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Release date Australia
June 17th, 2011
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All-time sales rank
Top 5000
Product ID
10339542
Description
DCS: Black Shark is a PC game that allows players to experience the feeling of flying an A-10C Warthog. The A-10C is an enhanced version of the famous A-10A that served as a major close air support aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard, and Reserves for almost 30 years.
A-10C has been upgraded to meet 21 st century standards, using systems such as Multi-Function Color Displays (MFCD), GPS-guided weapons, and data-link support. Retaining all the features of older A-10A, the A-10C has turned into a true precision strike fighter with the most modern navigation systems, precision attack weapons (Maverick, JDAM, WCMD, and laser-guided bombs), and an integrated countermeasures system.
Features:
A-10C has been upgraded to meet 21 st century standards, using systems such as Multi-Function Color Displays (MFCD), GPS-guided weapons, and data-link support. Retaining all the features of older A-10A, the A-10C has turned into a true precision strike fighter with the most modern navigation systems, precision attack weapons (Maverick, JDAM, WCMD, and laser-guided bombs), and an integrated countermeasures system.
Features:
- Fly the A-10C “Warthog” in either realistic or game modes.
- Fly missions in Georgia and Russia.
- Interactive training missions shallow the learning curve dramatically.
- Rich campaigns and single missions included.
- Multiplayer cooperative and head-to-head.
- Mission and Campaign editors allow user created content.
- The most realistic flight dynamics ever done for a PC simulation.
- Huge array of land, air and sea units to flight along and against.
- Ability to command ground forces during missions with radio commands.
- Fully interactive Forward Air Controller (FAC) that helps you find targets.
System Requirements:
Recommended system requirements
Operating system: 64-bit Windows XP, Vista, and 7
Processor: CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 or better
Memory: 4GB
Hard disk space: 7 GB
Video: Shader 3.0 or better; 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT DirectX 9.0c or better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
DirectX®: 9.0C
Operating system: 64-bit Windows XP, Vista, and 7
Processor: CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom X3 8750 or better
Memory: 4GB
Hard disk space: 7 GB
Video: Shader 3.0 or better; 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT DirectX 9.0c or better
Sound: DirectX 9.0c-compatible
DirectX®: 9.0C
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7 out of
7 people found this
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"Great follow up..."
Have had this since beta release and it is completely what you would expect from ED, a complete and complex sim.
It follows on from Black Shark in terms of level of detail and will satisfy those that want to get the full experience of an A10c.
This will take hundreds of hours to learn and master and the satisfaction you get from a successful laser guided bomb drop from 20k ft is immense. How ever there are a few teething troubles with the software and a number of bugs that need to be squashed.
It is not perfect, but it is excellent for what it is, and can only improve.
It is a good idea to have a good/late model CPU as it is demanding and relies on
that more than the GPU. Works best on win 7 but other O/S are supported. That
said XP users will need to tweak their systems page file sizing to run it.
If you want to know more check out the forum section of the DCS website. lots of
community support and info there.
Go ugly, early !
1 out of
1 people found this
review helpful:
"Excellent!"
Unfortunately it doesn't install on 32 bit systems… However that's a great incentive to upgrade to a 64 bit kick ass gaming system ;>
1 out of
1 people found this
review helpful:
"Very good "
Yes it is as good as it looks and will require a fairly grunty pc to run it though .Don't expect to be blowing things up straight away though . Read the manual and set up your controls in simulation mode for the training missions as the game controls wont work for training missions . Graphics are very nice and flight controls are very good .This is an excellent sim and once you get the hang of how the targeting system works you will get great satisfaction out of dropping a bomb on your target
1 out of
1 people found this
review helpful:
"As perfect as a flight sim can be"
This sim has definitely raised the bar since DCS Black Shark, and sustains the extremely detailed systems simulation and flight physics modelling. Improved graphics are an added bonus, although they can chew up your frame rate if you aren't careful. I would highly recommend ALL DCS simulations, and am eagerly awaiting the next installment.
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