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Originally Posted by tintifaxl
One thing I know for myself is: I wouldn't want to fly a plane, that's not 100% combat ready. Ask yourself: would you?
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In a sim? Sure, why the hell not! Especially if everyone else is. Just more exciting. Why else do you think people fly the G50?
In reality planes were hardly ever 100% combat ready. There were always extra challenges. Sims have not, till now, had the fidelity to simulate these challenges well. Some create scenarios and random chances of failures to test pilot skill (Ms flight sim for example) but these have little bearing to the pilot's skill in handling the craft prior to failure. As such, sims have always lacked the 'granularity' of real flight and aircraft.
The ability to finally simulate these kinds of events and failures should be seen as a major step forward, not back. Let's not forget that many great pilots, for example Marseille, lost their lives to nothing more than engine trouble.
In reality? No way in hell.