Waste Gate

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Skybird

We...? I'm a tanker now. Haven't touched Falcon for ages. I also have given up IL2. The only thing I currently fly is FS2004.

Good - you'll be rusty when I blow you from the sky later on. Falcon is one of the few sims that never leaves my HD for very long. And if you ever played it properly, they bug will come back and get you - but it will take you at least a week to become proficient again!

-S

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Good - you'll be rusty when I blow you from the sky later on. Falcon is one of the few sims that never leaves my HD for very long. And if you ever played it properly, they bug will come back and get you - but it will take you at least a week to become proficient again!

-S

:rotfl: funny what kind of types we have on this board.

-Bubbleheads
-Tin Can boys
-Flying Clowns

I would have accepted the challenge if I had Falcon 4.0
well, perhaps when I've a better system then I have now.

@skybird...whats the joy of flying an airplane with nothing to shoot..
j/k

HunterICX

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

I would have accepted the challenge if I had Falcon 4.0
well, perhaps when I've a better system then I have now.

What do you need a better rig for? Falcon 4.0 should run fine on your current rig.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

@skybird...whats the joy of flying an airplane with nothing to shoot..

In one word: procedure complexity. Flying in falcon is children's play (as is in IL2). Planning and calculating a more or less correct flightplan, bringing a complex simulated airliner to life, programming the FMC, landing by hand under emergncy conditions - that is something totally different, and Falcon cannot compete in these regards. The shining sides of Falcon are the complex sensor simulation, the campaign and the immersive environment you fly in. Even flying a small sports plane with correct realistic procedures as in reality is not as easy as it sounds if you really try to meet standards of reality. and like the editor of simHQ just wrote in his re-review of Traffic 2005 for FS just days ago, what you get in military sims is a guess, a fantasy - not much people around here that can compare the sim to the real thing. That is different with civilian flight sims - there are quite some RWP around (real world pilots) who can judge wether the sim meets reality, or not, and what the differences are.

But when I arrive back at Tegel or Tempelhof at sunset, and the airport scenery is lit everywhere, and the cockpit shines in gloomy orange spotlights, I'm almost getting sentimental!

[SUBMAN1]

yadda yadda yadda! What - having a HUD with a flight path marker is not hard enough for you? :p You can turn it off if you desire and go it instruments alone! Air traffic is also very well done in F4 AF now - especially after the latest patches.

-S

[larrysellars]

It's been a couple of years since I last played Falcon, but I'm quickly getting back into it. I don't know if I played it properly last time, but I have definitely been bitten by the Falcon bug again.

I recently picked up Flight Simulator X, and although I love it, I found that it was lacking a "goal." I loved the missions, even the simple ones like ferrying passengers from A to B, but once I finished through those, it lost a bit of interest. I was considering picking up the Cargo Pilot program, but instead reinstalled Falcon and gave it a shot.

The campaign in Falcon is superb, and I had forgotten how immersive it is. There's nothing quite like hitting an enemy battalion and returning to base, then watching them retreat on the strategic map. I'm still a total hack when it comes to dogfighting, but I'm getting the hang of moving mud.

Of course, half the fun is just slogging through their immense manual. Talk about some good bathroom reading.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Good - you'll be rusty when I blow you from the sky later on. Falcon is one of the few sims that never leaves my HD for very long. And if you ever played it properly, they bug will come back and get you - but it will take you at least a week to become proficient again!

-S

That is right. I had breaks from F4 earlier, and always took quite some time to get back into it. But I am wondering if I will ever get fully back into it now. Interest is not the same anymore - just many intense memories first a superb sim. In the past I played it fanatically.

It's just that SBP now gives me even better experiences of copckpit immersion and "being there, being vulnerable, environment is real".