Warthunder gets best simulation award......

[pervert]

Oleg Maddox made flight simulators for the Russian air force before going commercial with Il2, and he had real WWII pilots testing Il2. If you think AH is a simulator, you're mistaken; it's a game and Hitech will tell you that if you ask him. So is WT, just better IMHO. If you want to fly an actual PC simulator with a WWII fighter try DCS' P-51 or Fw190: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn1xbahH_x0

I bet he modelled all the Russian aircraft in those sims the same way he modelled the Russian planes in IL2, wait till they get in combat they'll be in for a real shock  he is paid to model what sells, HTC as an independent developer has the luxury to try and be as accurate to real life as possible, you only had to look at the in game plane write ups in IL2 to know that the game was completely biased.

Do you think the actual flight model in full realism will be any better in War Thunder? I doubt it, they will be based on a load of anecdotal pilots accounts.

[Hap]

Scholtz, ty for your replies found them substantive.  I'll have to peek into those 2 sims. 

[zack1234]

You sir lie like a cheap rug. I did a copy and paste of the word YOU typed and goggled it for I had no idea what you were talking about. I thought it was some UK/Irish/Scotish slang word or something. Yeah Pervert is a good name for ya. You degenerate twisted dude.


and what is "tromboning"? Is that another sick activity you know something about? What the hell is going on over there where you live anyway? 

Its a outrage!

Pervert demands satisfaction!

Have you got any more medals Pervert?

[pervert]

Sir Feltchalot

I loled for about 5 mins after typing that   

No more medals zack, so far I have to stress! I have been denied entry to Hungary  perhaps Debrody could help me with my visa 

[GScholz]

Yes, the view system is so strict that it totally sucks. #1 reason why I did not play IL2 or WT. I do not use track-IR.

The HUD in IL2 and its derivatives is required because they chose to model the visuals of the cockpit so well and make it look so cool, that you cannot read the instruments. Then flush all that coolness down the toilet with a HUD instruments. I much prefer the "inaccurate" AH cockpits that are at least functional.

Finally, for the life of me, I can't see why they chose to call that game Wartthunder. Is that what you get on your hand from grinding until finally one get to fly a mossie? warts are disgusting.

I have no problem reading the instruments ( click to view full resolution: http://images.wikia.com/warthunder/images/1/1a/Bf.109E_cockpit.jpg ). I also love that they've modeled the pilot also; in AH I always found it strange that a ghost was flying the plane.

[LCADolby]

Ah, the E3 cpit where the cannon counter doesn't work, but I suppose that's what you get when using a core game engine from 2008.

[GScholz]

It's still beta... And the "core game engine", whatever that is, is irrelevant. After all how old in AH's "core game engine"? 15 years? And still we have functioning ammo counters.

[LCADolby]

You could apply the "still in beta" to AcesHigh if you really wanted..

The cannon counter to the right of the fuel cock works happily on Cliffs of Dover along with the correct Revi3 sight. They also give the E3 way too much boost, the ata goes as if it has the engine from the F2 or F4 at full power. Thankfully they have the Magnetos in the right place, on.

[GScholz]

There are lots of discussions on their boards on inaccuracies in this or that, but it is beta. WT has been in open beta for less than a year. To say that AH is still in beta in its second decade is just silly.

[titanic3]

Much will be shat when AH looks like that.

[zack1234]

If its any good i would play the game, but its not

What do you want me say?

777 studios has been brought in to try and teach the Russians how to make a decent game, not the software part the customer part

And the bloke who is running 777 is a Colonial

[bozon]

The most significant thing I see in this picture is that WT has the compass turning correctly. It sometimes annoy me that the AH rotating compass is turning the wrong way. i.e. in the picture 180 direction is head and 150 (a left turn) is to the right on the compass dial. In AH it is the opposite.

Also, they have clouds! little fluffy clouds like sheep. Where O where have my sheep gone?!

[pervert]

Does anyone have any clue who GScholz actually is in game? Or does he not play anymore 

[zack1234]

He is probably a mate Dhyran who has something to do with WT

Its won awards?

Broke Back Mountain won a Oscar, a cowboy film winning a Oscar, its a outrage

[HPriller]

I'd say it's a well deserved award, however, I'm not sure what really qualifies as competition for said award.  War Thunder may not be the most pure simulation but it's still a pretty spectacular game for what it is.  While there are many inaccuracies (particularly in flight modeling), it does surpass Aces High on several simulation aspects (such as pilot endurance limiting g-loading, gun overheating causing jams).  The graphics are significantly better than Aces High and the instant action nature of it is a lot more appealing for when I have limited time to play and I just wanna get in and shoot some stuff down.