It does turn better, try it yourself against a buddy of yours, 120 is easyer to get rid bc it will not turn in on time.
On pure BVR they are the best at the moment, you can argue that if the enemy is not braindead he will evade it, but that applies for every missile in game
I have, and I do 120’s perform a lot better and consistent vs 77-1
77-1 and 77 poses no threat even on su 30 over 20km away.
last 3 days , 2 times killed by 77-1 and 1 time 77 ( what was when I got first struck by 120 and that finished me off :D )
It’s fun what they should be on paper, but they are still from different universes on game.
77-1 still loses to 120 even when both fired on 10km and both planes turn 90 and chaff. f16 lived and su30 was burning wreck
Pl12, mica, r77-1 qnd aam4. All of these are more maneuverable whilst having comparable range, with the exception of mica which is the hardest to notch missile and the most maneuverable but its range is quite a bit worse.
Range is not as good as maneuversbility when you have this much range already, 90% of fights happen 25< at which these missile outperfom amraam imo.
Did I complain?
I just noted, that if that 77-1 is 14.0 missile so is 120.
Ingame it performs still better VS 77-1 , no matter what “paper” stats say.
77-1 still loses energy just like 77 , when enemy you are shootin turns 90 on left.
and in 20km shots , you dont even need chaffs to get rid of that 77-1 while turning hard left or right , now try same against 120.
77 and 77-1 is still a missile having a parachute installed them. Works wonder when enemy is just flying straight and doing nothing to avoid it.
That’s because 90% of the people on the forum are forum warriors, and very few do the exhausting work of actually opening the game and testing it themselves.
There’s also a nice lil charts and breakown on your superior 77-1 and why 120 is still better.
And no wonder why it feels like pulling chute behind that missile.
And after testing some people on russian bias glasses are trying to say it is better in game performance vs 120