SPECS
Corei7 4790K @4.0ghz
MSI 1070GTX
16gbDDR3
FRAMES PER SECOND
You might want to look at your FPS caps. "Unlimited" seemed to place a 60fps lock, whilst on 144hz the FPS jumps to 200+ at the main menu.
Corei7 4790k @ 4.0ghz, 16gbDDR3 RAM, MSI GTX1070.
on "unlimited" (which seems to be a 60fps cap) - 60fps
cap 144hz - 80 - 120 fps avg, with the odd sub-80 dip when things got really hairy.
THE GUNSIGHT
The gunsight - whilst interesting in design - is too fancy. Search any fighter jet's gunsight and they tend to be rather simplistic; for a lot of jets it's oftentimes a circle with a dot in the centre. I'd suggest either changing it, or taking a page out of War Thunder's book and giving a few options.
just two examples.
WEAPONS
With the ability to take up to 3 SP weapons plus missiles, the ability to scroll back and forth between your weapons is paramount. Left and right are unused on the D-Pad, so that's an option.
The ability to "double up" and take extra ammo for weapons is actually well-implemented, and the fact you'll also be taking extra shots is cleverly executed.
AND BY EXTENSION, THE AMMO COUNT.
Knowing how many of each weapon I have available to fire would be useful. eg, I get 3 SUGBs in the F-15 but depending on what I equip only one on the F-18.
Leading on, some kind of reload timer would be useful. Some suggestions - replace the oversized ammo count with a more detailed ammo count - eg. if I have XMAAs selected it'll tell me how many I have left to shoot alongside a timer for the next missile to reload. So a few ideas, with 4x XMAA:
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COUNT - 19
READY - 3
RELOAD - 0.76s
XMAA 4
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COUNT - 19
[/\][_][/\][/\]
RELOAD - 0.76s
XMAA 4
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note - [/\] - weapon loaded, [_] - weapon empty.
In both cases, the reload timer could also be replaced by a horizontal bar running in the background of the ready counter. HAWX and Ace Combat both tend to have a way to visually identify how long until a weapon is reloaded. A count of how many of each weapon is loaded shouldn't be too difficult, as the game is clearly capable of distinguishing between 4 and 6 XMAAs when I took a double shot of XMAAs in the F-15 in one sortie and XMAA / QAAM in another.
I say this because I spend a lot of time in the 1st person view, so I lack the visual aid from the 3rd person view most of the time.
In addition to joystick support, would head tracking be implemented at some point as well? I have a trackhat clip so if you need someone to test on that end, I'm happy to help.