QFT!

You'll be amazed at the depth, degree and extent of nitpicking going on in order to get it exactly right.

Sure, and populated by people who have already bought heavily into FSX.

Had you ever really gotten into that? I did, for a while - to really bring that sim up to the awesome levels it can hit, you are spending HUNDREDS on new airport scenery packs, mission packs, high fidelity aircraft models (and, yes, there are several well-done P-51s out there), etc.

If someone has already invested hundreds of dollars into that platform just to 'fly the aircraft around' - what could the DCS series offer them that FSX could not? Heck, for the 'just fly it around' crowd (which is all you are going to be able to do in a P-51 anywhere near a modern battlefield...and do try to stay out of range of anything with a gun!), the DCS series cannot compare to FSX. In FSX, I can hop in a cockpit in Portland, OR - and fly back to where I grew up in Cleveland, OH. Stopping for fuel and site-seeing all along the way.

A P-51 can't fly or fight in a modern battlefield, and for just 'hop in and fly around' - your massive 'casual market' - MS's Flight Sim platform has that already locked down.

I suppose if you are interested to learn how to operate this particular Bird then it's a no-brainer. Just do not even for a second think that any knowledge gained from IL-2/FSX will mean that you can successfully complete a circuit in the Mustang - it's a wee bit frisky

Not Il-2: 1946, sure. And you are correct that the new engine (currently only with 'Cliffs of Dover') does not have a P-51, but the aircraft it DOES have, it certainly models in as much fidelity (every button and switch in the cockpit works) as any DCS game. So that series (next title being Eastern Front, and then...?) will handle this well.

And I guess that's the point.

We have IL-2: 1946, with it's follow-on series already started and promising this level of simulation fidelity in combat ('Cliffs of Dover'/'Battle of Moscow'/etc)

We have 'Wings of Prey' out already, and the soon to be 'World of Planes' for pilots that want slightly less realism, and are closer to 'casual combat sim' gamers.

We have FS-X for those who want a hardcore 'buttons/switches/navigation' experience and to 'just fly around'...the entire planet and virtually all airports and navigation points therein.

What does this bring to the table? For previous DCS games, the answer was easy - 'combat simulation of modern aircraft'. For this, though...it seems any particular group who would be interested in it for any reason already has a sim out there for them, that covers the topic better.

I was referring to the Fidelity of Flight and not so much the buttons and switches. Personally that right there's the dealbreaker.

Seems to me that the 'Cliffs of Dover' series looks to have brought that up to at least DCS levels, as well - have you tried it?

Miao, Cat

Huh? Is Cliffs of Dover working already? I mean, DCS has it's bugs, but I'd say it is 99% working. How is it for Cliffs of Dover?

Eh, not sure why this couldn't have been left in the community hall. The only way I would have known about it was because I saw this topic in the community hall. How many others will miss this now that it has been sorted to it's own individual folder.

ArgonV, TFC also have an airworthy twin stick Sea Fury as well as the single seater thats under restoration. Have to win the lotto, must have a Sea Fury