Fall3n, thanks for stopping by and welcome to our forums!
I'm actually in the middle of pilot training in the real world, so I won't have much time to respond, but the Virtual Blues guys summed it up pretty well. Don't get me wrong, FSX is and has always been great for civillian aviation, add-ons, extensive scenery and even to a great extent cockpit procedures and simulating real world flying... EXCEPT when it comes to military jets! I would hands down pick almost any "combat sim" over MSFS if my intent was to fly high performance tactical fighters.
Falcon 4 (still) is king when it comes to F-16 "realism".
Lock On, Flaming Cliffs (2) and DCS, all by Eagle Dynamics, may not have the same fidelity in systems and avionics as the other sims (aside from the DCS aircraft, which are the new breed in sims by ED) - but all their titles share one very important aspect of flight simming dating back to LOMAC and its predecessor, Flanker; it simulates the "sensation" of flight in high performance aircraft much better and the multiplayer is incredibly stable.
I wouldn't say FSX is horrible or bad, it's just not as well suited for flying tactical fighters and it's basically a civillian/general aviation sim at heart if you ask me. That said, I still squirm over some of those flight models too, while the scope of the world and sim at large is great.
Personally, as you can imagine, I get enough of that type of flying on the job which is why I gravitate to tactical jet fighter simulators whenever I find enough free time. (Oh, and let's not kid ourselves, jet aerobatics in particular takes a lot of practice... which sometimes has a tendency to interfere a little too much with our real lives, wives and social life
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Lock On has been great for virtual aerobatics from day one, and it's only gotten better with each installment (i.e. FC, FC2, DCS series etc.) and it's also got a fairly steep learning curve for flying combat, but to date not as in depth as Falcon 4 (although that could soon change with DCS: A-10C).
Once again, thanks for your comments about us and welcome aboard!
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