The DCS: F-14 Tomcat hasn’t been forgotten even as Heatblur pushes towards releasing the F-4 Phantom. A few smaller updates are coming in including the addition of the visual model for the TARPS pod and some other visual tweaks. Let’s have a look!
New updates for Tomcat
It’s not a long update but the latest news out of Heatblur does give us some indication of where things are going with the DCS: F-14 Tomcat. First up, a new visual update will include the addition of the TARPS reconnaissance pod. Heatblur report that, for now, its a visual update with the pod being something that can be equipped on the jet in a near future update. They state that gameplay features to make recon fun and engaging will come later.
The rest of the update report that, once the F-4E is out the door, they will be actively working to unify codebases and porting new technologies to the Tomcat from the Phantom. Some of those updates are visual including new vapour efforts, new character animations and customizations, interactive manual and Jester V2. These are all features from the F-4 Phantom that look to be making their way back to F-14. Fantastic news.
Heatblur ends their update inferring that they intend to finish the major goals of the project up with the release of the long awaited early F-14A and new RWR technology.
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