For those of you pondering the A-10A Thunderbolt II on the MSFS marketplace. You might want to check out my review of it:

 

Nice review!

That attitude indicator is actually pretty useful if you just imagine it's facing the tail of the airplane and not the nose. 🤣

3 hours ago, Chock said:

For those of you pondering the A-10A Thunderbolt II on the MSFS marketplace. You might want to check out my review of it:

Thank you for the review, I am sure it will save many of us parting with our well earned cash. I appreciate that it is only circa £12 but really, is this the standard that MSFS wants to promote in its marketplace? I must admit at this stage that I could not bring myself to watch any further than about half way though so have no idea how you summarised it, but I wonder how many freeware developers would have been proud to publish it if it were their creation? 

This junk should never have gained access to the Marketplace to begin with.

Hello, Chock. I follow a lot of you posts, very informative!! You mentioned the DCS version, but you didn't mention the Iris Warthog Gold version for P3D. It's "Tac Pac" capable of loading and firing weapons! Plus there are about 8 different paints, very realistic. plus, the pilot. My opinion is that MSFS shouldn't even market this, unless it can do what the plane is capable of. And if it's a civilian simulator, this plane should not even be available. 

Thanks for the honest review!!

Mike  

P3D even with "Tac Pac" is nothing but a  very week shadow of what this aircraft is really like and if you want to know, fly the Latest version in DCS. It's almost like a full time job to learn and another job to keep up with it. Its no wonder its known as the most complex aircrft in DCS.

As for this pile of boo, I would sooner have 2 beers and a pack of crisps.

A streamer was showing the coming F-14...Well go look at the one in DCS and ask why you would even bother. The DCS one is just stunning and it "works", no its not stunning...its breathtaking.

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Thanks for the vid Chock.  It only took 10 mins of watching to see it was a pile of poop, so I stopped watching then. Appreciate the effort though 😉

Hey, Nyxx. I should check out the DCS version. But all I'm saying is that the Tac Pac version is better than what MSFS is marketing. That's a pretty useless model, as Chock's review. Glad it wasn't tempted to buy it, However cheap it is!!!

Thanks,

Mike.   

No brrrrrrttttt, no buy.

Thank you for the review.  I love military aircraft and certainly the A-10.  I the first few minutes you showing that there was no weaponry allowed all I could think about was that MS has gone "woke".  Give me a break.  The A-10 is a killing machine.  Either let it be what it is or don't even make it available.

I personally love more study level planes, I expect to pay say $60 for such and I expect to have to pour over a manual to learn stuff.  This quite frankly is just a toy. No buy from me.

Thanks Chock. But I think you were too polite based on your review and what I saw going on there, I would not download it as freeware. I know you are not out to slam developers but heck, this is manure. Call it what it is. 😝

From one extreme to the other.

DCS

A "real" A10 🙂

This is just one mission...not for the "casual player" I have a Warthog HOTAS and spent a month every night fliying this aircraft and I still found it hard. So many weapons and so many diffrent ways to use them. A nightmare to learn. Make the F-18 a breaze.

 

Edited August 12, 20214 yr by Nyxx

3 hours ago, Nyxx said:

From one extreme to the other.

DCS

A "real" A10 🙂

This is just one mission...not for the "casual player" I have a Warthog HOTAS and spent a month every night fliying this aircraft and I still found it hard. So many weapons and so many diffrent ways to use them. A nightmare to learn. Make the F-18 a breaze.

 

Now that's a Warthog!