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A2A Accusim Feature: Is It Really Worth It?

Walter

Walter

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Is the A2A Accusim Feature worth the extra 30 bucks? It makes the cost of the aircraft almost double...

What's your opinion?

Walter :mixedsmi:

Edit: I guess that seems kinda negative... oops! It wasn't meant to be that way, just a simple question....
 
I say Accu-sim is worth every penny!! Completely changes the way you handle the bird from takeoff to landing. I enjoy having to monitor oil levels, hydraulic fluid, and my engine life. Now if you like flying with unlimited fuel, and walking away from the PC Accu-sim may not be for you.. Granted the B-17, and Pip Cub are pretty easy going.. Then of course the P-47, B377, and Spitfire are a bit harder as their operating margins are a lot slimmer than the B-17 and Piper..
 
Without a D,out Brussel Sprout , I don,t Leave home without it .... Now that was a silly question to ask :kilroy: First the 377 , only one i don,t have is Hiedi and her Cub , the rest are wicked :salute:
 
When it works, definately yes. I have had the P47 for about a week now and have flown it very little as it causes a blue screen crash evertime I try and use it. That being said, the Cub does not cause me any issues and is a blast to fly and flying the P47 is awesome right up to the moment my PC shuts down. I am still trying to work out the issue with the P47 but I feel like I am on my own with this one as I can't seem to get very much assistance anywhere. I e-mailed A2A and got a canned response but I tried their suggestions anyway. I sent an e-mail back telling them that my problem has persisted but have not heard back. :isadizzy:

So while accusim is a great idea and is fun when it works, just be aware that you may have issues with it as I get the sense that I am not alone with the problem I having. :gameoff:

LouP
 
that is a must for A2A planes i just picked up a copy of the B377 yesterday its so nice you gotta get both packs if you get P-47 B-17 Spitfire or B377 and piper cub it makes it the best you can get Worth Every Bit it Costs

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If you want a realistic, by the book flight, then yes. Worth the extra money.
My first addon for FSX was the B17 accusim, maybe was a mistake. Now I find it hard to fly non accusim planes.
 
If you buy an A2A aircraft, Accusim is quite worth it, it really adds a dynamic to the FS experience, with the engine modelling and flight dynamics. Engine wear and tear over time is a great feature. I think you have to ask yourself what type of flying do you do? For me Accusim is most noticeable at the edges of the flightsim envelope. Stalls, aerobatics, flying outside of published limitations, poor power usage...etc. If you do a lot of short point A-B flights well within the flight envelope and recommended engine settings, it wont be quite as noticeable. But regardless it does teach you good situational awareness in the airplane.

Cheers
TJ
 
I never bought it, but I do have the P-47 and the B-377. You can burn the engines up through miss-handling on both those planes without accu-sim installed, so I figure I don't need no accu-sim to blow up my engines. I'm very talented that way! :icon_lol:
 
LouP said:
When it works, definately yes. I have had the P47 for about a week now and have flown it very little as it causes a blue screen crash evertime I try and use it.
-SNIP-
I e-mailed A2A and got a canned response but I tried their suggestions anyway. I sent an e-mail back telling them that my problem has persisted but have not heard back. :isadizzy:

So while accusim is a great idea and is fun when it works, just be aware that you may have issues with it as I get the sense that I am not alone with the problem I having. :gameoff:

LouP
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I would post your issues in the A2A P-47 forum. That way others
that may have had problems and solved them might be able to
help you. Also, if your problem gets solved, others reading the
forum will get the information.

It may be the texture size causing an issue for you. AIR, I had
some BSOD's on one of the A2A Accu-sim aircraft until I reduced
the size of the textures. I don't recall the exact details but I
would give that a try. Particularly the ones that are 16K in size.

Those sorts of problems can be very system-specific and be a
devil track down.

Paul
 
Walter said:
Is the A2A Accusim Feature worth the extra 30 bucks? It makes the cost of the aircraft almost double...

What's your opinion?

Walter :mixedsmi:
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As you have probably already seen in the previous answers, YES, Accusim is worth every penny. It brings a totally new level of immersion in the game. With normal non-accusim planes (excepted the newest one from aerosoft), once you flight is over it's over, next flight you'll get a totally new plane, out of the factory. With Accusim, you get the plane you left on the parking last time, with the damage or wear YOU have caused last time. It makes it much more interesting and challenging, suddently you want to fly your plane much more carefully.

Edit: I guess that seems kinda negative... oops! It wasn't meant to be that way, just a simple question....
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Happens very frequently, don't worry about that :)
 
Walter said:
Is the A2A Accusim Feature worth the extra 30 bucks? It makes the cost of the aircraft almost double...

What's your opinion?

Walter :mixedsmi:

Edit: I guess that seems kinda negative... oops! It wasn't meant to be that way, just a simple question....
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Haven't read all the other answers..... I was afraid of getting biased.

The short answer is: Total Waste of Money...... for 98% of all flightsimmers.

But a great addition for the super hard core 'simulation pilot' who wants his aircraft to behave as close as the real thing and just can't scrape that last $ 40.000 together to get that second hand - sorry, pre-owned - Cub that he really wants. :icon_lol:
 
Francois said:
Haven't read all the other answers..... I was afraid of getting biased.

The short answer is: Total Waste of Money...... for 98% of all flightsimmers.

But a great addition for the super hard core 'simulation pilot' who wants his aircraft to behave as close as the real thing and just can't scrape that last $ 40.000 together to get that second hand - sorry, pre-owned - Cub that he really wants. :icon_lol:
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Ya beat me to it there Francois. I see Accusim has a lot of fans from the posts above, but as you said, it's great if you are a hard-core simmer who wants system intensive simming, but for those who want to jump into an airplane and just fly for the enjoyment factor, I think it's more than those folks need. I have the non-Accusim versions of several of their airplanes and enjoy flying them on a regular basis, but I don't miss having the Accusim version in the least.:salute:
 
Accusim is not only about deep system simulation. It's mainly about having an aircraft that gets old depending on how you fly it every day. Immersion.
 
Totally agree with Daube. No more "flying textures" any more. I really find it hard to fly just one of my Non-accusim aircraft, so this is the only downside of it :icon_lol:

It becomes a "Simulation" at last. With a minimum of manual-studying, every simmer should be able to take off in an accusim-aircraft, and "just fly". If you want to be careless, you still can do this, but the consequences lurk everwhere...
 
Indeed. And if we take the example of the Spitfire, it's an aircraft that can be started in less than a minute. Fuel ON, magnetos ON, some primer shots and the engine is ready to go.

Last time I was enjoying a quick start with the Spit when suddently a blue smoke reminded me that some days ago I pushed the throttle a bit too far in an emergency situation... (stupid montains :icon_lol: )... had to come back to the hangar to repair some of the pistons and the engine was ready again :)
 
Oui c'est vrai. True, Daube, and hence my statement earlier. 98% of the simmers out there will not fly often enough with any one plane to see it 'age'..... or have a clue of how it 'should' behave.

So yes, absolutely great system and effort.

And still wasted on most simmers in the big bad world out there. ;-)
 
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