Why does it feel so sluggish in acceleration with full aft burners on?

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Hi, I’m on GP too but my question is reagarding the FA-18 as that’s what I mostly fly and the forum is not giving me any “new topic” option!

Why does it feel so sluggish in acceleration with full aft burners on? I set the model to Legacy and the acceleration seems about right - the jet hits mach 1.0 at sea level or slight above and hits mach 1.6 at 25k feet and over in a reasonable amount of time.

But with the Modern flight model - the one I prefer - it never hits mach 1.0 at even 2k-3k feet. At height, we’re talking 30k-45k feet, it barely touches mach 1.4 or 1.5 and literally takes forever.

Is Asobo aware of this? Why are the top speeds gimped in the Modern model? Isn’t the jet capable of touching mach 1.8+ at high ceilings and easily hits mach 1.1 at sea level? I’ve seen real pilots breaking the sound barrier in the super hornet at sea/deck level.

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Hi @SpeedDemon996, and welcome to the forums! I’ve moved your post into it’s own thread in #community:general-discussion-feedback so that other members can help with your question.

To create new topics you need to reach Trust Level 1 on the forums, as explained here: Trust Levels and How to Advance.

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Hi there,
Welcome to the forums!

Did you try to create a topic in Community? You have to be in one of the subcategories like General Discussion, where we are right now.

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@SpeedDemon996 - I’ve closed this as a duplicate of your existing topic here:

Please avoid creating duplicate topics that split the discussion.