Recent reviews by NotStainlessSteel

iz good game but...

HERE COMES SEBASTIAN VETTEL

Very P2W planes and skills locked behind a paywall that requires too much grinding, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ camera controls that literally makes life harder than it should be. Its a no from me and I am going back to DCS

Screw ♥♥♥♥ thunder lol

Beautiful sim, lots of fun, lots to learn, lots to look forward to in the near future with upcoming aircraft such as the F15E Strike Eagle. But has couple issues here and there. Even after the release of MFS2020 I tend to "Duel wield" both sims (calling fs2020 a sim is abit of stretch in November 2020 but hey it'll get there eventually)

Pros:
1 Alots of aircraft that complex high fidelity that'll take weeks to learn each individual system, even the Flaming Cliffs 3 aircraft which are designed for beginners takes awhile to learn tho significantly easier. But there is alot to learn from talking to air traffic control/GCI , dropping bombs on target, flying in perfect formation with a KC135 to get fuel or defending against an enemy missile
2 Out of the box is a beautiful sim, no mods needed to make it prettier like in FSX, P3D or XP
3 There are alot of elements that can dictate how a can mission will go and you as a virtual pilot will need to know how to deal with the various factors when you lets say fire an Aim120 and a bandit, such as how high at 40k feet in the sky or down low in the weeds? Is he hot on you or turning cold? Are there any SAMs in the area? Any other bandits flying with him? Is he merged with a friendly? Where are the other members of your coalition? etc
4 Its not ace combat, you can only carry so much weapons on your wing, if you dropped all your bombs you gotta RTB and re arm at a base not fly to a random spot in the sky and magically get it back
5 The most satisifying thing, the thing that brings the most joy is when you cooperate and coordinate with others on multiplayer servers and get things done, for example having everyone on SRS talking to a GCI and each aircraft picking their targets they see on radar and making sure to not steal some else's kill, the general idea of teamwork and clearing out the skies of enemy fighters and dropping bombs on ground targets is an amazing feeling of satisfaction atleast for me

Cons:
1 Will not a requirement, its basically a must to play with a decent hotas setup to get the stuff done, joystick alone works though not recommended, having a decent PC aswell is a requirement, running DCS on a laptop is possible though not ideal, Im running on DCS on an i5-9400F, GTX 1660 and 16gb Ram works, get up to 40-50+fps in cruise in most aircraft and even reaching 60 with FC3
2 Decent amount of bugs and issues, though personally I dont encounter it that often, I do hear stories about how others have it basically unplayable due to some bug, guess its abit of luck
3 ED and couple other Devs have their aircraft in early access, putting out incomplete aircraft with missing systems that'll come in the future, though personally not much of an issue for me, might be an issue for some with some aircraft coming out wayy to early to be called EA such as the F16 back then, though now its better, ED did learn their mistake and gave a more completed addon with their next one which was the supercarrier, atleast imo

9.5/10 Would recommend if anyone is into the world of fighter jets

If you like Naval Operations, its a must buy for sure

Tho looks very good and makes DCS more immersive and realistic, not a exactly a "game changer" like it doesnt help you bomb ♥♥♥♥ faster or win battles more, its an aesthetic thing like buying airport scenery for P3D or something. This addon is more for the folks that really wants to do Carrier Ops seriously and not just ♥♥♥♥ about like you can with an aircraft

Yes its somewhat expensive, thats why I got it 50% off during Pre-purchase when there was a coupon thing and a discount for those who owned the Hornet, if you read this do get it during a sale

Its the BEST addon of an aircraft carrier as if 2020, basically because no one else making aircraft carrier for any flight sim but thats beside the point, no other flight sim has smooth hand gestures I mean just look at it

Looks nice, Adds extra realism but its abit too pricy, best to buy when you have leftover cash buying other products or on sale

I actually don't recommend this product tho I love it, because chances are that if ur reading this then you probably don't have a strong computer

ALSO FOR LIVERIES, watch this link, IT WORKS WITH STEAM EDITION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_ayvMBFaKY


Pros:
-EXTREMELY REALISTIC compared to IRL A320
-LNAV and VNAV
-Realistic MCDU
-Altitude call outs
-Weather and terrain Radar
-Tcas
-Very automated aircraft, just like the real A320
-Functing APU and GPU Etc
-it even has the minor details like:
Folding tray tables
Barking Dog(PTU)
Flight attendants in the back ground
-can choose which type of engine(CFM or IAE)
-can choose with sharklet or no
The list goes on

Cons
-TAKE A CRAPTON OF FRAMES( especially with a bad computer, good luck flying on those)
-About 50% of the overhead are not simulated (but those 50% are emergency releated)
-a bit of a step learning curve for new flyers, Id recommend the Feelthere Emb 175/195 for begginers and not the aersoft A320 (FOR BEGGINERS)
Over all score:5/10(becuz of FPS)
If it wasn't for FPS 9/10

First day of getting this aircraft, ALREADY SO DAMM HAPPY!!

There are Pros and Cons about this aircraft, but overall it is worth it. Although the price is a awfully high(according to some people, because of my currency it was to 19 USD)

Pros
-Working knobs(about 90% works)
-GPWS and Alt callouts (the most important in my opinion)
-High quality interior(for a cheapware)
-Functing Alarms (except for fire and failures)
-LNAV and VNAV
-Realistic FMC
-The controls are simple to get used to!(in my opinion because I know how to fly)
-Good for begginers ("Advance beginners")
-It has a flight attendant to great u
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Cons
-Some the Alt callouts for 400,300 and 200 are not there(maybe because of Embraer, idk)
-the "emergency handle" is not simulated, EG: fire extinguish handle
-the A/P glareshield look weird and its is 2D
-A bit expensive (for me its 148HKD or about 19USD)
-glitches and crashes, There is a weird glitch where aft u power on both engines then off the APU, the game either crashes or the aircraft goes back to cold and dark(engines still running)

One of the best Flight sims out there, but a few things I personally dont like is the lack of comerical aircraft (only 737, 747 and A321) and the graphics. But the lack of commerical aircraft, graphics sound etc can be overcomed with freeware addons which is easy to download and install.

But over its a soild and good game I definetely recommed it but sadly all my friends are not like me and they don't aviation so I can't really recommed it to anyone but the internet :( : )