TRK MEM is a thing you know
generally I will just shoot at then, wait as long as I can in a crank before notching. this gives my missile as much guidance as possible before TRK MEM takes over
once I notched their missile I will just instantly turn in and shoot the next AIM-7, I use the sparrow as a pressure missile, force them to do something. I’m not letting them just push me without pressure
next thing is positioning
F-2A has the second best 13.0 radar, you get amazing awareness, it lets you position extremely well in order to avoid having to face flankers in 1v1 situations often or you can find them and shoot at them before they can see you which more than makes up for the speed of the AIM-7
I am not saying the F-2 is some godly plane that will beat a flanker any day (the premium ones are 1000% undertiered)
but it is definitely more capable than you are making it out to be
you need to work on your positioning and awareness while learning missile mechanics first, then complain about a great plane being “terrible”
This plane have to go down on battle rating definetly, or it needs to get some fox3s, btw if i need to say about top tier planes at the moment su30 mkk is op as F****CK, MAKE IT 14.0!!