197851/
Heartbreaking....
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Installation path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover Blitz
Yes, that is what I had heard, but couldn't quite remember. Thanks for finding it 1lokos.
Very disappointing. Wonder how A2A managed to get one up and running. I did not buy it but well remember their videos.
Will see if I can dig one up to put in here when I am done work (is it ever really done?)
"If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down"......
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