DCS A-10C Prerelease Beta.........RELEASED!!!!

[Akatsuki]

I think this simulation is probably going to drag me away from FSX - it's so much more pleasing on the eye, and so much more realistic - it's quite amazing how dated FSX was even when it was released, let alone now when we can feast our eyes on this!

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[ryanbatc]

I use an i7 920 2.67Ghz with 6Gb RAM. Windows Vista 64. It seems so far to have very very few stutters - and apparently the sim is yet to be optimized.

And what video card? You guys with i7's and GTX260 are running on medium - I'm guessing my system won't run it.

Maybe my dad's will though...


Ive been trying lomac again -it has waaay too many bugs on vista x64. Sigh

 

[Scratch]

The FPS is generally pretty good but strangely variable. At times it seems to dive a bit low for no obvious reason, but as they've said the engine is far from optimized at this point

-Mike

I've noticed this too. I still can't figure out why it drops to single digits sometimes with nothing really going on.

 

[centuryseries]

And what video card? You guys with i7's and GTX260 are running on medium - I'm guessing my system won't run it.

Maybe my dad's will though...


Ive been trying lomac again -it has waaay too many bugs on vista x64. Sigh

Sorry GTX 285 card.

Has anyone tried creating a quick mission in mission editor and set the time of day to 18.00 hrs with some cloud - talk about atmospheric!!

Still struggling to work out how to target things for precision weapons though lol

 

[Gibbage]

@Gibbage There is a "Game" mode for the A-10C but it looks REAL ARCADISH!! You can start engines w/t simple key commands simular to CTL/E.Also you can start on ramp w/t engines running.

Thanks. Thats one of the biggest problems I have with almost any flight sim, in that there is NO middle ground. Its full real, or arcade! IL2 was like that alot in that there is a huge leap from arcade into full with no real buffer zone to ease you into it. People who are not totally stubbern like me tend to get scared off when they try to make that jump. WWII aircraft are a LOT less complex then a modern jet!!!! The MFD alone takes more time to learn then proper pitch/mixture controle on a P-51. Then you have the weapons system, and keeping an eye on all those gauges in combat? Makes my head dizzy. I just wish there was a semi-sim mode that took care of the little things, but kept the flight model and weapons model realistic. That way I can have fun, be challanged, and not need to learn a new vocation!

 

[empeck]

JTAC in DCS:

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wow.

 

[MenendezDiego]

Exactly my thoughts.

I havn't flown flight sim since this came out...except tonight when I tried the new Iris update for their A-10A...it's just not the same anymore

DCS has raised the bar

Diego

 

[BOOM]

I haven't touched FSX since this hit my PC,I probably won't until FTX Pacific Fjords or Vertigo Studios F9F Panther come out.I'm amazed how smooth and stutter free it is now in Beta!!!
Just imagine how it will run when optimized!!!!!!!!

 

[hews500d]

Ok. That does it!!! Somehow I gotta figure out a way to buy this thing this weekend

Darrell

 

[centuryseries]

I really think this game is revolutionary, for me the start up procedure (its about as far as I've got with learning anything) is just an incredible experience - hearing the APU fire up, the little dip in the APU noise as you start an engine spooling.

The sun is incredibly realistic, the water is the best I've seen, the cities are great, the power cables - well you can fly through them or slice them with your wings and get sparked. For the switch junkies out there, this will definately satisfy your needs!!