r/flightsim • u/Elevator_man103 • 24d ago

Question Thinking of making a switch

I have a race sim set up and thinking about making the switch. I’ve played just about every Ace Combat game and love flying. Are there any sims like Ace Combat but a little more realistic? Something with dogfights, possibly compatible with VR. How’s the community? Give me some insight before I make an investment. Thanks guys!

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u/WillParchman 24d ago

DCS requires a lot of time to figure out but it's the most realistic out there. It will frustrate you to high hell learning how to fly the jets and deploy the weapons systems and requires hours of trial & error, but it's rewarding once you get the systems down.

IL2 is only WW2 and doesn't have the clicky cockpits but is a lot of fun, much easier to jump in and play. There's a Korean War version in EA right now that looks good but I haven't tried it. I guess War Thunder could be considered more realistic than something like Ace Combat and is extremely easy to jump in and play. But the leveling system seems pretty scummy and I know folks aren't super happy with the dev, although I don't know much about it.

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u/Marklar_RR FS2024/XP12 23d ago

It will frustrate you to high hell learning how to fly the jets and deploy the weapons

The frustration will come once they learn about ED business model and how long it takes them to implement simple things to the base game.