Tracers.

[Delirium]

Off

I like to say I turned them off originally because I was so good, but that wasn't the case. My video card on my old computer died everytime the bullet trails were rendered, dropping my frame rate to 5. It was either learn to fly with them off, or leave AH.

That said, I find tracers off to be be better in every way except when you are trying to clear a friendly's 6 o'clock position, or for screenshots.

[Cajunn]

Use to turn them off because of they were a bother during a fight, but then I started flying the LA's and now its fine because on the LA's they seem to be few and far spaced...........

[Chalenge]

That's why I put I didn't know if it was modeled with less power in the game. I have to use tracers for cannon planes either way. My gunnery with cannons belongs in the outhouse.

I wasnt trying to correct you just informing you. 

[ColKLink]

on,....I'm one of them dummys that think they were invented for a reason...

[TexMurphy]

Off

They confuse me and make me waste ammo through using them as a aim device instead of my gunsight.

They also notify my enemy that Im shooting. If I miss without the tracers he doesnt know Im shooting and hence continues to fly predictably. If I miss with tracers he goes into super defensive or panic mode which makes him harder to hit.

Tex

[mtnman]

On. 

When I hit my target, I don't notice them.  When I miss, I do notice them, and correct based on where they're going.

I find them more accurate than my gunsight, which I also ignore for the most part.  The gunsight is really only an accurate representation of where your bullets go if you're flying level and at 1G.  Any deviation from that and you can toss the gunsight out the window.  I seldom fire while flying straight and level, so the gunsight is seldom "accurate" for me. 

Personally, the more attention I pay to the sight the worse I shoot.

On the other hand, the tracers always fly in the same area as the rest of my bullets, so give me a fairly accurate representation of where my bullets are going no matter what my flight attitude is...

[SkyRock]

On. 

When I hit my target, I don't notice them.  When I miss, I do notice them, and correct based on where they're going.

I find them more accurate than my gunsight, which I also ignore for the most part.  The gunsight is really only an accurate representation of where your bullets go if you're flying level and at 1G.  Any deviation from that and you can toss the gunsight out the window.  I seldom fire while flying straight and level, so the gunsight is seldom "accurate" for me. 

Personally, the more attention I pay to the sight the worse I shoot.

On the other hand, the tracers always fly in the same area as the rest of my bullets, so give me a fairly accurate representation of where my bullets are going no matter what my flight attitude is...

[frank3]

I've seen several people here saying that tracers confuse them.
How?

Isn't it easier to see exactly where your bulletstream is going?

**This is not an insult, but a genuine question**

[Nilsen]

I fly with them off when im in G14 with tater. Nothing like a no-warning-one-shot-kill

[RTHolmes]

I fly with them off cause all of those streaks confuse me and I aim worse.

same here. with them on I was actually closing my eyes when firing

I have turned them on occasionally just to try to get decent screenshots.

[TexMurphy]

I've seen several people here saying that tracers confuse them.
How?

Isn't it easier to see exactly where your bulletstream is going?

**This is not an insult, but a genuine question**

When I miss with tracers on I always try too see where I missed... "did the tracers go infront or behind my enemy"... Its not easy to see exactly where they went instead if I have tracers off I trust my instincts and adjust in 9 out of 10 cases this adjustment is correct.

Why simply because any time I miss I dont lead my shot enough. I dont need to bother to look and try to see where I missed inorder to know that I should extend my lead.

There is one situation in which turning on tracers can be a good thing. Its if you have flown 50 cal or hispano planes for ages and move to Jap or German planes. Then it could be good to turn on the tracers just to find our exactly how much the guns drop. But just for a few sorties and then turn them off again.

Tex

[Patches1]

On....

" ...Patches, when you out-fly your opponent...and acquire his 6 close in...it doesn't matter whether your tracers are on, or off. "

These words were spoken to me by a former Squad Mate in VMF-158 The Green Mountain Boys and he was an experienced Naval Pilot who was, at one time, an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School in Miramar, California.

Fly first...shoot second. Gunnery only proves who out-flew whom.

Just a thought...

<S>

[frank3]

On....

" ...Patches, when you out-fly your opponent...and acquire his 6 close in...it doesn't matter whether your tracers are on, or off. "

These words were spoken to me by a former Squad Mate in VMF-158 The Green Mountain Boys and he was an experienced Naval Pilot who was, at one time, an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School in Miramar, California.

Yeah but...modern navy doesn't rely on tracers that much these days!

[james]

Its all good chalenge. There's a lot modeled and not modeled in the game. I haven't seen anything that describes what is modeled in. I've used m2 .50 calibers and 25mm bushmasters and can tell the difference of power in ammo loadout in RL. In the game I see no difference at all in power but didn't know if maybe the model was inaccurate or there at all. I'm glad there's someone out there that knows and is willing to share it really. Usually I get the whole "wow your a noob and how could you not know" thing here lol. <S>

[Cajunn]

I've seen several people here saying that tracers confuse them.
How?

Isn't it easier to see exactly where your bulletstream is going?

**This is not an insult, but a genuine question**

I use to have this thing that when I pulled the trigger at the one instance when it was the best angle and the rounds should be right on target, I would get this micro second of screen freeze that was just enough to throw my aim off by making me over compensate. It was just enough to throw you out of sink with the plane your shooting at, I don't notice it as much now and they also had a tendency of overloading the screen and I found myself looking at the tracers and not the target, and that in part was confusing, so I learned how to shoot without them and got pretty good at it.