Yours truly enjoying a bit of DCS multiplayer action in the F/A18C:



I was hunting Flankers in this particular sortie - my favourite prey

 

Here is the game I started developing recently. It's inspired by games like arma, COD MW and also by some real Apache combat footages.
It's an early stage and its more like a prototype at this point, but I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.

 

I'm a Flanker driver in DCS (recently picked up the Flaming Cliffs pack)… although this weeks DCS black Friday sale has the F18 25% off so I'm very closely considering buying it. Dam game is expensive but so much fun!

Edit - for anyone interested... you can actually get the basic game for free via the steam store with a Su-25 Frogfoot. You will need a joystick and a half decent PC. If you like it there's a tonne of Aircraft you can buy from WWII era to 3rd gen cold war right up to Gulf War I era 4th gen.

 

Yeah it's a great time to be a flight sim fan. I have made the jump to VR which makes recording tricky but the experience is amazing. The depth perception is the thing that wowed me most - you really feel like you're sitting in a cramped cockpit thousands of feet above the ground.

 

If you haven't already you should check out Jive Turkey's YouTube channel. If memory serves he is an ex-USN sonarman who served on LA class SSNs during the Cold War. He does an excellent job of explaining some of the sub-surface warfare concepts as he applies them in-game, and sprinkles in some great anecdotes from his time in the service too.

 

I love, love, love DCS. I'm an F-18 driver, but my second favourite aircraft is the community A-4E, which I always fly in RNZAF A-4K early livery. I was privileged to be able to work on this aircraft in real life and I love flying it in DCS!

 

Thanks for the tip, I didn't realise the A4 was a free community aircraft! I'm downloading it now... my brother picked up the F5 so we were talking about creating some Vietnam themed missions which this would be perfect for.

 

So as a follow up, I've got the A4 now and I'm loving it. In case you haven't tried this yourself yet I worked out how to attach 3 cannon pods and sinc them to my 2 on board cannons so all 5 fire simultaneously. It's like dog fighting with bloody star wars laser cannons! You can find some tutorials on youtube by "growling sidewinder" and the "Grim Reapers" that walk you through all the cockpit settings required.

 

If you want to brush up on the systems of the full fidelity modules (Hornet and Tomcat are excellent, F16 is getting there) I'd highly recommend Red Kite's YouTube channel. For honing your actual flying skills Jabbers and Ralfidude are also worth a look.