FM changes - awesome sideslips now possible

I was testing the new FW190 A8 and noticed the sideslips are now awesome. If you put the rudder pedal in one corner and stick in the other the plane sinks like a stone, just like it should. The descent rate is almost 30 m/sec and speed is stable, around 200-220 km/h. There is no way i would have made that landing before 2.5.5, the sideslip effect was much lower.

Could it be that this was introduced before 2.5.5 and i didn't notice? I didn't try this in a while.

I did more flights in the D9, Spitfire and K4 and these sideslips are possible with all of them. Didn't try this with the Mustang yet.

Another one with the Dora:

That was pretty neat.

Awesome side slips have been available with the Mustang for quite a while now:

Where have you been all these years? :) Placebo works!

Maybe i only tried this before with the 109 K4 and was too disappointed to try it in other planes :)

Others noticed the sideslip effects were too low in the K4 and warbirds in general, not so long ago:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=222780&highlight=sideslip+drag

But now the K4 performs nice sideslips too, so it's all good :)

yes slide slip was since i start playing DCS :P ofc some planes can do deeper side slip then others

if you set very strong cross wind for landing its getting fun to land tail dragger

And NOTHING was changed...

The ancient Chineese wisdom:

- If you are disappointed in DCS FM just seat at the river bank...

You should know better than me if something was changed or not, but i could swear i tried this in the K4 no longer than 2 months ago and the sideslips were nowhere near this level. Maybe it was just a bad dream :)

I was testing the new FW190 A8 and noticed the sideslips are now awesome. If you put the rudder pedal in one corner and stick in the other the plane sinks like a stone, just like it should. The descent rate is almost 30 m/sec and speed is stable, around 200-220 km/h. There is no way i would have made that landing before 2.5.5, the sideslip effect was much lower.

 

Could it be that this was introduced before 2.5.5 and i didn't notice? I didn't try this in a while.

 

I did more flights in the D9, Spitfire and K4 and these sideslips are possible with all of them. Didn't try this with the Mustang yet.

 

A little bit off topic here but I am curious about which are your graphical settings. Your cockpit shadows look crisp and mine look pixelated despite having almost everything maxed out.

A little bit off topic here but I am curious about which are your graphical settings. Your cockpit shadows look crisp and mine look pixelated despite having almost everything maxed out.

Shadows are on high, terrain object shadows on default, cockpit global illumination off.

I was testing the new FW190 A8 and noticed the sideslips are now awesome. If you put the rudder pedal in one corner and stick in the other the plane sinks like a stone, just like it should. The descent rate is almost 30 m/sec and speed is stable, around 200-220 km/h. There is no way i would have made that landing before 2.5.5, the sideslip effect was much lower.

 

Could it be that this was introduced before 2.5.5 and i didn't notice? I didn't try this in a while.

 

I did more flights in the D9, Spitfire and K4 and these sideslips are possible with all of them. Didn't try this with the Mustang yet.

 

I always made sideslips

Perhaps with the A8 it is more pronounced:)

Shadows are on high, terrain object shadows on default, cockpit global illumination off.

Only thing different than my setup is the global illumination in the cockpit. I will try it out off, thanks!

What does global illumination do?

A little bit off topic here but I am curious about which are your graphical settings. Your cockpit shadows look crisp and mine look pixelated despite having almost everything maxed out.

There's a post round here somewhere showing how you can edit the graphic options to increase shadow resolution. Takes a performance hit, but you can make em as crisp as you want.

What does global illumination do?

A little bit off topic here but I am curious about which are your graphical settings. Your cockpit shadows look crisp and mine look pixelated despite having almost everything maxed out.

Funny I noticed the same thing in VR although its worse when exposed to midday lighting, it still doesent seem as crisp as the 109 textures.

What does global illumination do?

Just google it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_illumination

Comparison with the Spit

https://media.giphy.com/media/TkCz5YkbnldSUWOym7/giphy.gif