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My point is I don't care if the plane is doing Mach 2 or 2.2, or if it takes 5 mins or 10 to get there, but I do NOT expect it to fly as if it's a fully loaded F-15E when it's a clean F-15C. Likewise I know the 29 is not a 5th-gen fighter in disguise as a 4th gen.

F-15C, clean, 1/2 fuel, in a full-AB dive from 20k ft...max speed was like 500, and in fact as alt dropped it also dropped. It was JUST breaking Mach 1.
MiG-29, clean, probably the same fuel, in level flight at 1000ft with NO AB...cruising at 900. No burner needed to maintain. Mach 1.5+. The 29 doesn't supercruise at 1000ft!

There is no world where this makes sense.

I have no issues getting the -15 above 500 Knots....

Mig-29 definitely has more Umph when I push the throttle forward.

And again, how would you know how a fully loaded F-15E flies vs a clean F-15C?

I've never experienced anything like this, and MiG-29's have been my main source of protein since Lock-on 1.0

Same way you do.

You've been blessed then.

An apples-to-apples comparison between FC2 to FC3/DCS World. I added a few new items to this list that I just got permission to make public today.

1- FC3 is a DCS World module that makes it single player and multiplayer compatible with all other DCS modules, including Combined Arms.
2- New F-15C 6 DOF cockpit
3- New F-15C 3D model
4- New Su-27 6 DOF cockpit
5- New Su-27 3D model
6- New A-10A 6 DOF cockpit
7- New A-10A model
8- Advanced Flight Model for A-10A
9- New Su-25 6 DOF cockpit
10- Expanded map into eastern Georgia and southern Russian that includes several new and detailed Russian and Georgian airbases, cities, and topography.
11- Many new unit models that include: A-10C, F-15E, F/A-18C, MiG-31, A-50, E-3, KC-135, IL-76MD, IL-78M, An-26B, An-30M, E-2D, E-3C, P-51D, Yak-40, CH-47D, Mi-8MT, Perry Class Frigate, Ticonderoga Class Cruiser, T-90 tank, and SA-3, SA-6, SA-11 and SA-15 SAM systems.
12- Updated and improved graphical effects for water surface / transparency, ground explosions, smoke, fire, and lighting.
13- Improved air-to-air missile flight physics.
14- Resource Manager system.
15- Many new trigger options (both Conditions and Actions) for the Mission Editor, permitting for more tactically varied missions than ever before in the FC series.
16- New and updated campaigns that cover all of the FC3 aircraft.
17- Pitch and roll sea states depending on wind weather.
18- Dynamic weather system.
19- Improved low altitude graphical detail that includes grass and higher detailed terrain noise.
20- Improved air and ground unit AI.
21- Fast Mission Generator.
22- New AI radio communications from other flights.
23- Improved airbases that include Batumi, Senaki-Kolkhi, and Sukhumi-Babushara.
24- Added bullseye to mission map and AI radio references.
25- New single missions.
26- New multiplayer missions.
27- New dual engagement radar mode for the MiG-29S.
28- Improved flight manual.
29- Improved cockpit textures.
30- New weapons such as JDAM, WCMD, and senor fused weapons.
31- New coalitions of Italy, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia.
32- Adjusted landing properties for Standard Flight Model aircraft.