Star Wars: Squadrons

The game seems locked at 60 FPS in flight and closer to 30 FPS in hangar. And that is despite the FPS counter showing different. I know the difference.

Locking your FPS to 60 actually smooths things out. I have no problem either way, probably thanks to G-sync, but seems like a bug. I tried all fixes I could think of - drivers, HDR, NVCP settings, etc. It's just the game.

HOTAS deadzone feels huge and can't be changed.

KB/M feel awkwardish and jittery on pretty much all mouse settings. Aiming in a fast paced turning duel is just about impossible. The fine KB/M control that exists in BF2 and SWTOR is absent here and I can't think of a reason why.

Xbox controller works probably the best, but aiming is pretty bad even with it.

The cockpit view (only one that we use) is not a good choice. In most ships you have more than half of your screen obstructed. The aiming reticle is often just above the cockpit panel, which means that you have to use the Force on lining up a shot to a target that comes from below your view or runs there. You will often fail stopping your turn at the precise aiming point, because you can't see the target coming into view and the tracking aid doesn't show distance or outlines, just direction.

The solutions to the above? First - fight inverted. Always change your rotation so the target comes to the reticle from the top and not the bottom of the screen. Second - don't look at the targets, watch your tiny radar. It does a far better job at showing enemy positions than anything else. I actually began racking up kills by just following the radar and not looking at the pretty window views. But that actually is horrible, because it feels you play a game from the 1980ies.

Not enough useful shortcuts. There is no "closest target" for example or a key to rotate through the weak points of a ship. There are general targeting profiles, so I guess it's just console peasant limitations again.

Playing the story and I've messed around in the practice area.

I suck a lot so this could end poorly.

Players have four difficulty options at the start of the game, which are Story (Easy), Pilot (Normal), Veteran (Hard), and Ace (Very Hard).

I’ve only played the prologue and first story mission so far but I’ve had a lot of fun learning the ropes!

Thing is I’ve sunk a lot of time into Battlefront 2’s star fighter assault and I’m having a pig of a time retraining my brain to accept the new way of flying - stupid muscle memory!

This is my petty complaint of the day since its a first person game for the most part. I wish you either had a fixed protagonist or a decent character generator. Picking form a pack of 12 faces just reminds me of all the things they leave out.

Funny how people think level is the final determining factor of skill for what is essentially BFM with extra steps.

Interestingly enough there was precisely about one mention of this within the about 4 hour game movie I saw, and that was once a mention of "they"...

As a matter of fact, it finally seemed like Keo is a character that was made as a character first, whatever else second.

I agree.

Motive have made very little 'deal' of the inclusion that is hard wired.
I noticed it in the character picker where you can independently pick face, body and voice, without fuss.

That this game was made with many of those behind Mass Effect Andromeda is obvious if you are looking for it.

Sound like SWTOR Galatic Starfighter on the capture maps.

The amount of time I found myself alone watching/defending a capture point while everyone else is just dogfighting.

I installed it and did the first mission. Then restarted early in it because my Hotas wasn't working (my fault, forgot to install the drivers, I haven't used it in years).

I need practices, but I didn't collide with anything, so there is that.