badgerboy

I loved driving the Lotus, although in my humble estimation the 1967 Eagle-Westlake was the most beautiful race car ever built, equivalent to the Albatros (or a Spitfire) I suppose. Gotta love a V12 engine.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Sopwith- I've got GTR2 and enjoyed it, I'll have to try the sports car mod, especially when the early 70s mod comes out. I've got a 'Team Gulf' bumper sticker on my WRX so you know where my loyalties lie (can't afford a Porsche ). Thanks for the info on the Annuals, Widowmaker- great link. OvS-One of the best things about GPL was always the user-created movies; that's a great one. Never made it around the Isle of Man in one piece

Also on the Brisfit, the Aldis is way over to the right side and completely useless. If I was really flying this craft, I'd remove it to save weight. I think my favorite so far is the Camel iron sight, right in the middle, no messing around.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is an Annual?

Hi all- I've been playing OFF now for about a month, and am amazed at the depth of this flight sim. I played RB and RB3D way back when. I look forward to an hour flying these canvas crates after the kids go to bed every night! My question is whether anyone else here played (drove) Grand Prix Legends. For anyone who doesn't know, GPL was a simulation of the 1967 F1 season. No driver aids, no safety devices(not even seat belts), no telemetry, just you and your car. It had an incredibly high learning curve but the first time you could lap the Nurburgring in under 9 minutes (or even complete a lap without crashing) there was a tremendous sense of accomplishment. A similar feeling, I suppose, to logging 17 hours in OFF without dying (I haven't done that yet). I was really into this sim a few years back, essentially went from RB3D to GPL. I built a new computer about 6 months ago and never reinstalled GPL, as there were so many mods, improvements, etc that I didn't want to take the time. The more I fly OFF, the more I think of GPL and the similarities. Both are from obscure eras, developed and improved by people as a labor of love, and played by people who are looking for something other than a quick fix, who really want to immerse themselves in a simulation dealing with a time and place where pilot (driver) skill trumped technology. Cheers to all, I'm having a great time with this simulation and look forward to further developments.

Well, I got one more kill, then got into a fight over a German aerodrome without a numbers advantage, lost my altitude advantage and was shot down and killed. This time I didn't survive, but it was my own stupidity. Served me right for resurrecting this guy. I think this pilot felt he was living on borrowed time. I am reluctant to say anything negative about this game because it is wonderful, but I did pay my money so I guess I've got the right. The clouds need to be sorted out. As you said, Olham, it doesn't seem fair that the AI has no problems flying in the clouds.

Thank you, Herr Prop-Wasche! I'll be able to live with myself in this case

Hi all Anybody know how to go into the OFF files and delete a last mission? I wouldn't normally do this but I had a pilot up to 22 confirmed flying the Camel for RAF 3 and while time-warping to the next mission destination I warped out due to enemies but was in a cloud; you can imagine what happened next. My plane went into a spin and was damaged to the point I was exited out of the mission to find I spent the rest of the war as a POW.

Thanks Bullethead!

Anyone know how to turn off ground targets and only target enemy airplanes? I find it difficult (and dangerous) having to sift through dozens of ground targets to find the aircraft I'm in the middle of a dogfight with.