Yes..it is. If I could just get the throttle axis to show instead of the precision slider I'd be a happy camper because the twist rudder on the X-52 does indeed work with it. And you can even reverse the collective..

Right on. TrackIR is almost essential in a helo/rescue type sim where you are doing very precise flying over a spot on the ground/water. It's just very difficult to do hoist operations without being able to quickly glance back and forth. If you liked SAR4 you will probably like Vietnam MedEvac too..it has some diverse missions.

Hi Beach, thank you very much for this review. I wasn`t aware of that fact that this game is likely? from the makers of the SAR series. The SAR series have a half decent helicopter FM and I liked it so much. I will definately look if I can buy this game. I also like that there are these little man walking, shooting and screaming... :-)

I've never been able to run these games correctly in Vista x64. Game runs fine, outside view works fine, but the cockpit is transparent. In XP 32bit cockpit was fine.
You can run the game at any desired resolution (including widescreen) by editing one of the .dat files in notepad (forgot the filename) by replacing the numbers with your desired resolution.

I played MedEvac Vietnam with X52 controller and Saitek rudder pedals. For axis remapping i used ppjoy and it works great.

I was using old Saitek X45 and throttle works works just fine as does the rudder.

I've played this 2 sims over and over again years back. Stil on top of my 'fav sim list'

EEEEk! Can't find Apache Longbow Assault anywhere except one place and at PREMIUM price. Anybody know where I can find it at budget price? I found the first one at budget, but not the Longbow.

How can you say it's the same game? It doesn't even look like the same game. Don't give people false info to waste 8 bucks. Operation Air Assault 2 is a Helicopter Sim game, developed by InterActive Vision Games and published by Nobilis, which was released in Europe in 2004. Apache Longbow Assault is from Activision Value.

I ordered it for $8 and it is the same game. It came in a DVD box and after loading up the intro and seeing the first mission I knew it was the same. The screens look different, but I think they took those from the PS2 version of the game..the PC version is most definitely the same game.

BeachAV8R

* AFAIK all of these titles are originally based on the Interactive Vision game engine. The only things that appear to change are who published them...

I have both titles
Apache air assault works in vista 32
Longbow has a "transparent" cockpit. anyone has been able to fix that?