The A-10 is one of the most beautiful planes ever made. Period. I don't care what anybody says; it is not ugly.
Every bit of it screams function. The A-10 is a shining example of function over form, but in so doing they created something truly magnificent.
I, too, wish there was a dedicated A-10 sim out there. I know you can fly one in Lock On, but I don't want that game. Back in the day I was SO looking forward to Jane's A-10 game but that was sadly canned.
The only A-10 game I ever played was Sierra's Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer II. I loved it at the time. Dodging SAMs, killing tanks and APCs, shooting vehicles. You had an objective every mission, but once done you could fly around and just blow stuff up.
Every mission also had a special white car you could kill. If you killed them all there was some sort of easter egg at the end of the game. I never got all the white cars, so I can't really say what it was.
