Originally posted by Krusty
What makes you think "that other game" got it right? They might not have gone up at the same speed, but they probably didn't wait until one was all the way up before moving the other. That's just illogical.
Actually, a number of planes operated that way back in the day, or at least got one gear most of the way up before raising the second....... just the particular limitations of the hydraulic systems on some planes. The pressure would work one gear up, then the other. Not the best way to go about raising or lowering gear as far as aerodynamics go, just a particular engineering limitation and workable solution to the problem.
For some, it was an indication of problems with the hydraulic system..... they were supposed to come up together, but some fault, or field repair/modification, had them coming up separately or at very different rates.
As the graphics in the game are not that high end, I really don't see the need for this particular detail added in the game.