Author Topic: Post your opinion of CFS2 (Read 939 times)

Ripsnort · « **on:** October 30, 2000, 09:07:00 AM »

Heres my first impression after flying it for 10 hours over the week-end.
-Even with Wells FM added, they still seem mushy.
-FR sucks even on medium with PIII-550,128megs ram, 32 meg TNT2.
-Clouds suck, HT has got clouds down to an art, MS does not.
-FR REALLY takes a hit with cockpit on, there's an optional 'low res' cockpit, but its much too dark to be of any use.

On a scale from 1-10, I'd give it a 6 overall.

Anyone have any "add-on" cockpits to help increase FR?

blur · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2000, 09:43:00 AM »

Good stuff
- external views of a/c look good
- looks like gun camera footage when you shoot at and hit an enemy a/c
- terrain looks nice

Bad stuff
- have to turn graphic details way down to get smooth motion, while I can get fast frame rates with higher graphic settings it gets very "jerky" (PIII 866, Geforce 2)
- 2D cockpit takes a 40-50 fps hit!
- 3D cockpit sucks as gauges aren't clear and views aren't adjustable
- FM is very mushy with little or no rudder response

CFS2 will probably make the arcade sim pilots happy but lets face it folks, Aces High has spoiled us.

I give this a 5 out of 10.

Eagler · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2000, 09:57:00 AM »

FM stinks - even with Wells patch

Can't tell speed as there isn't a wind noise as there is in AH

Slight hesitation when bullets hit or enemy plane takes damage (split second freeze)

Online thru the zone, not much competition. Kind of kill the man with the ball once you start shooting some down, you become a marked man.

Nice eye candy, but FM doesn't compare to AH nor does the overall camaraderie (online wise).

Limited planes, no FW

views (in cockpit) limited

not much change from CFS 1 except for eyecandy/ cpu requirements...

Eagler

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2000, 10:33:00 AM »

More stuff as I think of it...
-Sound sucks, as mentioned above, no wind, no stall horn, etc etc.
-No auto pilot, no auto climb, etc.

F4UDOA · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2000, 10:55:00 AM »

It sucks.

I was waiting for the "Janes WW2 fighters" types grapics which they don't have. Janes looks as if watching a movie at times it's so good.

Have you seen the new Il-2 screenshots? They are magnificent. It makes me wonder if I will ever see a Pacific war fighter simm that is as good as European Air war or Janes.

So far AH is the best of the Pacific plane set flight simms.

Mighty1 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2000, 01:54:00 PM »

I kinda like it.

The 38 FM sucks.

It's a nice diversion if you need to get away for a couple of minutes.

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Ripsnort · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2000, 02:11:00 PM »

Speaking of P38's, I noticed that the P38F in CFS2 has torque to the left, I thought those props countered out the torq? (one spins left, one spins right?)

-lynx- · « **Reply #7 on:** October 31, 2000, 03:22:00 AM »

You shouldn't have torque on multi-engines anyway?

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-aper- · « **Reply #8 on:** October 31, 2000, 06:48:00 AM »

Good stuff

- You can hear engine sounds of other planes if they are very close to you.
- Your plane can be damaged by the close explosion of enemy plane.
- You can see bullet holes in your wings

- You should open your canopy before bailing out

- There are some interesting things in behaviour of damaged planes.

Bad stuff

- All the other things

RAM · « **Reply #9 on:** October 31, 2000, 07:13:00 AM »

Good stuff: (fer me)

I haven't bought it yet (and with the reports I read here, prolly never will

)

Bad stuff: (again, for me

)

Seems beautiful...but eyecandy doesnt make a sim better in playability (well not that much

)

Hehehe

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Ripsnort · « **Reply #10 on:** October 31, 2000, 07:40:00 AM »

That sums it up for me Ram, wish I had bought the 'fantasy' game 'Crimson Tide'...Warbirds, Aces High has spoiled me for FM's, etc.

Maverick · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2000, 12:21:00 PM »

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Originally posted by -lynx-:
You shouldn't have torque on multi-engines anyway?

Not true unless they are counter rotating. If both props rotate in the same direction they both contribute torque forces in the same direction. If turing opposite directions the torque is canceled out.

Mav

Biggles · « **Reply #12 on:** October 31, 2000, 04:44:00 PM »

I bought "Crimson Tide". It's kinda cool, a good diversion from regular flight sims. Nice graphics. A better choice than CFS2, IMHO, because AH has CFS2 beat hands-down.

SR · « **Reply #13 on:** October 31, 2000, 06:30:00 PM »

Got to advanced weather and set up thunderstorm with all the extras . If you have not tried this your missing out on some thing nice . Remember you can set up more than one cloud layer type and wind effect etc .

SR

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CavemanJ · « **Reply #14 on:** October 31, 2000, 08:10:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort:
That sums it up for me Ram, wish I had bought the 'fantasy' game 'Crimson Tide'...Warbirds, Aces High has spoiled me for FM's, etc.

You mean Crimson Skies?
It's ok. Really arcadish with the kites to choose from, but an interesting storyline

Got some real nice graphics in it too. Once fight at a railroad bridge is outstanding, holes in the rock you can fly through, loops over the bridge trying to get the bad guy chasing you slam into it

It's a nice break. Some BFM applies, but it's deffinately an arcade/fantasy game.