Thats my speculation.
October/November major update - Su35, F15Ex, Meteor and Iris-T for EU and PL-15 for China. And maybe new missiles for USSR, but tbh idk, Su30sm2 already best jet in the game, with Su35 it will be even better.
December major update: F-35, J-20, J-35, Su57, new Rafale with new mica.
I don’t think they’ll add the J-20 and Su-57 alongside the F-35 if 5th gens are indeed added this year. Those’ll probably be added later with the F-22.
I see the opposite.
F-22, Su-57 and J-20 added first. F-35s added in a later update
We have a tease from the russian stream saying “2026 isn’t over yet” to the question about 5th gen in 2026. At the same time we have Oxy denying the F-22 for this year, which got backed by Smin.
So that leaves only a few options.
Hmm… We’ll have to wait and see.
One things for sure. Su-57 is gunna be OP as hell with all-aspect LDIRCM
well they did say something about changing LDIRCM iirc. so it will only be 1 missile at a time with limited coverage
Wasnt that like 2 years ago now?
The likelyhood that it actually comes before or with the Su-57 is pretty slim. I reckon 6-9 months after the Su-57 is far more likely
My guess is that we will only get F-22 and maybe Su-47 or some early Su-57
no, because LDIRCM was only added about a year ago
cant really do anything
Definetly been longer than that. Waaaay longer. Just became notably problematic with the intro of the IRIS-T SLM 15 months ago.
It might be good if it gets R-77-1 in game.
IRCM has been around longer but the really op LDIRCM has only been around for about a year and 3 months
Except they are identical in functionality. Sure the name is different and IRL they are different, but at their core they do the same thing in-game, They block all IR missiles from being used against the target. Including missiles that shouldnt be affected like IIR missiles
(as far as I am aware, IRIS-T SLM is still blocked by IRCM)
Let alone issues regarding radar signatures that definetly has been a problem for years.
I reckon they’ll just do the usual and rush it all in at the same time and then slowly balance and fix things over a 2 year period.
F-22 at 15.0
Most likely
Nah, lacks HMD, 14.3
give it AIM-120B and AIM-9L
I think there is no room to delay it one by one like you said. You can’t give one tech tree 5 gen, and nothing for other. So rush is the only way. F-35 for all EU and US, Su57 for USSR tree, J-20 and J-35 for China. And later in 2027, F-22 with best stealth cover RCS.
And regarding delay, they already delayed it from 2025 to 2026
I don’t think there needs to be any rush to add fifth gens. We are still lacking many key mechanics such as EW and proper datalink modelling in game. Without such things the addition of fifth gens will be broken.