Let Us Once Again Marvel At How Good This Flight Sim Looks

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Screenshot: DCS

The DCS series has a (well-earned) reputation as being serious as hell, but I think that stereotype helps people overlook the fact that it’s also one of the best-looking video games on the planet.

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I know there are perfectly good reasons for that—like there isn’t much else to model, so the models the game does use can afford to be ridiculously detailed—but whatever, I don’t care about the reasons, I care about the results.

And just look at this:

This trailer is for the latest update to DCS World, which is a flight sim that also features tanks and ships.

I have never regretted giving away my joystick more.

Luke Plunkett is a Senior Editor based in Canberra, Australia. He has written a book on cosplay, designed a game about airplanes, and also runs cosplay.kotaku.com.

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Dinky Earnshaw

I’m patiently waiting for the HIND module to get released. I love Russian technology.