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Eight separate 2D panels, which can be switched at a keystroke or through clickable icons, provide a totally immersive and realistic cockpit environment that is thankfully not as daunting as you might expect from such a mighty jet. Veterans will find every switch and button modelled using XML gauges and, subject to obvious limitations within Microsoft's sim, all fully-functioning too. With the included HUD, MFD and air radar you can even practice home-defence intercepts of wayward FS2002 airliners!
The smooth-scrolling 3D virtual cockpit is wonderful to behold and is essential if you're contemplating using the in-flight refuelling. Beware though; lining up with the VC10 tanker is not as easy as the pros make it look. Probably best to go easy on the throttles until you have this art practised, as too much afterburner can bring your fuel range down to a mere 12 minutes...
In Combat Flight Simulator 3 the aircraft include weapons and damage profiles (guided weapons excepted of course) and are bound to give those pesky Luftwaffe 109s a fright or two! Or why not try dog fighting the RAF Tornado?
An excellent and comprehensive electronic manual gets you up and flying, though as the F-16's nickname of 'Electric Fighter' suggests, the on-board flight computers literally do most of the work for you; a roll rate of 0.8sec and a possible sustained vertical climb mean the other thing missing from this package is a sick-bag!
FS2004 Compatibility: while no guarantee can be made by Just Flight or Lago until final release of Microsoft's new release, a free update for FS2004 compatibility is planned for release in August.
Combat Flight Simulator 3: the CFS3 version has a limited set of liveries and weapons.
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