What fighter flight sim?

ChrisD.

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Flying planes a lot in BF2 and I wouldn't mind playing a real flying game with fighters though I have no clue what to get.

Any recommendations?
 
Falcon 4: Allied Force. Dynamic campaign rocks. About as close as you can get to a real war without shipping yourself off to the Balkans :p and if you find the gazillion types of SAM shooting at you is a bit much, there's all kinds of realism settings to tweak.
 
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Lock On, the only choice.
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Picked this up in town this afternoon - £2 - hope it lives up to what I've read about it. :)

Combat Flight Simukator 2 & 3 from Microsoft would also be a good port of call. - Both are very well supported with add-on aircraft scenery etc etc.
http://www.simviation.com/fsdcfs[1].htm

Theres also Combat Flight Simulator, again, well supported, but, its very old and shows it!

Hardly realistic (but hey, neither are the aircraft in Battlefield 2) Battlefield 1942 & the "Desert Combat" Mod. :)

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Forgot about IL-2 & Forgotten Battles by Ubisoft - The same people who made Lock on.
 
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Do any of these games feel as fast paced as Flying in BF2?
I'm yet to find something where the planes are as responsive and fun to fly.

*watches topgun again*
 
sr4470 said:
The F-14 was designed for long range interception, not dogfighting :p
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True, but I don't really worry about that when I watch the film :D

Its the best looking plane ever imo, for the sake of the film I couldn't care less whether that is what it is designed for :p
 
For modern air combat Falcon 4.0: Allied Force and LOMAC are the best, also Jane's F-18 if you're interested in something more dated. LOMAC has nicest graphics, but Falcon 4.0 has a superior campaign and avionic fidelity (and would be my recommendation).

For WW2 then the various IL2 games.
 
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Do a 'Google' for Battle of Britain: Storms of War and see what you get! :cool: This is the next big sim to be released April this year (if it doesn't get moved again :mad:)

The guys who wrote this also Il-2 Sturmovik. Looks real impressive from all the WIP shots and video.
 
dieschwalbe said:
Do a 'Google' for Battle of Britain: Storms of War and see what you get! :cool: This is the next big sim to be released April this year (if it doesn't get moved again :mad:)

The guys who wrote this also Il-2 Sturmovik. Looks real impressive from all the WIP shots and video.
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Lol, there's not a chance it'll be released in April.
 
Another vote for Battle of Britain II: Wings of Victory. Patched up it pretty much works, although there are still a couple of niggles. Very nice graphics, but its real advantage is the huge air wars, hundreds of aircraft in the sky at once.
 
I used to play these type of sims all the time - but is it me or is there a distinct lack of reality based simulators these days? I can't remember the last decent release.
 
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