Time to round-up some DCS World news that has emerged over the last couple of days. We have the usual DCS World Weekend update which brings in some great news about Grinnelli Designs and their DCS: F-100 project. There’s an update about the Outpost 2 campaign for DCS: A-10C, Magnitude 3 gives us a new F-8 tidbit, and a preview of Reflected Simulations “Fight or Die” campaign is here too. Let’s go!

F-100 nearing release

I noted last week that Grinnelli Designs’ F-100 progress tracker had notched quite a bit closer to completion recently and indeed it looks like progress is very good. Eagle Dynamics DCS World Weekend news has a new status report that says that the project is “nearing release.”

Art development is nearly done, core systems are in place, and flight model fine tuning is currently underway. Audio development is also reportedly also being sorted out right now as well.

According to the update, the project has been passed to Eagle Dynamics for testing:

The module is in Eagle Dynamics internal testing, and the focus is on identifying and resolving any remaining issues to ensure a stable, high-quality release for you.

That’s certainly good news and indicative of the state of the project. That all said, past experience suggests that this may indicate a release that is either weeks or months away still. Nonetheless, I expect some excitement to build for this Cold War jet which will undoubtedly become part of the fabric of jets fighting it out on various DCS servers. It and the DCS: MiG-17F seem to be picking up speed towards release which means we should have some very fun new options arriving sooner than later!

Read the update here.

Outpost campaign for A-10C

Another DCS World Weekend update is news that Stone Sky’s Outpost Part II campaign will be in the next DCS update. The DCS: Syria based campaign will put you in the seat of the DCS: A-10C II with a new narrative based campaign featuring 1,500 lines of voice-acted radio comms.

More on that here.

Magnitude 3 show off F-8 pilot

Magnitude 3 haven’t said very much about their DCS: F-8 Crusader, announced quite a few years ago now, however, we have seen a small development. A new Facebook page image shows off the pilot model for what enthusiasts have picked up on as being intended for the F-8 Crusader.

Though the project isn’t expected soon, it is nice to see that it still has life.

Magnitude 3’s Facebook page is here.

Fight or Die campaign preview

Reflected Simulations “Fight or Die” campaign for DCS: Spitfire IX has a preview that has just come out from YouTuber TOMCAT-NBR. The above video starts off with a cinematic and then transition into some gameplay from the upcoming campaign.