The clasic argument has been about the F4U-1C and the F4U-4 being included in the late war PTO maps vs the Ki-61, 67, George, A6M5b.
As you can see not many guys flew the A6M5b due to the fact that there was "nothing" for it to eqaul to in a fight namely the F4F. You can see that when it did fly, CAP im sure, it fared equal to the Corsairs both -4 and C-Hog.
The Ki-67 has always been a pain for the allies. We seldom have anything that can catch it and have the speed and power to make other than deadly 6 attacks. As you can see the C-hog, with its 20mm cannons, make a difference but not by much over the -4. Nevertheless, Ki-67s suffered only two to one losses. Thats only fair. The B-17 did worse against the Ki-67 and the N1K2J at a one to one loss.
Well well well, look at the F4U-1C and F4U-4 stats vs the N1K2J.
We always get the F4U-1D vs the George. In Dec 02 the F4U-1D had 364 Kills of N1K2 and the N1K2 had 569 Kills of F4U-1D. That was a 200 kill difference in favor of the George. Pretty uneven in my book. This week the C-Hog and -4 were an even match at one to one losses vs the George. The P-51D was squished by the George with over two to one losses.
The F6F was squished as well, with to to one losses. Vs the Ki-61, the fights were equal with one to one losses.
F4U-1D has 98 Kills of Ki-67
Ki-67 has 43 Kills of F4U-1D
B-17G has 17 Kills of Ki-61
Ki-61 has 16 Kills of B-17G
B-17G has 70 Kills of N1K2
N1K2 has 80 Kills of B-17G
B-17G has 0 Kills of Ship Gunner
Ship Gunner has 39 Kills of B-17G
Ki-67 has 0 Kills of Ship Gunner
Ship Gunner has 198 Kills of Ki-67
A6M5b has 41 Kills of F4U-1C
F4U-1C has 55 Kills of A6M5b
A6M5b has 41 Kills of F4U-1C
F4U-1C has 55 Kills of A6M5b
A6M5b has 26 Kills of F6F-5
F6F-5 has 28 Kills of A6M5b
Ki-67 has 60 Kills of F4U-1C
F4U-1C has 131 Kills of Ki-67
Ki-67 has 67 Kills of F4U-4
F4U-4 has 92 Kills of Ki-67
N1K2 has 301 Kills of F4U-4
F4U-4 has 255 Kills of N1K2
N1K2 has 330 Kills of F4U-1C
F4U-1C has 322 Kills of N1K2
N1K2 has 171 Kills of P-51D
P-51D has 58 Kills of N1K2
F4U-1D has 364 Kills of N1K2
N1K2 has 569 Kills of F4U-1D
N1K2 has 250 Kills of F6F-5
F6F-5 has 146 Kills of N1K2
Ki-61 has 27 Kills of F6F-5
F6F-5 has 28 Kills of Ki-61
You must ask yourself how this game is being played for the stats to come out this way. I already said it. The CT is mostly a furballing arena with a twist of base capture. When you furball, eventually you will kill then be killed no matter what you fly as long as there is a steady stream of planes from opposite directions meeting in the middle. I call this result "Hamsterwheeling".