
Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!
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Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World! Two free maps are also included: The eastern Black Sea and the Mariana Islands.

Digital Combat Simulator World
Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World) is a free-to-play digital battlefield game.
Our dream is to offer the most authentic simulation of military aircraft, ground and armor vehicles, and naval units possible. This free download includes a vast area of the Caucasus region as well as a free Mariana Islands map. It includes one of the most powerful Mission Editors ever designed, network play, and hundreds of AI weapons systems, ground units, armored vehicles, air defense systems, and ships. It also includes a free Russian Sukhoi Su-25T ground attack jet and the famous WWII North American TF-51D Mustang fighter.
DCS is a true "sandbox" simulation that is also designed to cover multiple time periods of interest such as WWII, Korean War, Vietnam, Gulf War and others.
Current regions to battle include the Black Sea, Marianas, Nevada Test and Training Range, Persian Gulf, English Channel, Syria, and Normandy 1944.
DCS World is a deep and realistic simulation that can be tailored to suit any level of experience. Our mission is to deliver excellence and make your dreams a virtual reality. We do this by offering training for complex weapons systems like the DCS: F/A-18C Hornet, DCS: F-16C Viper, DCS: AH-64D, and many more. The next step is the real thing!

A realistic Free-to-Play digital battlefield.
Eagle Dynamics Graphics Engine (EDGE) that looks amazing from 0 to 80,000 feet.
Free American TF-51 Mustang and Russian Su-25T attack jet.
Multi-layer volumetric cloudscapes with wind, precipitation, air pressure, and more.
Highly detailed map of the Caucasus region that encompass southwestern Russia and Georgia. 20 operational airbases, detailed terrain, and both civil and military infrastructure with thousands of kilometers of usable roads and railway.
Detailed recreation of the Mariana Islands including 1,500 x 1,000km of land and ocean for naval operations that includes Andersen AFB and the airfields on Rota, Tinian and Saipan.
Includes hundreds of fully operational weapons systems, ground vehicles, ships and AI-controlled aircraft.
The Mission Editor allows rapid mission generation and the possibility to create your own missions and campaigns for unlimited gameplay.
Multi-Crew enables full network play in the same aircraft in Multiplayer.
Thousands of online servers offering PvP and PvE.
Mouse interactive 6 degrees of Freedom (6DOF) cockpits
Accurate flight models, weapons systems, sensors, targeting systems and sounds.
Hundreds of missions and campaigns with new campaigns continually created.
Community Files section offering endless user created modifications, skins, missions and more.
Full virtual reality support.
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DCS World is one of those rare games that I genuinely love, even though I have a few complaints. The level of detail in the aircraft is incredible. Every switch, system, and weapon feels like it was built with care, and that's what makes DCS stand out from every other combat flight simulator. I also love the flight models, the aircraft mechanics, and the steep learning curve. Learning to fly and operate a new aircraft is challenging, but that's exactly what makes it so rewarding. The modding community is another huge positive. There are some amazing mods that add even more variety to the game. Even playing on my admittedly not-so-great laptop in VR, I've had an incredible experience. My biggest complaint is how difficult it is for new players who don't have the money to buy additional modules. Without using mods, you're essentially limited to the free aircraft unless you're willing to spend around $80 on a full-fidelity module. While mods are a great part of the DCS community, many of the most popular ones require paid modules to function. For example, the F-22 mod requires the F-15C, and the Su-30SM mod requires both the free Su-25 and the paid Su-33. That means even free mods can still have a financial barrier. I'd love to see Eagle Dynamics introduce a progression system where players could unlock a few aircraft through gameplay. Maybe players could earn a basic jet fighter, an attack helicopter, and a propeller aircraft by completing a series of increasingly difficult missions. Then, after finishing an even more demanding set of challenges, they could unlock one full-fidelity aircraft, such as the F-16C, F/A-18C, or A-10C II. I think that would make DCS much more approachable for new players while still preserving the value of paid modules. My last complaint is a simple one: where's the Su-30SM? I'd buy that module the day it released. Even with those complaints, DCS World remains one of the best combat flight simulators available. If you're willing to put in the time to learn, it's an incredibly rewarding experience.
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Languages: English*, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian*, Czech, French, Simplified Chinese*languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 629 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Wanted to fly some nice planes and jets instead i was trying to find cockpit lighting switch for 1 hour to get over tutorial 10/10 will forget to eject my ass again
This game is the Coolest! if you have any interest in airplanes and the workings of stealth bombers and f16s carrier planes and the like you will love this game everything is supposed to be exactly what you would see if sitting in said airplanes. I definetly suggest this for at least a one time try.... take my word on it. give it a shot.
[h1] 迄今为止绝无仅有的战机模拟器游戏 [/h1] DCS绝对算得上是模拟飞行界最硬核最具现实价值的飞行模拟器,细化到起飞前准备和降落的状态,都需要及其漫长的学习过程,这游戏不是学会飞起来这么简单,如果什么都不看什么都不学,那么我想大多数人连飞都飞不起来。 [h1] 硬核就是这个游戏最权威的玩法 [/h1] 细化到座舱每一个角落,你都会觉得一切如此的真实,很多没接触过DCS的认为,这个模拟器无非就是无脑的飞,然后自动攻击…但事实上这个游戏每个DLC中都会配备一个PDF文档,里面有上百页飞行攻略手册,细化到起飞、攻击、巡航、降落等等的操作,如果真的单纯以为这只是个普普通通的游戏那就大错特错。 DCS的DLC战机从来不会敷衍,虽然有的时候会出现些奇奇怪怪的BUG,但比起飞在天上油门推满的刺激感,管他BUG和缺陷,那都显得那么微不足道!任你见识一下DCS一分钱一分货的感觉!这就是DCS!人和钱一起飞的游戏。
the game thinks my stick is the throttle and also thinks my rudder peddals are also the throtle and when i change it in seting NOTHING happens. the game is very buggy like it will just zoom in all the way for NO reason. i havent even gotten to fly a plane yet and have 3.3 hours and all of those hours where trying to fix the settings.
Are you a masochist? Do you enjoy sinking hundreds of hours of your life into learning a single virtual aircraft, only to fail miserably at starting the engines? Then DCS World is exactly the game for you! The concept is beautifully simple: you spend the price of a used car on a HOTAS system, rudder pedals and a VR headset, just to sit down and study an 800-page PDF manual that is drier than the Nevada desert itself. After three weeks you finally figure out how to retract the landing gear without immediately turning your aircraft into a very expensive fireball — and you feel like an absolute genius. Filled with pride, you venture into multiplayer. There the true DCS experience awaits: you fly majestically for 45 minutes, feeling like Tom Cruise in Top Gun, and then — BAM — you get shot down from somewhere. You have absolutely no idea where. Your radar was clean, your warning system let out a tired little beep, and the guy who just turned you into a debris cloud from 80 kilometers away is probably calmly sipping his morning coffee. And God forbid you try to do a ground attack. You are in the perfect dive, the target is perfectly centered, you mash the release button... and the bomb simply refuses to leave the wing. You hammer every button in the cockpit, check the Master Arm Switch for the tenth time, curse at the screen — but the thing just sits there. The existential crisis kicks in immediately. Did I arm the laser? Is the release mode correct? Am I even capable of completing basic tasks in life? At the latest six months after you started playing this game, you will need to go and look for your self-esteem. You will question yourself constantly and in every situation, dream at night about missile warning tones (BEEP BEEP BEEP), and your family will start wondering why you keep reaching for the ejection handle while driving to the supermarket. Verdict: An absolute nightmare of sweat, tears, unread manuals and pure, soul-crushing frustration. S-Tier game, 10/10 would absolutely ruin my life for it again.
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DCS is a game you have to go into expecting to spend a lot of money. If you play this game expecting to get a good experience off the base modules, or flying with an XBOX controller, then you are ultimately going to be disappointed in the experience you get. But, if you go in ready to buy a couple modules and get yourself a decent HOTAS, then you will have a great time. Also note if you are gaming on Linux, the game runs almost flawlessly over Proton.
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