I’ve recently finished spading the Belgian F-104G and it was an awful experience. Even after unlocking all flight mods. Compared to other 11.0s, it has nothing other than acceleration. If you want to win, there is no reason to play the F-104Gs.
This is of course a result of the F-104 blanket flight model nerf to reduce the effectiveness of the 9.3 F-104s, and the already mediocre late F-104s became next to useless, and have yet to receive any kind of compensation.
What I think should happen:
- German and Belgian ones get moved down to 10.7 with not changes
- Chinese one gets moved down to 10.3. 10.3 is already an insanely high BR for no countermeasures.
- Italian one gets moved down to 9.7 with countermeasures and AIM-9J removed, fills the early supersonic gap for Italy. F-104S fills the late F-104 niche already.
As for the F-104S and .ASA, they at least get radar missiles, which are a game-changer especially after the buffs
Has anyone found a way to make the F-104G work in Air RB? I would like to know