I mentioned I didn't like playing com games rite? I succumbed to my childhood dreams of becoming a fighter pilot.. and bought this $15 flight simulator.. I must admit.. tho the graphics aren't absolutely fantastic.. the realism is there.... it is technically complicated to hell.. for a single action, a multitude of switches have to be turned.. toggling between various submodes- Air to Air and Air to Ground modes.. even within Air to Air mode, there's "Track While Scan" (TWS) and "Range While Search" (RWS) modes for Pulse Doppler Radar.. One move that I've done to make flight easier (other than setting unlimited fuel and ammo- ok comeon I still want to blow the heck out of everyone..) I always switch "Countermeasures" from "Manual" to "Automatic" so lest anyone shoots at me, I just have to throw some evasive maneuvers... and the system will automatically throw Chaff and Flares before I get a missile up my ass...
High G Barrel Maneuver- A close range favouriteOh yes did I mention, I get a cool callsign too? Cowboy One-One
Despite the hullabaloo that enters the virtural cockpit when u get hit.. the thrill is in the technicality of handling it.. failled hydraulics, sluggish handling, leaking fuel tank.. and to top it off, 10 other bad guys that want to kill you.. the excitement is manually switiching controls to auxillary, power to backup, jumpstarting the engines, calling for help and making it back to home limping.. ejecting spoils the fun.. Oh yes- there's multiplayer too and it can be played on LAN- anyone for flight simulators?
Spiral Dive Attacking Maneuver- Beautiful but very difficult to achieve
Flying is definitely not an easy task to do.. :) Well.. when the going gets tough, the tough resort to playing flight stimulators- you can shoot 50 missiles at 1 fool..
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