I honestly doubt that even for FSX or X-Plane fans what this DCS P-51 would be of any interest at all. This is because of many reasons but the main one (IMO) is that in FSX and X-Plane you have the entire world at your disposal to fly in (free flight and not only) with your aircraft while in DCS you only have one small map (at least compared to FSX and X-Plane) which models only a very tiny spot on the world so free flight in DCS is at least limited when compared to FSX or X-Plane and this not to mention the ability to install large numbers of free and/or paid extra aircraft (resuming mod support!) that FSX or X-Plane have and DCS does not!

The only problem is, it might not be a valid test. I imagine there are at least some other simmer like me: we'd be all over a genuine A-10 level WWII study simulation, even if just of one plane . . . but we have little reason or interest to buy a P-51 to ly around in free flight mode over Crimea, no matter who high fidelity it is.

Well by "we" do you mean "all of us"? I for one would like to try it as I think the add-on will be cool. I don't have to have a WWII map or vehicles to enjoy flying around the Crimea and upcoming Nevada map. I think people forget the number of simmers out there that just want to simulate flight. Now granted I get the point that you don't need a military combat simulator to simulate this but I see it as an added bonus. It still comes down to consumer choice IMO, if you're not interested don't buy it.

Aye, that's the rub.

See if I knew it definitely WAS coming, I'd have no problem getting it on release and learning the plane so that when the later WWII-era stuff came out I'd be ready to jump in. I just don't know if that's a wise bet.

I mean, I'll be honest when I say that's what Flanker 1 was. I learned to fly the plane and do some AA and AG combat, but I really didn't do much until Flanker 2 when it seemed they'd really got the product where it needed to be. So my Flanker 1 purchase was a sort of investment in Flanker 2's development. However, if Flanker 2 had not happened and ED had folded back in 1996 or so, then I would've considered Flanker 1 overpriced for what I got out of it...a dozen or so hours of free flight with a little combat that never quite jelled for me.

Likewise I grabbed Black Shark just as much for the investment in later releases as interest in the Ka-50 itself, which was never that great. I've got over 100 hrs in it now, and would've thought it a great buy even if FC2 and A-10C had never happened, but if I'd thought it was a one-off I might not have ever bothered.

So if P-51D is indeed a "preview" of ED's WWII line, I'm in. If it turns out to be a dead-end that never goes anywhere beyond the current DCS line-up, I'm not so sure. A bit like buying a hydrogen-powered car in the hopes that fueling stations will be prevalent enough in the near future to make it feasible.



The Jedi Master

DCS:- Flying Legends isn't restricted to WW2 aircraft - so calling it a WW2 line would be misleading. However that is not to say that WW2 stuff (Objects,AI etc) mightn't happen in the future. For now it is just Legendary Aircraft.

Nate

New screenies are out.

Nice screenshots.


Wheels

If we are getting a World War Two fighter, I hope we get a World War Two pilot to go with it. That guy in there, just looks wrong.

What really would have been a hit, though, is "Legendary Adversaries." Releasing the airplanes in pairs. Mustang and Focke Wulf Spitfire and BF-109, Hellcat and Zero, F-86 and MiG-15, Phantom and MiG-21.....etc. Don't think anybody would have complained about that.

I love that idea, and agree it would be so cool if that happened. It is 2x the work, but I'm sure it's less work that going full WWII (or whatever the scenario of the Legend) in one step. I wouldn't care if it was anywhere (i.e. keep the current DCS maps, ground objects, everything) as long as I could dual flights of adversaries. *drool*