Is there any fast track manual for beginners with some flight sim experience, say how to down you first enemy in 30-60 minutes ?
The docs are good, but it takes hours of reading just figuring out how to select sidewinders / dogfight mode, pick and lock missiles and fire them.
I think such a manual would be great, helping more users to get success and stick to the game, and then start reading the big docs for further information. I have been away for many years, and not really played much for 10-15 years.
The missions starts with something not all n00bs likes, takeoff and landing. We need a way for n00bs to down their first enemy in dogfight in a as little time as possible, to have them feel success. Now the missions does not include a single IR/Radar missile scenario.
My first attempts has been left menu, jumping right into the action. And failed as my throttle pot was dead. But we need to make it easy for younger people to get started, or the whole flight simulator scene will slowly die.
Look at the quad simulators, they start up with you picking a location and quad, then you can fly and crash, and restart. No tutorials. Just use real quad experience or quad tutorials on the Internet.
I love the F-16, and will use it as simulator but also as a game. The F-16 replaced the F-100 at the airbase near my home when I was a kid. I did my conscription in the airforce - only ground duty, special forces. National TV just had a program series about figther pilots, including real footage from Syria. Personal and background interviews with the older pilots who grew up with Top Gun, as well as the young guys.