We’re not quite 24-hours into the DCS World open beta release that features multi-threading but its kicked up a ton of content from community and content creators and I wanted to highlight some of the responses – most of them are extremely positive but I’ve sought to highlight some challenges too. I also have my…
Category: Editorial
Five flight simming goals for 2023!
Some people like to call them resolutions where I prefer to call them goals. My flight sim goals for 2023 are things that I’d like to do if everything works out the way I expect them to. But I’ve learned from the last year that sometimes things don’t always go according to plan and so…
F6F, Chinook and everything else in DCS World 2023 and Beyond!
As expected, Eagle Dynamics packed in a whole bunch of new and exciting stuff into their DCS World 2023 and beyond trailer. Revealed? The CH-46 Chinook helicopter and the F6F Hellcat. Let’s break the trailer down and look at it step by step. Everything in the DCS World 2023 and Beyond Trailer This year we…
Following up on Black Shark 3’s Igla missile effectiveness
I had a few comments made about my DCS: Ka-50 Black Shark 3 review that was posted yesterday. Specifically about my comments on the effectiveness of the Igla air-to-air missile. So, I decided to do a little testing and see what the fuss was about and here are my results and my thoughts. Just how…
2022 in flight simulation: A look back at the last year and a look forward
This year has been yet another tumultuous one both in the real world and in the world of flight simulation. To end out the year, I want to take a broad look at flight sims in 2022 and think a little bit about what’s coming for 2023. This year was quite the year and so…
Unreal and NOR and future simulators from the Unreal engine
Back in November of last year, many of us began to learn about a simulation product called the NOR Platform. The simulator came with an impressive trailer sporting top notch visuals and packing in the kind of details that you might expect from a next generation flight sim product. It’s back on the scene recently…
Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary content and first impressions
Yesterday, Microsoft and Asobo Studio released Sim Update 11 for Microsoft Flight Simulator. This was no ordinary Sim Update as it was also a celebration of 40-years of history of this sim. This update came jam packed with new content. There’s tons to get through so let’s have a look! Celebrating 40 years! You have…
What we now know about the future of the IL-2 series
The team from 1C Game Studios hosted a live stream earlier today answering some questions and talking about the future of the IL-2 series. We’ve learned some things about how the future is going to play out but not quite everything. Let’s dig into it! An announcement but not the announcement Going into the stream…
A few thoughts ahead of the IL-2 live stream
In two days, 1C Game Studios will be hosting a live stream featuring Albert Zhiltsov (Loft) and Daniil Tuseev (Han). We don’t know much about the stream except that they will be doing back to back streams in both English and Russian. Presumably the future of the series will be discussed and we may even…
A look at DCS World 2.8
As point releases go, DCS World 2.8 brings in some nice new features and refinements but it doesn’t jump out at you the way DCS World 2.7’s new clouds might have. That doesn’t mean that what we’ve got now isn’t a couple of steps forward in most ways and so I thought I’d write a…
Stormbirds 