Tacview worth it?

[TequilaZaire]

Tacview seems like a great tool, but I hear conflicting comments about how well it works with DCS. Some have no issues and others see a performance impact. Given the hit and miss nature of Track viewing in DCS, I was hoping Tacview would fill that need. I'm curious what the experiences are of the average users vs. youtubers who tend to have systems that can mitigate whatever resources Tacview might take up.

[Xupicor]

3080 10GB, 64GB RAM here (judge yourself as to how "average" that is), no issues whatsoever with Tacview. A great tool to view your sorties, invaluable, really.

[SSerponi76]

Bought at the latest sales and definitely worth of it: a great tool to review my flights valuate to good and the bad. No performance issues so far.

[trn3r]

I think the voices you heard about performance were from a version long ago. I cannot see any performance difference whether Tacview is activated or not, and I definitely don't have the most powerful box here, and therefore I always keep an eye on my FPS and optimize my settings.

I jumped late on the Tacview train, but I must say it is really, really worth the money! Super easy to use, you figure out all the things in minutes without reading a manual, and I was so surprised how many things I learned which I only got to see by reviewing with Tacview.

I got the Advanced version, which has the benefit that you can connect with DCS and monitor it in real time. So for instance if one of your buddies is currently playing DCS in VR, you can put the Tacview real time situation on another monitor and efficiently review and talk on tactics while flying.

[van Leeuwenhoek's mustache]

Tacview is a must, specially in MP.

It allows you to learn tactics, moves and to study weapon performance in all sorts of situations.

[spike2071]

There is a free trial for 2 weeks with all the bells and whistles, so give it a shot. The free version is just fine for looking at your flights after the fact.

[Inappropriate Fred]

i5-10700, 1060 3GB, 32GB. DCS as well as Tacview Advanced installed on a 5400RPM data drive. I run on low settings just fine. If I bump it up to high settings, I get occasional stutters but I think that's more DCS graphics vs my setup than Tacview.
As far as it being useful- for me, it's mildly useful. I don't PVP at all. It's fun to see how I went down against AI, but it almost doesn't matter because I usually die the same way next time too. :D
I think if you want to take your MP gaming to the next level, I'd say it's very valuable to be able to see and learn from your mistakes. If you're super casual about PVP, then probably not worth it.

[TequilaZaire]

Thanks for the comments everyone, I’ll definitely be picking it up then.

[Cream Corn Lover]

sorta useless unless you really care

[Enigmatic]

I dunno I didn';t know what happened in a dog fight once.
Opened it up and the bandit shot down the bandit on my six.
Pretty funny how fratricide helped me come out in a 2 on 1.

[Compdiff]

You do get the trial version which is free for a number of days.
Give that a go.