Comments on: Accu-sim Spitfire MkI-II (P3Dv4-5)

By: Cygon Parrot

Cygon Parrot — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 21:43:11 +0000

If you are an English kid, particularly of the three immediate decades after World War Two, then this aircraft is a legend that in popular memory continued to overshadow all of its hangar mates. There were the inevitable plastic kits, oil paintings, paper cut outs, and wind up rubber powered flying models that you could get in any corner newspaper shop, in almost every home you might visit. And in that home, even by the early 1970’s, any moment you might notice the tribute, would elicit a eulogy in its praise. England was proud of their Spitfire, without a doubt. The writer of this review is one of those kids, lifted high on the excitement of these tales, and in part, the dreams of this aircraft were responsible for him being a real world pilot himself, now. Yet the funny thing is, despite having played flight simulations since they first appeared, I have never actually had a Spitfire in any simulator previously.

I am now glad I did not, and saved the best for last. I bought this product simply to participate in a community event. It takes the legend from its historical pedestal of awe, and gives you an aircraft to operate. Being my first A2A product, I was thoroughly impressed by the attention to detail, regarding the limitations and necessary procedures. Apart from what would usually be the most common point of interest among simmers, “how does it handle, and is it a good representation of the aircraft’s qualities?” (to which it stands all accounts I have read or listened to, regarding), I was further struck by how well it simulates the reward in range and endurance for proper handling of the engine parameters to both look after it effectively, and to obtain from it the best possible efficiency in cruise.

To be flown seriously, by the simmer with a professional attitude, I am not too disturbed about not firing the guns. It is the operating experience of the aircraft that I wanted. I believe I got it, to as high a fidelity as is possible through a computer simulation.

Well done, A2A, with my thanks!

By: steve

steve — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:20:13 +0000

You are flying a piece of history with this aircraft. A piece of history, flying for a nation that stopped on its own, an evil regime running rampant across Europe and possibly the world. Think about that for a minute and then, get this Spitfire. It’s the most accurate version for any flight sim that you can get anywhere, period.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 16:20:01 +0000

The legend is back! It’s great to have the A2A Accu-Sim Spitfire for P3Dv4 as well. The rear-view mirror is bit hard on the frames but a working mirror is still a great improvement. The reworked flightdynamics are also much better now. Another great A2A addon.

By: Gryf

Gryf — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 13:05:03 +0000

If you want to fly it, you have to push your elbows. The first one at the start and the first one in the parking lot, no matter how many planes are waiting for permission from the tower, you must be the first one.
If you will not be the first you will explode. In addition, a nice plane with a nostalgic historical memory.
It is a pity that the weaponry does not work.

By: graaant

graaant — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:34:31 +0000

Another first class model from A2A, making full use of P3DV4’s dynamic lighting, and with some compelling new features, including a fully reflective rear-view mirror. At first, after reading some early comments and also not quite clear why — compared to, say, the A2A Texan and other recent models — the aircraft’s flight dynamics, like the FSX version, seems to me to lack a bit of character, or “feel”, and also has relatively heavy controls (famously, experienced pilots talked of only having to “think” of a movement to have the Spitfire respond) , I thought that it might be just a FSX portover, but with more flying it’s clear how much the new version has been improved. And, at $10 for a month …

By: davidpatrickmcclean

davidpatrickmcclean — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 21:14:06 +0000

I bought this a couple of days ago. It’s the first vintage fighter I have bought since the F1 P51 along time ago. I am not disappointed! after figuring out how not to wreck it it turns out to be a lot of fun to fly. It’s kinda trick to take off and land a taildragger. You have to get the tail of the ground with stick forward and balance it on the main until you have enough speed to take off. Landing if i remember correctly all wheels touch down together so you can see the runway at the beginning or the ed of the flight. It just takes a little practice. Its a lot of fun to fly. The only thing I didn’t like I having to open the Shift +5 moving map for navigation. That’s an immersion killer. It would be nice if A2A adds a hand held GPS on suction cup stuck the canopy. Apart from that it is awesome.

By: jcagle23

jcagle23 — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 01:27:00 +0000

If you have never purchased the A2A Spitfire, this is probably worth acquiring. A2A has been more than generous with upgrades to date, but for those of us who owned the previous version, this should be a $10-20 upgrade fee. Several significant issues exist that would not be present in a ‘new’ product that has been built from the ground up.

– The damping of the roll and yaw axis can make or break the character of an airplane, and (pre-stall) this flies on rails just like the original A2A Spitfire. Newer A2A aircraft such as the P-40, T-6, and C-182 do not have this problem.

– The VRS TacPack has been available for 5 years. How many $50 combat aircraft allow you to load ammunition and not deploy? I’m not even wanting a dogfight, ground targets on hay bales or flying banner targets would be great. Part of mastering a combat aircraft is aerial gunnery and it feels limiting to have caps on primary function.

– I’m not going to count polygons, but the VC model size (in MB) of the other A2A P3Dv4 cockpit are: 17 (T-6), 18 (C-182), 14 (PA-24), and 18 (L-049) while the Spitfire is 9 MB.

All of this adds up a port with a little polish applied on the original model. For a real-world classic, design limitations based on period knowledge and capability are endearing. For a digital product, these limitations are immersion breakers.

Had A2A asked for an upgrade price, I would happily pay to bring an old favorite back to life. But asking fair market price should reflect fair market standards.

By: marvinroubert

marvinroubert — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:40:17 +0000

A perfect port of the FSX version, waiting for other warbirds to get the P3Dv4 treatment.

By: z

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 19:59:45 +0000

Yet again A2A have made an amazing aircraft.