Weathervane effect strong?

With all that’s been said here I still have to say the sim is not representing ground physics well at all, and I completely agree with @OneRobertOne here. I haven’t flown light aircraft for a good few years now but I have been flying the A320/A321 professionally for 10 ​years however and I can tell you that thing is pretty ■■■■ stable at low taxi speeds with a decent crosswind, unlike the sim where its blown off the centreline like a crisp packet.

I often feel like the aircraft in the sim are driving on ice, something is not quite right. This is a shame as its one of the few things that spoils the sim for me. What’s wrong? Who knows. (I am not a dev.) Some aircraft are a lot better than others, probably due to the creators trying to nullify the bad handling characteristics. I also believe the fact that most of us use flimsy plastic controls that have no ‘feel’ to them coupled with no ‘seat of you pants’ feelings induces (as previously mentioned) pilot induced oscillations. I think a large part of it is also due to how tyre friction is handled. You would be surprised how much side friction tyres actually provide. (One of the reasons why Airbus do not recommend landing with any crab on - it can be punishing to the landing gear).

I seriously hope that Asobo is looking at this issue though I don’t hold much hope. Ground handling has been an issue in ALL simulators that I’ve flown. Even level-d full motion sims can’t get it 100% right. Here’s hoping!

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