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I used to play Jane's USAF all the time. Jane's was seemingly the industry standard for accuracy. It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators e

I used to play Jane's USAF all the time. Jane's was seemingly the industry standard for accuracy. It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore. Ace Combat was good in the 90s/early 2000s, then it transformed into some weird anime thing later on with a story line when I really just wanted to be Maverick. Maybe the new Top Gun movie coming out will renew interest.

senozhatsky 8y ago
> It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore LockOn [0] (formerly known as Flanker, IIRC) and DCS World (never played that one) look quite cool. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_On:_Modern_Air_Combat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_On:_Modern_Air_Combat [1] https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ -ss
- rurounijones 8y ago
  Lock-On became DCS world. DCS extends the Lock-on codebase and added a ton of new features (and bugs, unfortunately, but on balance still good)
  - zokier 8y ago
    The lineage is bit complicated, but mostly Lock-On became Flaming Cliffs 2 and 3, and now they are going back to "Modern Air Combat" branding.
    - senozhatsky 8y ago
      Good ol' days. I miss Flanker 2.0/2.5. Sort of liked Crimea better than Caucasus. -ss
rurounijones 8y ago
> It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore See my comments elsewhere about DCS World. It is modern air combat simulator and is incredibly detailed. There is also Falcon BMS which is also extremely detailed. For WWII look at IL-2 series. Honestly. Right now we have 3 amazing combat simulators that blow everything in the past out of the water. "This is why we fly" is a good video for DCS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kyNx7kG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kyNx7kG8 http://reddit.com/r/hoggit http://reddit.com/r/hoggit is a subreddit dedicated to the above sims (with a focus on DCS)
PhasmaFelis 8y ago
> It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore. There's several. The problem is that, as hardware got better and the simulations grew ever more accurate, they become too complex for anyone but the most die-hard aviation fans to actually enjoy.
- zokier 8y ago
  Happy news for you the I guess; Eagle Dynamics just recently announced "Modern Air Combat", which is a friendlier version of their hardcore flagship DCS simulator. Essentially a follow-up on their more game-like LockOn. Sure, it still might feel bit too much, but if nothing else it represents that they recognize the need for lighter products. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/newsletters/newsletter13072018-x1dimdmo5yfk1de5ktp5s9c7h46rh0vk.html?bx_sender_conversion_id=5050627 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/newsletters/newsle...

senozhatsky 8y ago

> It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore LockOn [0] (formerly known as Flanker, IIRC) and DCS World (never played that one) look quite cool. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_On:_Modern_Air_Combat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_On:_Modern_Air_Combat [1] https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/ -ss

rurounijones 8y ago
Lock-On became DCS world. DCS extends the Lock-on codebase and added a ton of new features (and bugs, unfortunately, but on balance still good)
- zokier 8y ago
  The lineage is bit complicated, but mostly Lock-On became Flaming Cliffs 2 and 3, and now they are going back to "Modern Air Combat" branding.
  - senozhatsky 8y ago
    Good ol' days. I miss Flanker 2.0/2.5. Sort of liked Crimea better than Caucasus. -ss

rurounijones 8y ago

> It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore See my comments elsewhere about DCS World. It is modern air combat simulator and is incredibly detailed. There is also Falcon BMS which is also extremely detailed. For WWII look at IL-2 series. Honestly. Right now we have 3 amazing combat simulators that blow everything in the past out of the water. "This is why we fly" is a good video for DCS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kyNx7kG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn6kyNx7kG8 http://reddit.com/r/hoggit http://reddit.com/r/hoggit is a subreddit dedicated to the above sims (with a focus on DCS)

PhasmaFelis 8y ago

> It is actually pretty sad that no good air combat simulators exist anymore. There's several. The problem is that, as hardware got better and the simulations grew ever more accurate, they become too complex for anyone but the most die-hard aviation fans to actually enjoy.

zokier 8y ago
Happy news for you the I guess; Eagle Dynamics just recently announced "Modern Air Combat", which is a friendlier version of their hardcore flagship DCS simulator. Essentially a follow-up on their more game-like LockOn. Sure, it still might feel bit too much, but if nothing else it represents that they recognize the need for lighter products. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/newsletters/newsletter13072018-x1dimdmo5yfk1de5ktp5s9c7h46rh0vk.html?bx_sender_conversion_id=5050627 https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/newsletters/newsle...