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I played IL-2 (WW2 fighter game) extensively.
My two favorite tricks when the enemy was on my tail were:
1). Barrel rolls/cut throttle/flaps/recover. Shoot his ass with blips if within range or thatch weave. Spiral dive if any others present while at near stall. Or get speed and climb and re-set the engagement. Being wary of frontal weaponry differentials of course. Other engagements below made for easy targets.
2). Escape at ground level. Keeping speed and turning into their path threw off aim. Cut throttle dive and yaw did the same in the non-carburated ones. I escaped 9 ME109s that way with no friendlies around for half and hour. They chased me all the way to my airport AA cover which couldn't hit a damn thing
3). If the dumb game AI was at least anywhere near human-level coordination, I would have been toast.
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Meanwhile other things are still happening.
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