DCS: F/A-18C Hornet and DCS World 2.5 Preview

[@tovip2697]

25 years ago, as young boys, sitting in front of Tornado from IDS, we guys dreamt about this and now it became true. It is simply breathtaking.

[@unotoli]

Dude, after kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWi3aWp_fKySpJI were saw this (CG) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3LHm32PlMx1gKs And now DCS 2.x is nothing we even dreamed about.

[@tochbomb1]

Almost 4 years ago, and this Module is upgraded to be a fun beast to play with. This Aircraft has aged well over the years in DCS.

[@belgeode]

I don't know if I am impressed more with the hornet or the trees!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

ikr, looks so so good.

[@RUS38]

What's better a comfortable bed or delicious food? ;)

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

A comfortable bed for sure.

[@mikeyforester6221]

not too sure I'm a sucker for my food though

[@Hellreign82]

Looks at savings....looks at PC parts wish list...looks at savings.. Seriously, looking awesome guys, so nice. Keep watching the world run by the cockpit. Top work

[@joephish9075]

I enjoy your videos

[@GCOCommander]

Nvidia Volta is gonna be needed to run this full out with VR it looks like. I just need 3k bucks to get one. Anybody wanna loan me some money? This looks amazing!!

[@ryanm.191]

That is really beautiful I’m lost for words...

[@mikoriad]

The new lighting in the current builds as well as here is on point. You guys have really hit the sweet spot with the lighting and exposure and it's making the game look so realistic!

[@fargo007]

Really gorgeous all around. It's a complete reinvention of a truly excellent map and I'm so glad you guys did that. The FA-18C negotiated that valley quite well too.

[@CapitanTavish]

is that music the new engine sound effect?

[@theinfojunkie]

*dies laughing*

[@RedKiteRender]

Imagine the doppler effect on that as it flies past!

[@CapitanTavish]

RedKite why the heck they removed the video, maybe governative forces didn’t want they share the new f18 music emitter engine, it was classified

[@unflexian]

HEPTAPODS IN THE ENGINES GUYS

[@jammuni7802]

i wish :)

[@pabloottawa]

The music is amazingly appropriate. The flight is so artistic and fluid, love it!!!

[@giuseppeloggia6412]

Wow! Emotions, chills, and thanks. For the one who really love fly... thank for what you give us... No more words...

[@joshuamanuel919]

It just keeps getting better and better I'm absolutely loving what I'm seeing. This is fantastic, and would just love this for Christmas. "Dear Santa, I would love if you came down my chimney with this" Lol keep up the good work guys there's a lot of people waiting on this including me. Extremely excited about this release.

[@mikewasko4852]

My hands shake 24/7 ...i had to watch 2 times to be sure buy my hands stopped shaking while I was watching for the 1st time in years ..i forgot where I was ! Awesome Vidio !

[@salvamoreno72]

I dont understand about dislikes. Awesome Caucasus!!! Incredible ED!!!! I want 2.5 NOW

[@RUS38]

It's called haters. No matter what you give them they will never be happy.

[@MattWagner]

Always a few that down vote for the sake of doing so.

[@mikeyforester6221]

same lol

[@mechanik6522]

Because they cant run DCS on PC :D

[@Pewkakee]

This seriously looks amazing and I cannot wait for DCS 2.5's official release post testing. I really hope it looks this good on our home PC's if we have good specs. Keep up the great work ED.

[@bowser515]

It looks so beautiful!!! The map looks a lot better, that alone should help impress potential new customers more than the ageing look it had before. Once we have small effects such as rain drops on the canopy and more natural vapor effects, DCS will be up there with the most visually impressive flight sims! And the Hornet is shaping up nicely! Can't wait to try it.

[@ISNOTDEAD11]

This video just got me to buy this module, no more hesitation. It's beautiful. Thanks to the developpers.

[@MattWagner]

Have fun!

[@KharmenSense]

Beautiful video man..the music selection was spot on....great job

[@Nine-TailedFox4]

Using arrival theme. Noice. Great choice.

[@GETNAKD]

It looks so real... and so beautiful... I just can't describe my word...

[@something7239]

I know it's just a preview, but this video is poetry in motion.

[@Tulbia]

Looks awesome, can't wait to fly through all those valleys. Nice music.

[@RailingMedia]

Best trailer DCS has ever seen. My GTX 970 was crying almost as much as I was.

[@hughlb2]

I really appreciate the cockpit camera position in the Hornet module - further away from the panel. On a 4K monitor, this will look superb.

[@bend1483]

H L-B you know you can change that easily on other aircraft?

[@hughlb2]

Not that easy - you can zoom out, but get a fish eye effect, or you can track the camera back, which means the HUD becomes larger than the glass it is projected on. Some aircraft are better with their camera position than others - spitfire / F-15 sit you closer to the panel, Viggen / F-5 sit you further away. Hornet looks like you sit a bit further back, which is great.

[@NY3B4]

It would be awesome if ED would keen to redo the cockpit of the A-10C in the same manner.

[@virtualvultures1254]

Jeeee - zussss ! Trying to wrap our heads around this. Truly spectacular work.

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

I can smell the pine sap...

[@Pricklyhedgehog72]

I could be joking, or much more likely, I am a mutant...

[@Philxtreme]

Anyone else getting Behind Enemy Lines vibes? Flying over snowy mountains on a christmas day mission. Looking forward to pretending to be Stackhouse and Burnett once the F18 rolls out! Love the music too, thought I recognised it, it was featured in Shutter Island.

[@theaceofspades485]

Cool way to look at it for sure (^_^)

[@CK-br9mn]

philxtreme looking at it that way....behind enemy lines would make an awesome game! I absolutely love the movie.

[@Freddofresh]

Amazing....and the music together with the visuals, thank you!

[@joshuaconner5887]

who needs painting when you have f-18s flying through snowy valleys on a clear day. this is real art

[@jokerofMI6]

"On the Nature of Daylight" good pick for the BGM.

[@sentinelmoonfang]

Recognized it immediately too, good song.

[@jbw3]

Looks to me like my current VR system will need to be upgraded. This looks incredible!

[@MattWagner]

It's an amazing VR experience.

[@butangviber]

You guys are killing me. I want this plane so bad! The map looks amazing too.

[@TripRodriguez]

That looks beautiful Wags! I can't wait to fly around the new Caucasus.

[@TheHawkeyede]

thanks for this wonderful video..and your dedicated work and passion for this awesome project !! Happy holidays to the DCS team and all fans of the series :)

[@chrisp7255]

Holy geez that looks amazing. Can't wait to get my hands on 2.5

[@Crimsonium]

Its been a while since I've been wanting to fly a flight sim. Glad to see Eagle Dynamics still has that magic like back in the days with my old favorite, the original Su-27 Flanker.

[@randallmacdonald4851]

I've flown this many times in today's Hornet but Wag's is still beautiful to watch.

[@dominicburjak]

Looks great Wags, can't wait to bash around the valleys in the YAK-52!

[@scarryharry1]

ticking almost 40000 views.... A record....congrats ED. More GREAT TIMES to COME!!!!!

[@SylvexDragonskin]

It's finally becoming beautiful!

[@davidhasto2313]

Wow the trees look fantastic...

[@aaronhrk]

Wow. This is beautiful :-o

[@Max-xl9qv]

That was a beautiful backcountry ride ) Almost felt the powder ))

[@AssassinACS]

Brought both myself and my 980ti to tears. All jokes aside looks outstanding.

Wow I'm playing this series for years now(First Lock On still my favourite. Matt you were there too). And Look where we are right now. Amazing work! And amazing song select. I love that movie and it's soundtrack.

[@bzavala123]

Very Cool! The Map textures in this video or far more impressive then anything in the F-18.

[@jordankungalov5992]

...Damn this looks fantastic...

[@dikkeduif]

Keep up the good work guys, looks amazing!

[@scarryharry1]

Common Matt. No more teasing! Just hand over 2.5 please!!! Can't wait anymore too!! :-)

[@反動學術權威]

scarryharry1 gonna be January

[@nikolaypetrov3498]

Of all the foreign fighters, namely F-18, my admiration is causing. Really beautiful aircraft, rapacious and impetuous.

[@newageman5341]

Wow! Will be great in VR. That was beautiful. Almost cried. Straight of Hormuz in the Hornet running in 2.5 here we come, yeah! Thanks for doing this and making it possible. Some fine day it will all be integrated as part of an AI run dynamic campaign with functioning tank and ship operations. It could become like the Star Citizen of combat flight sims, that's what I'd like to see DCS World become. I think it's the only logical direction for this game to go in, so that all these wonderful aircraft will all have something to DO in a collaborative war game, that really matters, much the way it's done on Falcon BMS (hire the guy who did that but said he never would try it again). I recommend having a kickstarter fundraising campaign for just such a vision. People would back it and DCS World would get a lot of attention as a result. Would go well with the release of 2.5. It's a thought, but a good one and one I'm sure you've had. Could set it up like a new studio but with a different mission.. Some day. We can always dream.

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Totally awesome what a game very cool video as well just a great song too..flying is super too.Thank you so so much..

[@SONICBOOM-117]

From top gun NES to dcs in vr. What a time to be alive.

[@SimDeck]

Beautiful music beautiful simulation. Nice so very nice.

[@sildurmank]

Beautiful music, and fits perfectly with the images. Brings to my memory the BSG soundtrack, haha.

[@photo_rohan]

2.5 looks fantastic! Can't wait!

[@adamhellstrom6609]

Looks great! Can´t wait for release of your Hornet.

[@robbieh1899]

That's an awesome video. I just bought the Warthog joystick/throttle, Saitek rudders and IR tracker. Need a new monitor though. That'll be tomorrow...when I buy 480 ink cartridges to print out flight manual. Then "flight school..." and about 2 hrs to bind the keys.

[@InfinityMW2]

Absolutely breathtaking! 0_0

[@biggathangigalol]

Looking forward to it :D I can already see my bank saying "no, stop buying DCS modules"... But I'll ignore them for this ;)

[@cripplehawk]

May Lord Gaben's blessings be upon thee DCS and 1Cs IL-2 series are my favorite Combat sims out there

[@nelsonraley]

Aw man, On The Nature Of Daylight. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@IkinAaron]

Those graphics are amazing :)

[@yeti8it396]

Why the hell is there 20 dislikes ...wtf is wrong with people . This flight is EPIC . The landscape as you fly over it is gorgeous .

[@BCSchmerker]

*The flight path shown would be only a little more cluttered* for how I'd envision one "could've been" aircraft: The USMC/Northrop Grumman F-14 Echo all-weather interdictor would've had the warning telltales (which were on the VDI flanks on earlier F-14's) on the windshield frame along with the compass and AOA indexer; an up-front control panel executed as a superset of what OKB Sukhogo did on the Su-57 due to the vertical cramping; stacked MFD's with 2ATI airspeed/altitude/radalt, 1/2-2ATI AOA/VS/G, A-6-style hydraulic pressure gauging, F-18-style engine gauging, and Gun/Mode-STP/Master Arm/Land panel to port, and 3ATI ADI/TWD, 2ATI cabin pressure, and Grumman-carryover fuel quantity set, and Chaff/Flare/Jammer/IR Cool/MAP Gain/Take-Off panel to starboard. Out of view would have been the portside Landing Gear/Flap/Slat/Airbrake panel (with tri-color LEDs for Nose/Slat x4/Port/Stbd/Splr x4/Flap x6/Brake), centerline Brake Pressure/Rud Ped Adj/Clock/BuNo panel, and starboardside Hook/HUD Ctrl/LOX panel (with tri-color HOOK LED and 2ATI LOX quantity remaining).

[@NJ-Tech]

Anyone elses 9 series GFX card start crying?

[@bartdereu9267]

Yes, all of them , RIP ! LOL

[@Frankestein01nl]

Lol.. my 770 is soooo outdated... But man this footage looks stunning, i like where we are going!

[@Nate1250]

Nah man, more stoked to get to benchmark the 980Ti even further with a 8700k CPU with a 4.7 OC @ 4k.

[@genwt3916]

I'll force my 660 setup to run this even if that means pushing it harder than backed up shower drain

[@flexelsson1625]

yup my 980ti is crying so much... need a new PC if i want it to look this good!

[@GrmlZGaming]

Looks great, cant wait. :)

[@star1child109]

Looking very nice! The mountain reflection in water a tad unusual at 2:49 but is a work in progress and that aside, am looking forward to this.

[@tobytoxd]

1:35 such a close call! :D

[@clearly_2967]

I’m buying this right away... damn.

[@RUS38]

The only problem is it's priceless :)

[@lukasschworer840]

looks truely amazing

[@voodoo7863]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing!

[@ss-oq9pc]

The big arrow that comes up on the HUD, is that telling the pilot he's too low and needs to pull up?

[@jadeybaby166]

holy balls this looks gorgeous!

[@UVAFbond]

Matt, could tell the characteristics of the hardware for making this track?

[@Tatsukoa808]

I am curious as to the PC specs running this in the video? My only hope is that 2.5 and the F18 is this buttery smooth in VR!!!! Thank you!!!!!

[@barricade8957]

Would love it, but I know IRL that the plane's alert system likely would be screaming a constant 'PULL UP. ALTITUDE WARNING. PULL UP'. Some of those turns are well below what even terrain following systems would allow. The banking turn at 0:43 would have damn near every alarm in the cockpit go off.

[@MattWagner]

Yes, a big reason why the aircraft sounds are turned off in the video.

[@ErikDvorak]

Any ETA? Do you reckon that something like March 2018 sounds reasonable?

[@JuhaLiukkonen]

According to ED´s Facebook page: "As mentioned in our recent letter, we are just weeks away from releasing the 2.5 version of DCS World."

[@ErikDvorak]

Thanks mate! I wonder how it turns out + when it goes out of beta branch... Hopefully sooner then! :)

[@RUS38]

It has then been mentioned "in less than two month" but knowing ED I would give it at least 3 months from now because earlier this year it was stated by Chizh that 2.5 will be released this year.

[@JuhaLiukkonen]

Yes, I believe 2.5 come out before x-mas. Hornet might take "few weeks" longer...

[@MattWagner]

forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=197186

[@sveinnilssen2050]

I use 1.5 atm. Will it be uppdatet or are we going to download the whole 2.5 when it comes out.

[@damsonn]

Thank you Matt I needed that.

[@isaacmcpeek9636]

I hope there is an improvement in cockpit graphics as some of the older analog aircraft instruments are a bit hard to read as it is now with exact precision. Like MiG-21's kpp

[@shrinit1644]

arrival"s theme music....great choice!!!

[@JerDog1984]

Ohh this song is from Arrival. Lovely

[@vafangul5716]

What PC and video card are you running?

[@clearly_2967]

When I try to pre-purchase the Hornet, it always says that my "Authorization has been declined by the bank" even though I'm paying with a debit card. Any solutions?

[@xiaotang910]

I cannot wait any more!

[@johnhayden4484]

Stunning.

[@LeXinYT]

Are you using track-ir ? And do you prefer to buy this one if I am a beginner ? :P Just wanna know btw nice work.

[@ZnajomyKitowcow]

Music by who?

[@shd4618]

Never ever gets old.........

[@-cml-schoff4848]

I tried looking through the comments.... What GPU are you using?

[@MattWagner]

forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=197186

[@TheVikingSailor]

This may be what causes me to get an Oculus Rift. I remember Janes F18 when 20FPS was amazing on a 480P screen. I can't wait to see what we get in another 20 years. This can't come soon enough.

[@orcasea59]

This was exquisite.

[@JLXcellent]

Looks beautiful! That arrow in the HUD was super distracting though. Guess I'll have to learn about it and get used to it.

[@MattWagner]

You will be able to turn TAWS off.

[@123s453e56a6l]

who's flying Hans Zimmer

[@nuttex]

That's Max Richter.

[@arjunlakshminarasimhan3609]

Will we 2.5 with the Caucasus map be released on steam or should we download the version separately.

[@MattWagner]

Yes, it will be part of a FREE Steam update to DCS World.

[@axelalva8703]

I’ll totally get this game for just that. Now, if I only had a PC.

[@Gentamoru]

Game is free, Modules is what you buy

[@vparez4363]

This is not a game, it's a simulator. Don't work with gamepad.

[@Bozman117]

With most of the time spent training and reading flight manuals, it's more work than a game, lol

[@pansg405]

Actually that makes it a hobby and not work.And that makes us flightsim nerds but i can live with that!

[@maverickmo9374]

JOIN THE DARK SIDE... I mean PC.... The PC.....

[@TR1ppl3]

Not available (for phones i think)

[@thekenjistream8683]

Probably because of the music

[@paulf1389]

Can’t pick it up on my iPad either

[@ZennybearOG]

Same

[@michaellawler6048]

I just watched it on my iphone

[@321SlipStream123]

video not working in Germany!

[@Krisisawake]

*pull up ! Pull up* great video.

[@thatboydre7585]

It’s so beautiful 😍

[@Mrparangos3]

I'm speechless!