This sim has definitely improved... Observations so far...

[seafireliv]

Ok, this is probably late and you all likely know this. But i`ve just recently dropped back into the sim and noticed some really nice improvements that I must document...

 

1. Speed. Wow, everything feels really fast now. taking off, flying low, landing. Everything has a real sense of speed that wasn`t there before.

2. Stutter, or rather the lack of it. Smooth, smooth, smooth. I have my settings  on max, been flying around dense forests, fighting multiple aircraft and no stutter at all. I haven`t even installed this sim on my SSD, but on my spare standard hard drive!

3. Little foibles of certain aircraft I never noticed before... I successfully landed my I-16 and shut down the engine. She spluttered and coughed and spluttered for a while after that which I found really cool. This has to be based off reality. I love that kind of attention to how engines work.

4. AI, while still in early stages, i liked how not every bogey focused on me. Often I`d find myself entering a furball almost unnoticed. But they do eventually notice you. Nice.

5. Was flying a night mission. I was low, but a couple of our friendlies were high and closer to the enemy airfield. The searchlights locked on one of them and flack\AA was firing at him. They were so focused on this guy that I was able to fly by one firing flak gun that completely ignored me. In day light, no way could I fly by so close without being shot at. Very nice.

 

I`m sure I`ll find more... What have you guys found?

Edited March 25, 2017 by seafireliv

[sinned]

I like how birds fly out of trees when planes hit them.

[ShamrockOneFive]

Glad you noticed all of the improvements I've been watching them stream in slowly and its been a good experience overall but I'm sure its more obvious when you go away and then come back.

 

A lot of the stuff here have been improved thanks to the 64bit upgrade first and then the DX11 engine upgrade second. The AI not focusing on you is a new thing that came about partly due in part to the Q&A session that we had with Jason and some fan feedback followed by some research by the team and then finally a fix.

 

I don't know if its because of the DX11 upgrade but I think the way that the lighting plays across the aircraft now is really really well done. The reflected lighting from the landscape colour (winter snow versus autumn or summer for example) plus lighting angles based on sun position relative to the horizon and so forth are really good. I think they have gotten better because I'm really noticing it these days.