Raptor (Released 7/25)

I like it, the fbw system feels nice, loops and spins felt ok but there was still some odd behaviour at low speeds. Had no problem doing a high alpha pass and some other manoeuvres, it felt fine during regular flight. I only spent about 30 minutes flying around Nellis but so far no real complaints about how it flys.

For the price, however, I am really disappointed with the sound package. The AI package is just the F-18 which is fine, at least they made a soundai folder, some other devs can't even be bothered to alias it to something else, but the base sounds aren't great either, some of the startup sounds were only coming from my left speaker, it uses a combination of the deault F-18 and some .wav files, it's just not very good.

For $20 I'd have no problems recommending it but I think there is a lot of room here for improvement, for $35 (or the $45CAD that I paid) I'm left wanting more.
 
I can't edit my post otherwise I would do so, but I felt my initial post seemed too negative:

After spending a couple of hours with it now, I am quite pleased with it even though I have some misgivings with the sound. The sound isn't bad, but considering how good the rest of the package is and it's price, I would've liked to have seen a better soundset.

Anyways, it flys very well, it is an absolute blast to do aerobatics in, if you like having fun then you can't really go wrong with the Raptor. It takes some finessing to avoid the dreadful buffeting in the sim when you are doing high alpha manoeuvres but I think they have done a wonderful job with the flight model. It has a LOT of power which took some getting used to while flying formation, but had no problems making small corrections in pitch/roll/yaw to stay on my leads wing. FBW model felt great the whole time. Be sure to read the manual as you want to make sure your sim settings are correctly setup for the aircraft.

Startup is simple and fast, checklist works well, auto-start works well. You can configure everything in the cockpit via the displays, such as default loadout, current loadout, static items like wheel chocks etc and whether your aircraft should spawn with them or not. Great FX suite, nice 3d modelling, textures are good though I would have liked to see more liveries, maybe even some fictional ones just to add a bit more variety.

Haven't really done anything aside from aerobatics and a bit of formation flying but once I was able to move past the things I disliked about it I found a lot to be excited about too. Worth the price of admission.
 
I just watched the video above and couldn't take my eyes away from the elevators being constantly fully nose-down... Is that normal ?
 
From the real world in cockpit videos of the USAF F-22 Demo jet IMHO i think the cockpit on the Sim jet needs some better texturing. It look bland. The real jet is pretty worn in areas around the instrument panel shroud and the canopy rails.
 
I found it on FB:

I have created a mod to basically make it easier to read the text in the TopMachStudios F-22A "Premium" version which will really help out you VR users but benefits us monitor users as well and I no-longer need to zoom/move in to read the labels anymore. This mod does NOT make any changes to the MFDs. I have totally remade every text to increase font size and or re-positioned it to make it easier to see. I have taken some liberty with labeling but I think you will find that as an enhancement, for example GEN1 and GEN2 were added.
This mod will not work on the F-22A freeware version, only the Premium. I would appreciate any feedback if you test it out. I will be uploading this on FlightSim.to once it has been tested by others and any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. For those brave amongst you I will make this available in DropBox @ https://www.dropbox.com/.../topmachstudios-mod-f22a...
Check the Readme.txt for instructions, just drop in the Community folder
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ozjwzdmr...nsYoxz9jOKegFxxO0OkfzseI8WMg3HNUvz3f9Y_tk7LAQ



by David Fairhurst.
 
I have been really enjoying their freeware version for quite a while, so will be watching out for reviews of the payware version for possible purchase. Cheers.
 
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