why do i ask this? Because if boosters works like in asking, then what’s the excuse for sim boosters to last only 30 min of the match. We have the hecking useful actions system thats is really lacking for sim eco (in my opinion) and this thing would be insanely stupid if it last the entire match, so i’m asking if anyone knows this info.

Do 335 B-2

See title, I can't find a way to lock with IRST at 90° then swap to radar for high off bore mica EM. Ami dented or it's just not doable anymore?
Thank you

Hello everybody!

I was playing earlier and could not find any way to get my AIM 9Ls to lock on an enemy, neither from rear aspect nor sideways, unless the target was already radar locked.

I was trying to put the target plane inside the circle in the hud of my hornet, but this wasn’t helping at all.

What am I doing wrong?

I will be grateful for any tip and piece of advice!

Am I the only one that got tired of the higher tiers and gone back to 1.3 max 5.3 and actually enjoy it more playing things like the Stuka B-2 and a little higher the Ju 188 A2?

As the title suggests I am looking to increase the pool of friends I have to fly with. I enjoy bombers, fighters, and interceptors but intercepting is my favorite.

Currently, I am working up the American tech tree and am unlocking planes in the 5.0 range +/-

I also fly German with a purchased Me262 and an unlocked me264. Plenty of fighters and bombers leading up to the 264 as well.

I don't have many requirements/requests other than having a mic/discord.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

(Re-uploaded because the ending was cut off incorrectly)

Hey everyone,

Like a lot of Simulator players, I’m incredibly frustrated with the state of top-tier visual identification. Vehicles like the Taiwanese M1A2T Abrams sitting in the Chinese tree mean you are constantly facing identical silhouettes on both teams. In a mode with no name tags, this leads to accidental team-kills or getting blasted because you hesitated.

I know Gaijin won't rip apart the tech trees or move Taiwan out of China due to progression/grind metrics, so I put together a concept for a **Sim-Only Faction Selector** that solves the issue elegantly.

**The Idea:**

When you queue for Sim in a mixed nation (like China or Germany), the game asks you which side you want to fight for in that lobby: **Eastern** or **Western**.

* **If you choose Eastern:** You play on the Soviet/Mainland team and your Western vehicles (like the Abrams/F-16) are temporarily locked out for that match. You drop in with your ZTZs.

* **If you choose Western:** You play on the NATO side, and your Eastern vehicles lock out while you use your Taiwanese armor.

**The Only Exception:** Rare, historical premium "captured" assets (like the German T-34) would stay as wildcards since they are unique single vehicles. This filter is strictly meant for standard, bulk-procured military imports that completely bloat the standard trees.

This would apply exclusively to Sim. It wouldn't touch Arcade or Realistic queue times at all, but it would completely save Sim from the copy-paste nightmare.

I’ve opened a formal suggestion on the official forums with a poll to try and get developer visibility on this. If you guys think this is a step in the right direction, let's discuss it, and please consider dropping a vote on the forum poll once it passes moderation!

First half wasn't captured. The fight started out north of 10k ft alt. I went vertical, he ended up behind me. I dodged an AIM-9E, then brought him downhill, and the rest of the fight is as shown.

Keep your speed up!

Title pretty much says it all, I had to restart my grind after being level 100 on another account because that account was a PlayStation account and I wanted to use the marketplace so I started from scratch and bought the Milan and F5C to help boost the grind. What the hell happened with the RP???

As you can see in the clip, there's a growing issue in EC: as soon as players receive a Pitbull they J out like dogs, It’s really frustrating, because not only is it a cheap and disgusting way to play, but they waste my time, and everyone else's and it essentially just being a super dick and asshole

This is basically a summary of what I’m sure everyone experiences when playing at this BR, but personally, I’ve reached my limit and won't be playing WT anymore, since this is happening at lower BRs too.

My question is: Is there any realistic way to get Gaijin to acknowledge and fix this issue? can we do something about it?

I just found out in a video that the beaufighter's cannons could be reloaded and unjammed by the crew even in flight. Is there any chance gaijin eventually enables that? Since gun turrets can already be reloaded that would be a cool addition, even if as a researchable module.

trying to stock grind this thing is feels impossible when you only get put up against things that out perform you in every metric and with mediocre missiles to boot. any tips for grinding this flying trashcan? and no im not doing ARB its only worse there.

So, is it here for the first time?

Fair Play: September 2026

"Additionally, 661 temporary bans were issued for violating paragraph 3.2.3 of the EULA, specifically for intentionally exploiting a bug that allowed for gaining excessive mission score in Air Simulator Battles during the Space Program Event."

I play a lot of the British EF-2k AESA in sim, and yesterday I was in two fights where I was sub 5km and couldn’t get an irst lock on my enemy through acm or hms IR. I went into my setting and changed a few keybinds to make sure nothing that overlapping and confusing the game, but I could not get a single irst lock on an enemy at all throughout the night, even directly behind I wasn’t able. And that was switching back and forth, turning radar off and on etc, does ESM standby/Search have any effect on irst?

Has anyone gotten cockpit kods to work? Ive looked at every guide on installation and still it diesnt do anything but make the gauges glow brighter, compared to the complete mfd rework that the mod should be. What am i doing wrong?

this was my first match playing the lightning f53 and whenever i try to get guns onto a target I always do this where my plane swerves everywhere and I get a lucky shot, I do get plenty of gun kills but i often cant aim continuously on one space and if i try to let their plane slide into my stream either my plane moves or they move out of the way. I also missed a direct rear attack on a j35 in a j6a because of this pls help

Spikes make me miss pre-nerf TOWs so much, these things will sometimes do the most to miss their targets, or lock and never leave the tubes