Come on guys, you should have known it was LWAMI from this:
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Down to 300 metres and onto flank speed, turning perpendicular to the torps and putting down a pair of decoys, sends one cannoning off in the wrong direction and another circling the decoys - of course, not that I know this at 20 knots. The pinging stops, and my boat slows down - to find another ADCAP screaming in.
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:p Lufty is quite proud of that feature.
Anyways, taking on a Seawolf in a Kilo is a losing proposition. The Kilo's usefulness in RR is that it can evade passive detection from the P-3's sonobuoys and the two US subs better than the Akulas can, so it has a better chance at getting close in. You should not be trying to fight the US subs. I should also mention that the more recent versions of RR are more balanced and have 2 688Is instead of a SW.
To address the specific points...
The US subs will sprint in the beginning of the scenario to arrive at the first waypoint after spawning in a random start box. Then they have scripted spints so that they roughly keep pace with the CSG. EDIT: At 25 knots, that was probably a scripted sprint. Those sprints aren't long, he probably just came out of it close to you; bad luck. A DW-engine programmed investigatory sprint would have been at close to flank speed....which that last 35 knot sprint might have been. I don't know what to make of that last part...maybe someone heard one of the Akulas.
Next, a Kilo at rest is not undetectable to a SW. Just off the top of my head, I'd guess a detection range of about 5nm would be possible against an Improved Kilo, even under the layer. But you've got the non-improved Alrosa.
The last point is that the TEST for all practical purposes is not capable of hitting a Seawolf. It's only got 2 knots of closure on it, and the seeker isn't that great so it has to get really close to acquire and might get shaken off rather easily. And it can't dive as deep as a SW. If you really need to fight an SSN, use the USET. And better yet, put a UGMT-1 on the other side of him so he can't drag the USET as easily.