Played my first SIM game Sunday night!

[ontheborderland]

Wow, you're lucky you can find a game. I'm in Australia and as much as I try I can never find a game during the week, and very rarely on weekends. I'd play matches every night if I could find them

Yeah, I was quite surprised!! It wasn't the first time I stumbled into a sim game, but it was the first I played. I gather that sim games are getting very rare judging by the comments in this forum. I'd be up to setting dates if possible. I am in Texas USA and am on central time. I work 2nd shift and get online around 11pm each weekday night and play till ???. Right now it is 6:15 pm. I don't know the time difference. If you r still reading, answer this.

[kozzm0]

I saw you in one of those matches, I think it was one of tommykocher's retro-1942 spitfire melees.

The best way to get online matches in sim is to add the people on the leaderboards, just go through them and add them... that way you'll know if someone's on, even if they're not in the match lobby. The matches last 10 to 20 minutes and the pre-match lobby about 1 or 2 minutes, and it will say there's nothing going on if there's no open lobby.

The I-16 is a good defensive plane as long as you remember to avoid negative g. To get a few kills try the hurricane, you don't have to aim too great, it's like flying around with a shotgun.

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[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by kozzm0

...try the hurricane...it's like flying around with a shotgun.

LOL nice

[WANTED]

Wow...I feel so stupid. Just realized why the I-16 engine was dying on me...negative G's! Duh! Been awhile since I played a real man's sim and that was something I had forgot about. WWIIONLINE when I played taught me that problem in the early spitfires. Completely forgot about that issue.

Thanks for the info!

Thanks for the suggestion!! Next time, flying shotgun it is!

Got in 3 more games last night! Took the advise and used the Hurri. I got my first kill!!!!!!! A 109G! But that was it. I'm using a controller and cannot see crap around me with R3 look around. The Hurri was real stable and I enjoyed flyng it. Perfect plane for a beginner. The last match was a 1 on 1 and I was helpless. We each had the 153 (OhhhhhNoooo!) He shot me down like 12 times and I augered in another 6 (18 deaths). I felt like he coulda takin it a bit more classy but he chose not to. No fun! I didn't quit out so he could have his win but that was it for Sim last night. I need a stick. Lots to learn and practise but I was thrilled with my first blood!!!!

PS: A question. If you have to purposely crash to re-arm, why not just use infinite ammo?