Originally Posted by Daniel Prates

What I particularly dislike in SH4's DD caracteristics is how they speed up to 30 knots in seconds (which is not so much a matter of game AI than it is of bad depiction of mechanical limitations of what such ship could do).

As I understand it, speeding up like you were driving a motorciclye was either impossible or could seriously damage the machinery. The game does not seem to consider that.