Yes, I'm pretty sure J15 cockpit is classified info so accurately replicating it would be impossible here. Your second point on how the content is decent is exactly why I wanted to share it here. Whatever bias he may have, I found the video and his commentary on the differences in tactical approach between the J15 and FA-18 extremely informative. I did not know he was also a US fighter pilot, but that certainly lends credibility to his commentary.
LOL. Well, excuse me, your Majesty. I sincerely apologize for not able to demo highly classified billion dollar video games on this forum.
Look, by78. I don't care to argue with you on how realistic DCS is, or wether my post is "worthy" of being posted here. Clearly, now two retired US fighter pilots endorse the game as realistic. So unless you're an actual fighter pilot, I'd rather take their word for it. Furthermore, I think we should all get off our high horses and recognize that we are all just "casual enthusiasts" here on this forum.
I mean, unless you have access to classified military secrets. Do you?
DCS is a simulator video game and attempts to model real world military aircraft, some from the past, some from the present.
As a dedicated combat simulator video game, it is among one of the best in the world today that can be accessed by anyone with a decent computer and a credit card, sure.
But if you're asking whether their depiction of specific aircraft in service today, and whether the comparisons between aircraft in service today, is worth any discussion on this thread, then no, it is not.
You don't need to apologize for not being able to demo billion dollar simulators on this forum because no one expects that at all.
However we do expect people to please discriminate and consider whether the results of a simulator video game you can buy off steam is worth being a stepping stone for any kind of discussion on this forum at all.
If you come in and ask whether a DCS death match means we can make an assessments about each aircraft? Or to ask "which aircraft is better"??? Well no, we can't.
I assume you wanted an honest answer, so that is the honest answer.
If you found the video useful, that is fine. It may be useful as a starting point to do reading and discussion.
But don't feel offended if the video is considered less than useful here.
If you wanted to talk about notable differences between a J-15 and Su-33, or even to briefly compare certain characteristics between J-15 and Super Hornet, those would be slightly better questions to ask straight off the bat. But using a video from DCS to form the basis of your question is going to get you dismissed.
Not to mention massively broad questions like "which aircraft is better," is virtually always going to end up with the answer of "it's complicated" for aircraft of a similar or equivalent generation and weight class.
So, to answer your previous question as to why I think "it is not worth talking about at all" --
1. The results of a DCS death match is not a basis for us to make any extrapolations about the respective aircraft in the way you asked, because the relevance of DCS for extrapolating "performance" or "capability" of modern aircraft in modern air combat is limited at best, especially for aircraft still in service today.
2. If you wanted to ask about the differences between J-15 and Su-33 you could've done so without having to bring in DCS, which doesn't add anything productive to the discussion or as a basis of discussion.
3. Your comment about "J-15 seems to be the better plane in this match up" is very much the kind of general comment/conclusion drawn from a video game combat simulator that we would want to avoid because that is a significant statement to make in context of the thin, thin, thin, evidence from a death match DCS video, in context of all of the other knowledge that we know in which how modern air combat operates.
This massive long explanation is frankly the exact thing I wanted to avoid, which is why I wrote "it is not worth talking about at all".
It was my attempt to hint that this was not a productive line of discussion and just inevitably would lead to a discussion about DCS and its credibility and how "professional" or how "casual" this forum is -- rather than the aircraft itself.
Putting my moderator hat on -- if you or anyone else wants to talk about J-15 the aircraft and its details even in comparison with Su-33 or other aircraft in the world, that is fine. (But not as "which is better"? type comparisons)
However any further posts that mentions or argues about DCS will have either the post deleted or have the relevant part of the post deleted.
