Falcon 4 BMS has just released 4.37 with VR support
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Just had a quick fly around.
The key point is that it does have the fabled Falcon dynamic campaign.
It's also dirt cheap (£3) and the BMS update is free.
Additionally, looks like it'll run on virtually any potato level PC. The install including both the base game and BMS 4.37 is under 5GB, though that would probably increase if you're going to grab more maps.
From a quick fly around:
- Close up clouds rotate. DCS ones did that for a while some time back
- Ground details, e.g. buildings are shall we say, fairly basic
- From up high, looks OK
- There's only one real cockpit modelled, i.e. the F16. Being fair, looks genuinely well done. So whilst in theory you can fly other aircraft, you have to use the F16 cockpit
- The cockpit modelled is "clickable", very much like DCS and if you've flown the F16 in DCS, you'll be very familiar with it
- Took quite a while to map my controls, though being fair there's a lot
- By default, comes with the Korea theatre. There's a LOT of other free maps that are available to download
- As this is very much a "sim", looks like a big learning curve, i.e. inline with DCS
In short, unless you really want a cheap combat flight sim (which doesn't really make sense as even if the game is cheap, the peripherals aren't), then DCS/IL2 are still the go to.
If you already have them, and fancy checking out the campaign, go take a scan.
The key point is that it does have the fabled Falcon dynamic campaign.
It's also dirt cheap (£3) and the BMS update is free.
Additionally, looks like it'll run on virtually any potato level PC. The install including both the base game and BMS 4.37 is under 5GB, though that would probably increase if you're going to grab more maps.
From a quick fly around:
- Close up clouds rotate. DCS ones did that for a while some time back
- Ground details, e.g. buildings are shall we say, fairly basic
- From up high, looks OK
- There's only one real cockpit modelled, i.e. the F16. Being fair, looks genuinely well done. So whilst in theory you can fly other aircraft, you have to use the F16 cockpit
- The cockpit modelled is "clickable", very much like DCS and if you've flown the F16 in DCS, you'll be very familiar with it
- Took quite a while to map my controls, though being fair there's a lot
- By default, comes with the Korea theatre. There's a LOT of other free maps that are available to download
- As this is very much a "sim", looks like a big learning curve, i.e. inline with DCS
In short, unless you really want a cheap combat flight sim (which doesn't really make sense as even if the game is cheap, the peripherals aren't), then DCS/IL2 are still the go to.
If you already have them, and fancy checking out the campaign, go take a scan.
Easily, and that's with all the settings that I could find turned up.
To restate though, even with the visuals maxed out, the terrain still looks pretty pap. What did surprise me was how good the cockpit looked.