This thing FM is basically arcade in realistic battles the issues that it’s the only aircraft that can pull ridiculous amount in gravity units
The sustained g turn is 16 and it could jump to 20+ in rolling maneuver
While every other fm have a maximum of 12 because of the realistic battles multiplier 9 max In sim to 12 in realistic games including the other Delta canard like the eurofighter, gripen.and j 10
And combine that with the Mica resistance against radar countermeasures having a better seeker for some reason
Rafale players pretty aware of this advantage and using it in bvr engagement having a very high kd
climbing high and getting too close in bvr engagements range where any other aircraft will be certainly destroyed but when it’s too late for anything else to escape Rafale can hit that 16g sustained turn and easily escape in every bvr engagement and because of them closing the distance they can put the Mica range onto great use
Now the problem is the Mica at such a close range having a very high chance of reaching it’s target do to it having More resistance against countermeasures, multipathing and notching
And it’s happening in every stage of the game almost every single time any rafale at any hight can Easley notch fox 3 missiles do to it having a very tight turns at high speed do to the arcady flight model
The eurofighter actually happened to have the same issues but devs so called fixed it in the first year update of 2025 but they lefted the Rafale flight model untouched in that regard because of no other reason but bias making it the cancer of air battles
The tears of people complaining about the Rafale make me laugh because these will be the same people who will come to defend aircraft without truly public and precise documentation, like those of the F-35, F-22, J-20, Su-57, etc., once they’re in the game because they’re 5th generation, so they’ll necessarily have to be stronger than everything else (and I remind you that F-22 and F-35 in the sights of a Rafale, that still makes me laugh and clearly shows the capabilities of the Rafale).
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Oh, and if you really think this game is “realistic,” then you can’t see beyond the end of your nose because all the vehicles have problems and nothing is well done; just look at the Russian vehicles.
People should not still be complaining about the Rafale. If you still are you just have a skill issue. All the top tier jets that came in the most recent major update have either more missiles or a better radar. People complained about the Rafales AESA being too good compared to everything else, now its the 2nd worst AESA in game. People complained about the Rafale having 8 missiles, now everything else has 10+ (9 in the gripens case). And dont get me wrong, idc that this is the case its just oddly funny how people will still cry that the Rafale is “over preforming” despite all these things when in reality their skill is just underperforming.
You’re making your own conclusions just because Gunjob asked questions. The Rafale’s gimbal limits is still correct and has been further explained in the thread.
Mind you, Gunjob himself said he’s just there to ask questions and collect sources, which is a pretty fair thing of him to do rather than jumping to conclusions like some may:
