Nejtun
Moderator
So , while we were iRacing yesterday the subject of DCS popped up and it appears a lot more people play this very nice sim than I imagined so I would like to start a bit of a discussion for this title as it really shines when you play with a bunch of friends.
Download the DCS world BETA here. (Recommended)
Download the Stable release version here (don't do it, get the BETA)
Or get it from steam, however for those that know iRacing, this is ten times more of a pain in the ass than buying iRacing from steam instead of from the website.
***Disclaimer*** I am far FAR from being an expert on this sim, but I do know enough to get a great deal of enjoyment out of it so I am happy for anyone to correct any mistakes I make or offer up advice.
That being said, DCS is a very easy title to get into all that is really required is at minimum a joystick but preferably a HOTAS or you can go the whole hog (pun totally intended) and get the extra rudder pedals and button boxes, but joystick with keyboard alone will do the job.
Some kind of head tracking will make life easier and be more immersive, triples montiors are not required but will probably make life easier depending on what you are used to, VR is incredible for this title but whatever you have will do. Personally I would use a single monitor with no head tracking and still thoroughly enjoy it.
First of all you need the software, someone will have to confirm this for me but the steam version and the DCS version **I THINK** need to match to play together but I think there are ways around this without too much messing about.
The stand-alone version from the DCS website is of course the most up to date version/s,
There are 2 versions available:
Bottom line on this is **Get the ED version from their website if you are thinking of trying it out**
Did I mention it is free for the sim itself ? no? Its free, it comes with 2 planes, a training version of the P51-D mustang ( it can't be armed in the packaged missions but not sure if you can put weapons on it on player built missions )
It also comes with a SU-25 Jet which can be armed and gives a new comer some idea of what the sim is about.
If you haven't played DCS in 2018 then you will see the graphics engine has had a major overhaul. its very nice but quite CPU intensive, the sim also MUST be installed on at least an SSD unless you hate yourself and want computer lag for days.
Download the DCS world BETA here. (Recommended)
Download the Stable release version here (don't do it, get the BETA)
Or get it from steam, however for those that know iRacing, this is ten times more of a pain in the ass than buying iRacing from steam instead of from the website.
***Disclaimer*** I am far FAR from being an expert on this sim, but I do know enough to get a great deal of enjoyment out of it so I am happy for anyone to correct any mistakes I make or offer up advice.
That being said, DCS is a very easy title to get into all that is really required is at minimum a joystick but preferably a HOTAS or you can go the whole hog (pun totally intended) and get the extra rudder pedals and button boxes, but joystick with keyboard alone will do the job.
Some kind of head tracking will make life easier and be more immersive, triples montiors are not required but will probably make life easier depending on what you are used to, VR is incredible for this title but whatever you have will do. Personally I would use a single monitor with no head tracking and still thoroughly enjoy it.
First of all you need the software, someone will have to confirm this for me but the steam version and the DCS version **I THINK** need to match to play together but I think there are ways around this without too much messing about.
The stand-alone version from the DCS website is of course the most up to date version/s,
There are 2 versions available:
- The stable version, this has all the updates that Eagle Dynamics (ED) are happy with, everything should work the way they want it to. People who play this version are normally running a server with an ongoing or dynamic mission on that is complete and requires no changes.
- The BETA version, most people run this. The BETA has all the latest content, including maps aircraft and graphical fixes/updates to name but a few. It is a few version numbers ahead of the stable version and only when ED are happy with the new parts working do they push to the stable version. This means the BETA is patched almost weekly with the latest fixes and updates where as the stable normally gets patched monthly-ish.
Bottom line on this is **Get the ED version from their website if you are thinking of trying it out**
Did I mention it is free for the sim itself ? no? Its free, it comes with 2 planes, a training version of the P51-D mustang ( it can't be armed in the packaged missions but not sure if you can put weapons on it on player built missions )
It also comes with a SU-25 Jet which can be armed and gives a new comer some idea of what the sim is about.
If you haven't played DCS in 2018 then you will see the graphics engine has had a major overhaul. its very nice but quite CPU intensive, the sim also MUST be installed on at least an SSD unless you hate yourself and want computer lag for days.
