I've played the F8f1 heavily, and so when they downtiered it I took it out and got 4 kills and an assist my first round. The aircraft is amazing. I agree, the aircraft belongs at 5.3 at min.
It doesn't need to be down tiered it needs to be fixed to how it would fly in reality and moved to 5.7. It should turn in the more like in the 16s and it should have a rudder that works. It's real convenient all the American planes which were known for having the most powerful rudders have the worst in the game and lose theirs just before all the Russian planes rip speeds.🤨 This plane to me is terrible while being the U.S. best plane at 5.0. If moved down it will still have the same problem which is you can't aim while going fast which is how it's suppose to be flown. If anything the 6.3 version should be the one to get down tiered.
@@johnnymnemonic8487 i agree with you on all bit the last part. I personally think the 1b variant was fine at 6.3. As I expressed in my BR changes video.
@@plainkiller0136 I'm meaning because of the rudder problem I don't think it deserves a 6.3. I mean it's nice they give it such good guns but dammit if you can't dive on anybody. They would be great battle ratings if they made the rudders more fair. Russian planes even over 600 km an hour with their wings shaking apart and a tiny Rudder works better than America's planes. The other thing is how the controls work. With keyboard and mouse you'll notice American planes do not fly as good as the others. You have to use your keyboard much more with American planes in order to aim in general. So it's not really the plane that doesn't deserve the battle rating they just need to fix the obvious bias or bring down the battle rating if they're going to be biased about the planes. I mean what good is my plane that can dive faster than all the other planes but it can't aim when it's diving. It kind of defeats the purpose of the advantages in the plane if I have to slow down to my enemy speed or lower just to aim at him😅. If the bias wasn't there these planes should probably be 5.7 and 6.7 so I'm dropping them almost BR from their original ratings because you can't use them for what they were designed to be used for😅. I'm originally a tanker and I can attest they do the same thing to American and British tanks when it comes to blatant inaccuracies but what are you going to do it's still the best looking war game. Which is kind of sad when you think about it but then you get happy again because the game is free. Then you get killed by a premium and you're sad again🫠
@johnnymnemonic8487 I've been out dove by so many planes that shouldn't have been able to keep up as well. Such as zeros and spitfire. More horsepower plus more speed focused airframe doesn't equal greater dive speed appearantly.
I’m just glad it ain’t 6.3 anymore lol cause that was a STRUGGLE
This is the 5.0 variant with 4x50 cals not the 6.3 with 4x20mm.
@johnnymnemonic8487 the 6.3 variant doesn't have as strong of engine problems either.
@leon886 when I first got the plane many years ago it had a more accurate FM and had M3 50 Cals at 5.0
I've played the F8f1 heavily, and so when they downtiered it I took it out and got 4 kills and an assist my first round. The aircraft is amazing. I agree, the aircraft belongs at 5.3 at min.
@@edxcal84 i managed to get this footage in only two games as well.
If you use manual engine control you can wep for nearly the entire match.
@josephbubash1662 ill have to try it.
It doesn't need to be down tiered it needs to be fixed to how it would fly in reality and moved to 5.7. It should turn in the more like in the 16s and it should have a rudder that works. It's real convenient all the American planes which were known for having the most powerful rudders have the worst in the game and lose theirs just before all the Russian planes rip speeds.🤨
This plane to me is terrible while being the U.S. best plane at 5.0. If moved down it will still have the same problem which is you can't aim while going fast which is how it's suppose to be flown. If anything the 6.3 version should be the one to get down tiered.
@@johnnymnemonic8487 i agree with you on all bit the last part. I personally think the 1b variant was fine at 6.3. As I expressed in my BR changes video.
@@plainkiller0136 I'm meaning because of the rudder problem I don't think it deserves a 6.3. I mean it's nice they give it such good guns but dammit if you can't dive on anybody. They would be great battle ratings if they made the rudders more fair. Russian planes even over 600 km an hour with their wings shaking apart and a tiny Rudder works better than America's planes. The other thing is how the controls work. With keyboard and mouse you'll notice American planes do not fly as good as the others. You have to use your keyboard much more with American planes in order to aim in general. So it's not really the plane that doesn't deserve the battle rating they just need to fix the obvious bias or bring down the battle rating if they're going to be biased about the planes. I mean what good is my plane that can dive faster than all the other planes but it can't aim when it's diving. It kind of defeats the purpose of the advantages in the plane if I have to slow down to my enemy speed or lower just to aim at him😅. If the bias wasn't there these planes should probably be 5.7 and 6.7 so I'm dropping them almost BR from their original ratings because you can't use them for what they were designed to be used for😅. I'm originally a tanker and I can attest they do the same thing to American and British tanks when it comes to blatant inaccuracies but what are you going to do it's still the best looking war game. Which is kind of sad when you think about it but then you get happy again because the game is free. Then you get killed by a premium and you're sad again🫠
@johnnymnemonic8487 I've been out dove by so many planes that shouldn't have been able to keep up as well. Such as zeros and spitfire. More horsepower plus more speed focused airframe doesn't equal greater dive speed appearantly.
@@plainkiller0136 you got that right.😆