DCS A-10C IR laser and night

IR laser from the TGP in DCS A-10C. Pretty neat for night operations and harassing other players. It is slewable just like the other modes. It must be in IR mode and not laser for it to work.

DCS A-10C - Hovering/Floating A-10C

DCS A-10C is a game that claims to be a realistic simulation, yet you can land and taxi with all tires blown out. Fairly ridiculous that the developers would let this kind of thing happen. As you can see the plane just floats across the tarmac as if the tires were still there. At least make some sparks or have the aircraft skid around.

There is a Youtube video of a A-10C flying with both wings blown-off and on fire, yet the Warthog flies perfectly fine. These sort of things makes me shake my head, at how such a game company can get such simple things, terribly wrong.

DCS A-10C - Multiplayer Screenshots

Flying inbound to way point

There are always trolls and impatient people in every game. Here is a person attempting to take-off and has already got clearance from the tower, however another pilot decides he is going to land anyways. The time it takes for someone to take off is probably less than a minute, but this person could not wait.

Pilot landing closely from the one taking off.

I joined a public server and found myself in a Canadian A-10C. The woodlands digital is pretty interesting. I guess this is Canada's take on the A-10C if they had them.

DCS A-10C - Helicopter Screenshots

Various screenshots of helicopters in DCS A-10C

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I have not figured out how to make Kiowas attack targets. They are meat shields or just crash into   the ground for some reason. If anyone knows how to edit the mission creator to have them attack, please comment.

 Great detail on the panels

It would be pretty sweet if there were more load out options for the Kiowa. For example, having cannons or machine guns instead of rockets. 

I really love the camouflage skin on the AH-1 Cobra

Two Apaches passing each other.

DCS A-10C - F-15E model

Cool screens from AI F-15Es on a ground attack mission. I hope Eagle Dynamics creates a playable F-15E that would be very cool. I would love to go Mach 2 to the target, drop off some bombs and then speed away.

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 Shock rings and flames on full afterburner 

AA damage all around and leaking fuel. Missing panels show avionics and components underneath.

DCS A-10C - Damage detail

Some screenshots of a damaged A-10C in a quick mission. I flew too close and low on a strafing pass and was hit by AA fire from T-80s and BMPs. I am surprised at how much punishment the T-72s and T-80s can take in DCS A-10C.

The screenshots below show how much detail ED has put into DCS A-10C. Everything is accurate, down to the last rivet. Look at the engine that is on fire, how all the components are in the right area.

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Look where the GAU-8 cannon is, the panels are blown away from AA fire. The barrels will spin    when the trigger is pulled and the chutes will show the spent rounds! Amazing!

Enemy tracer rounds coming in close. I had extinguished the fire in the left engine, but after taking more fire it caught on fire again. I love looking at the nose and seeing what is underneath the panels.

DCS A-10C - Not everything looks great

Not everything in DCS A-10C is as detailed as the Warthog.

The hangars are downright hideous for a game that was released over a year ago. It looks like something out of the original Doom game. It is embarrassing to look at, especially the inside. Also the grass is really boring and flat, however there is a mod to add more detail to the ground. The super detailed A-10 looks out of place with such bland background textures. Graphic settings are all on high in the below screenshots.

Heavy aircraft such as the B-52, B-1B, C-17, etc. are not very pretty to look at and really bland. For example, take a close look at the windows for the flight deck, the panels on the planes, and tail of the B-52.

Better detail on the Viking, such as the inside of the bomb-bay, the tail hook, and munitions.

This is what really irritates me. The engines, good lord do they look ugly as sin. They do not rotate like the A-10C, they are completely still. Also they look like they were rendered in the past decade, can we get a round engine instead of some blocks? The flight deck windows look just as nasty as the B-52s.

Engines are ugly as sin

The turbojets on the B-52 in DCS A-10C do not rotate, just like the Viking. They are completely still and lifeless. Panels are not as detailed as the Warthog, just some really simple lines that look like they were painted on with MS Paint.

I hope these planes are redone sometime in the future. 

The award for the ugliest model in the DCS world goes to the TU-22M Backfire. Look how pathetic the pilot model is.

Look at the gun.

TU-95 is pretty damn ugly. Look at the engines, they look like cocoons. The guns at the tail are two black lines! 

The engine of the KC-135 is a spinning circle, not individual blades found in the F-15E, A-10C, etc.

Coming across these kind of textures is a disappointment, when you see how greatly detailed the A-10C is. A similar game I can think of is Duke Nukem Forever where you have some items that are really done well, and then mixed with extremely ugly old textures. Is it right to compare these two games? Absolutely not, DCS A-10C is a wonderful game that I love. It is probably the most fun I've had in games for a very long time and it is my favorite simulator. The issue is when you are flying along, completely immersed in the game and you come across these textures and you say to yourself "Damn that is ugly".

These models are taken from the 1.1.1.1 patch.