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Been at air combat simulators for around 25 years. Most all concerning WW i and WW II aircraft. My few good air combat simulators are IL-2 1946 BAT ,Combat Flight Simulator 3-(11 installs), RoF, WOFF,First Eagles Gold, and now Strike fighters 2. A late comer but at it now ! I Worked on weapon guidance systems on the F-14 Tomcat in the US Navy but always loved the older aircraft. I wanted to try something different ,but there is not a lot to choose from when you have a mid level gaming rig. This seems the ticket ! My video card is outdated and needs needs a upgrade to play SF2 ,( WOFF and,RoF also), at max settings. Plan on getting a new video card in March-(fixed income) and do some serious playing then. For now i want to learn as much as i can in the meantime. Got the keyboard commands but haven't experienced the game play yet. Where do i start to get my head around it all ? Use Win 10. Is there any tricks/walkarounds i need to do to get it to run smoothly ? Where do i start reading to get up to par with adding aircraft and new/improved features to SF 2 ? A good friend gave me the whole series along with First Eagles Gold to see if i like them. Sorry to say my rig can barely handle them. Time to learn before i get started. Would be grateful for any help. Regards, Scott

Thanks guys for the help getting started. I run a 5 year old mid-range gaming computer. Does fine with IL-2 1946 BAT , and (11) installs of CFS3. Old sims to be sure, but they have aged well and continuously improved over the years. Love the change in flying Jets in more modern combat than and heard this was a good one. Plan on updating my video card and adding more ram to handle SF2 at highest settings and run smooth. Been playing and modding CFS3 for 20 years now so i know how to get in the nitty gritty of modding files and following instructions. Controls seem easy to remember what to use in the heat of the fight. The aircraft looks great,(scenery a little dated) ,and looks immersive. The only ones i'm missing is the Atlantic and FE2. They will be my next. The SF series were given to me by a friend in France that i know from my Facebook Group called "Combat Flight Simulator 3 Fans",and SOH. Have another facebook group called "Air Combat Patrol" that covers ALL pc air combat sims,digital art and all forms of combat aircraft art. Please check them out ,if interested join and post videos,and your best screenshots and get the word out. Was into aircraft model building for many,many years till i discovered SWOTLin the 90's and was hooked for life. I'm also a member at sim-outhouse and SAS1946 for many years and love to participate in their forums. This is my new favorite place. Much to learn ,and i'm sure to have plenty of questions in the future. I have a couple of months to learn as much as i can and this seems to The Place to go to for all things SF2 . Seems about as active as SOH, a few diehard fans, but that's us ,lovers of Good combat flight sims, not just eye candy,which is what most new air combat sims seem to only have to offer. Not much to choose from these days ,vintage or more modern air combat Simulators,not just "games". Played Falcon 4.0 for years and it was as hard as they come ,so this is a nice change for modern warfare at a enjoyable pace. Thanks for the advise and i'm sure you all will be hearing from me more. Sorry for rattling on, but excited ! Can't wait to play and showing off some screenshots in my fb group and spread the word. Kind Regards,Scott

Welcome! I have just started flying this simulator again after almost one and a half years, because of heart failure. I started with the series Strike Fighters: Project 1. That didn't work too well back then. Then, I got into the original Wings over Vietnam. I will tell you this to save you some frustration. Find a good Mod that deals with the inaccurate flight dynamics of the MiG-17. I just installed a Mod yesterday and for me, it's changed the game. After all the time I've flown this sim, finally found a fix for those Super MiG-17s. I used Aerodynamically Limited MiG-17s v1.1. There may be better ones but, this has made it possible for me to fight them with the F-4. This will save you some frustration also because the missiles are more successful. Good Luck, and Have Fun! https://combatace.com/forums/topic/90358-aerodynamically-limited-mig-17s-v11/

I run a NVIDIA GPU and don't have any issues with SF2 Complete. It might be a specific card but overall I don't have any issues. And welcome sixstrings, check the Knowledge Base too for some questions as well...

Welcome to our (usually) happy and slightly insane miscreants. The best thing to do on starting up SF and FE, is go to the forums, and look for the help files, there is a ton of interesting, and pertinent information over there, red all that bumf first off, and that should give you a bit of a leg up on how everything works ( usually) If there is something that you cannot get your head around, as some of the info is somewhat dated, but still relevant, but if for any reason it confuses the hell out of you, do not be afraid to ask !! This is a friendly, and helpful community, very little flak or gremlins here !! Anyhow that is my two penny worth, and again welcome to our band of merry men and the occasional lady.............................................

Over a wine dark sea ...

That's why Naval birds have two tires on the nose gear.

new 450 gallon drop tank for the F-105

Dohari Su-21s arriving at P12 for the annual Horreya airshow Seriously, is there any way to stop these guys from doing this ?!

The poster reads: Stop the war!

Sukhoi Su-21 'Flagpole'