Attempting the Most Advanced VR Flight Sim - DCS World 

whenever habie flys, you’re in the danger zone

As a professional pilot, and a 3rd party developer for DCS ... this is by far my favorite Habie video. Happy flying buddy :)

One thing I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme To explain in due time All I know Time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings Watch it count down to the end of the day The clock ticks life away It's so unreal Didn't look out below Watch the time go right out the window Tryin' to hold on, did-didn't even know I wasted it all just to watch you go I kept everything inside and even though I tried It all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually Be a memory of a time when I tried so hard I tried so hard and got so far But in the end it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesn't even matter One thing, I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme To remind myself how I tried so hard In spite of the way you were mockin' me Acting like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so far Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me in the end You kept everything inside and even though I tried It all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually Be a memory of a time when I tried so hard I tried so hard and got so far But in the end it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesn't even matter I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know I've put my trust in you Pushed as far as I can go For all this There's only one thing you should know I tried so hard and got so far But in the end it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesn't even matter

All the way back when I watched Operator Drewski play the A-10 in DCS, I thought he was joking when he said the game had a full on manual of the A-10 so complete that you could just hop into a real one a fly the thing

this basically sums up my experience when i first tried out DCS in the mustang. it feels like training in a real life plane would be easier and less time consuming. was super satisfying when you actually get the plane running and take off without incident

Just wanna say Habie that I'm really happy for you that you won the award. The other nominees are all big in their own ways but I think you did deserve it. You have been blessing us smooth brains with such lovely content. And I hope you continue to do so for a long time to come

Congrats Habie!!! You deserve it. You are the only content creator I know so far that consistently wishes his viewers a good day and that "something good happens" to them. I started watching your channel in the middle of the pandemic (during some of the worst months as far as illness). I'm an ER doc in FL who also had to deal with some developmental difficulties with my son (he's gotten over most of them, thank G), and my wife coming down with a rare neurologic disorder. So, yeah, it has been a rough 2-3 yrs. I've looked forward to your vids weekly and have found them all super entertaining. Heck, it's because of you that I started playing Onward and Saints & Sinners (like everyday for 1 yr). Now I still play Onward, not casually anymore, but on a League Team. It is my way of dealing with a lot of stress/PTSD/anxiety and insomnia. Your videos are more therapeutic than you think. Thanks for everything you do (for fun, I know) and connecting with so many strangers. You deserver all the credit your are receiving. If ever you are on an Onward pub lobby and you see me (KidKneePNCH), holler back. Don't be surprised if I get star struck and geek out a bit. (Disclaimer: Shamless plug www.twitch.tv/videos/1674963933 , I'm still learning)

Dude you 100% deserve that award. Your videos are wholesome, entertaining and funny. Please keep doing what youre doing so i can keep watching.

6:49 "So I really only had one objective left for myself" Starts flying towards two towers

Congratulations from everyone at the Academy and all involved at the 6th International VR Awards. Judging for VR Content Creator of the year is a public vote of 60% of the final score (that's all of you smooth brains in the comments here!) and our dedicated Judging panel of 40% (70+ specialists from the industry!) Thank you all for turning up in mass to support your favorite content creators, and we hope to continue supporting such amazing projects and creators in the space.

It’s insane how much your channel has grown. Been watching from very early on and it’s so good to see your growth of your channel

"This community makes my real job less soul sucking." God damn Habie is the real one. Love you bro! Keep on keeping on!

It doesn’t even matter how hard you try! Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme to explain in due time all I know!

For anyone curious about the speech Habie for being picked as the VR content creator of the year, it starts at around 2:59:40 of the stream Also congrats on being the VR creator of the year

I have been watching you forever! And I have been flying DCS for about year now. This is definitely my favorite video. I am so happy you finally tried DCS.

Congratulations on winning the VR Content creator of the year. Been watching your channel for about a year since I got into VR Love the sense of humor Congrats

Drewski taught you vtol vr, he could probably also teach you DCS! He got into DCS pretty heavily in the last year and has been putting out some really good content with it. Would be fun to watch him teach you, and you may finally be able to start the plane and takeoff by yourself :)

This as DCS player was the funniest video I've ever seen honestly is the funniest part for me was when you started the tutorial haha It's exactly how I felt in the beginning and I think you would have done a lot better if you had a flight stick or even an xbox controller that you could hook up to the game it would make flying SO MUCH easier

Congrats dude, absolutely well deserved! You are one of the few creators that I consistently watch each and every video for, thank you for making my day better.

I'm just saying man, you're literally the most wholesome youtuber I have ever met. Your content always brings me joy when I watch it cause I genuinely find it funny and entertaining, I really am glad you're a youtuber and the world is blessed to have you. I hope you have an amazing Christmas! :D

To be fair, old aircraft like the P-51 are a bit iffy to start up and especially to take off. You need a lot of rudder input and feel for the aircraft to successfully take off. A jet tainer like the LZ-39, MB-339 or C-101 is a lot easier to start up and fly around in Add to that, DCS is nearly unplayable without at least a flight stick. So props to you for giving it a go!

Habie is definitely the most self aware and down to earth smooth brain I've seen

This was great. I don't think I've laughed so hard in months! Can you make more of these? If anything, you can rely on DCS to make things so realistic people get annoyed. 😄

I have been binge watching your "VR content" and I have to say this is the best spot on the internet corner 👌. Every time I thing if a vr game I look for your video on it :) 😀

this man is a testament to humanity

🔥 I love how much effort this game put into the graphics and explosions for crashes. It really lets you live the experience of burning in a fiery plane crash 🔥

Congrats man! You may not want or feel that you deserve the reward but we all believe that your content is indeed the best VR content on RU-vid.

Dude.. I love how honest you are about things.

your first takeoff flipped because of p factor, you have to pour on the throttle slowly, especially in warbirds

It's hilarious you won best VR content creator of the year and you use that as a reason to beat yourself up for not being able to fly the plane. You 100% deserved the award, it's a compliment from everyone who has watched your content, we want nothing but the best for you ❤️

Congrats on the award!!!! As someone who greatly enjoys your content (especially as a aviation super nerd, this video watching you struggle was a GIFT), you deserve the award fully. Keep doin you and you'll shoot past a million next year no problem! Also if you do want to at least fly in DCS for more than a few seconds shoot me a message and I can give you a crash course if you want the help of some random internet stranger. Even if its just to be able to take off and land alive and nothing else, I gotchu. I've taught quite a few people in pretty much all of the DCS aircraft from the F16 to A10, its just something that I enjoy so much and probably wont get close to in real life. Just getting your license is like $10k-$15k normally. These sims allow me to escape a bit as you say, and forget the soul sucking that can be life. End rant, my bad I just thought it might give me an extra percent chance of you taking me on my offer if I show how much of a nut for this stuff I am. Kinda counterinuitive now that I really think about that.

Congratulations! & DCS is the hardest but most rewarding experience I have ever had in the landscape of gaming! Dude you should try using a HOTUS with a mouse instead of hand controls.

Congrats on your gaming award! Well deserved habie, great channel 👍

Seriously congrats for winning VR content creator of the year!! You 100% earned it.

God I haven’t checked in on this channel in a while, seems to have improved quite a lot, keep going man, you’re doing great things

Mate congratulations on the award, I voted for you as soon as I heard you were up for it. I hope you can get to the point where you can RU-vid full time and make bank from sponsorships to keep on cranking out great content. You’ve worked very hard Habie, really well done.

You should also try out IL-2 Sturmovick. DCS and IL-2 are in a constant battle on which is more realistic. And both have VR.

pro tip: maybe you shouldnt start with one of the hardest full fidelity planes in the game

congrats habie love ur vids

How does this not have more views! This is amazing man, keep up the good work!

You can grab the throttle in VR like you do with the joystick and I'd recommend binding the x-axis of the "stick" control (the hand that is holding the stick) for the Mustang, the engine makes the plane roll and yaw a little bit (mostly on takeoff).

Congrats on VR content creator of the year Habie! Very well deserved!

Keep it up man, I just started dcs two months ago and it does take while to get everything down but it's worth it

So glad to see this I was really hoping you'd find DCS!

There are more buttons in that plane than I have brain cells, so there’s at least three

Holy crap congratulations on the award Habie! It was well earned!

RU-vid blessed me by recommending your channel when you just started. I swear you haven't changed one bit, you are so authentic and refreshing. I love your spirit of fun. You seem like you are just enjoying life and inviting me to enjoy it with you. I wish you all the best

I am so happy that you played DCS. It is my main game and it was a lot of fun watching you try it.

Congratulations on the award. Well deserved, great speech too.

didn't know it had motion controls, love you Habie keep up the good work!!

Congrats on the award love your vids and I had the exact same experience with dcs, but once I managed how to start the engine I couldn't be Fd figuring out how to taxi, so I just crashed into that chopper each time.

You're legit, Habie. Big things in your future. Keep going! ❤️

this game is crazy. excited to see how you handle it haha

Good job winning the award! you deserve it.

Welcome to my world. DCS is great :P honestly even just casually flying about is a joy, and the fact we can trial any aircraft (standalone only "OpenBeta") VTOL VR is a fabulous game aswell. but yeah have a look at chucks guides! :) and enjoy the experience, its a hard game, patience and practice is KEY!! good luck hope you do more. Id be down to teach you the F18

Congrats in your award, DCS in VR is all I do, very steep learning curve but totally worth it, excellent training aid if you want to be a real pilot someday, or just to experience aviation history, aircraft design and characteristics Very cool video!

Congrats on the award! I was legitimately surprised when your name came up! You deserve it!

I asked you to do this a few months ago, glad to see you finally do it

As an avid DCS player, it's so refreshing to see an honest video from someone new to the game (yes, it's a game). It's very VERY hard. My first helicopter I spent 26 real hours to learn how to take off, fly in a circle and land ... not even starting it up, the computer did that. Now, I can teach folks how to do it very quickly but it is such a rush when you finally get it right ... and then you're like ... wait .. what, what did I do? How did I do that? LOL Yes, VR is a game changer too, it's so beautiful just to fly the maps.

I love how Habie just decides that he’s supposed to brute force the controls and NOT due the tutorial or read anything.

It's not about being stupid or bad. It's about patience. You have to take the time to read and learn these things. I'm a firm believer that most people could do most things in this world. It's all about patience and willing to learn.

Downloading this right now thanks habie

Habie you're literally the best, what a wonderful human being. I wish you nothing but happiness

omg i accidentally clicked on a notification right as it popped up and it was A HABIE VIDEO about DCS. MY TOO FAVOURITE THINGS!!!

As a dcs player this was amazing lol

It's always interesting to watch how newbies try to fly. It reminds me what it's not an easy thing what i usually forget because learned to fly playing il-2 in childhood.

congrats on the award! you are my favorite RU-vidr habie!

Flying in 20FPS

It was fun watching you. I got to learn how this game looked in vr.

I just started to play this game the last few days. Super complex but been loving every min of it. Your experience was very much like mine 😂❤

Am i the only one that thinks its weird that the plane game video is 9:11 long

One thing, I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme To remind myself of a time when I tried so hard In spite of the way you were mockin' me Actin' like I was part of your property Remembering all the times you fought with me I'm surprised it got so far Things aren't the way they were before You wouldn't even recognize me anymore Not that you knew me back then But it all comes back to me in the end You kept everything inside And even though I tried, it all fell apart What it meant to me will eventually Be a memory of a time when I I tried so hard and got so far But in the end, it doesn't even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end, it doesn't even matter

Congrats on the award you definitely earned it for best vr content some of the best content period

Damn your channel has grown i remember when there wasnt so many ppl, congrats

Oh yes, this reminded me how steep the learning curve was, when i started with DCS;-) Keep on trying, its well worth the effort and unique gaming experience;-)

Fun to watch. I'm an avid flight simmer and rl private pilot. DCS and Microsoft 2020 are my preferred rides. What this video shows, is how real DCS actually is. In some other "sims" we have 10 year old kids jumping into airplanes and immediately shooting down a dozen Planes. Ya can't do that in DCS!

I remember when I bought my first DCS module, the A-10c Warthog. Pretty much the same happened the first week. Then I read up on some manuals and checklists and after literal 100s of hours of flying it, I can cold start and operate it from memory. Got me into the rabbit hole of study level aircraft in both DCS and X-plane/MSFS

Yes! i loved watching the video you made with drewski teaching you Vtol Vr. Enjoy the pain and pleasure sim that is DCS

CONGRATS ON THE AWARD! YOU ARE AMAZING!

Dude I’m downloading this game right now just about to launch it and you just destroyed all my hope fam!

Hell yeah, well done Habie!

I honestly don't remember subbing to you, but I'm glad I did keep up the awesome content

Habie im so proud of you for winning you deserve it man your great

Gamersupps and vail you say 👀 this gonna be an interesting period for the channel, can’t wait to see more

I'm 2 minutes in, and I just want to say *DON'T GIVE UP!!!* I downloaded the real IRL WWII manual for the P51-D mustang, and learned stuff DCS doesn't tell you. DCS may be somewhat challenging, but it's one of the most rewarding experiences you can have virtually: headset, or not...

I've just realized I stumbled across this channel 2 hours ago and it has entertained me enough to watch 2 hours worth of videos. I fuckin love this guy :D

so proud of you habie

if you dowloaded the standalone version, you can try some better planes for up to two weeks. Thanks for making this video, you made my day :)

another great vid, laughing my ass off :) also, congrats!

6:15 I love when you put your hands up to your face to try to save yourself. Something my grandmother would have done! 🤪

i play DCS and this is hilarious thank you so much!

Don't worry habie, I've been playing for like 8 months and still only know how to start the simple planes (literally 4 buttons, power, left engine, right engine, canopy) starting with the engine on is far from cheating, it's a very realistic game and so obviously it's really hard, you should definitely get drew to teach you or smth that would be awesome And congrats on being the vr youtuber of all time Edit: also prop planes have a lot of roll so you don't suck I promise

Your start in the Trainee51 speeding off in the parking area and crashing to a ball of fire was my first experience as well! So I ran as quickly as I can to the nearest helicopter. Now I have found home! Helicopters are easy, they go up, and they go down, and I have now more sad frown! xD A year in I have now bought 2 jets and the cycle start all over again, crash, crash and more crash... but I'm getting better! Jets are faaaaast! Who knew!?

Also, many (if not most) flight simmers have some pretty expensive controllers like a HOTAS and rudder pedals. We also tend to find virtual units to get help/instruction from someone who knows what they’re doing.

This video has the perfect length considering the topic.

If you wanted to get back into DCS... something that would help hugely is using a controller and keyboard (or a hotas if you are interested in spending a bunch of money). Trying to operate the throttle/flaps/landing gear with the motion controller is just going to be overload since you can't do it by feel and you really need to be able to devote much of your attention to what's outside the plane or to watch your gauges as you change throttle to see what it's doing to your manifold pressure. While it is nice that they have workable buttons, dials, and switchea in the cockpits, setting up keyboard controls for all the things you'll only use sparingly is well worth the loss in immersion you get from operating the controls "manually" with the VR pointer. And having a button on a controller (or a throttle hotas) controlling throttle means you can keep your eyes on the runway, or on your gauges where you need them as you are landing (as well as controlling your flaps). What VR can't do that is kind of necessary for the most frequently used of the in-cockpit controls in this game (and in real life) is let you adjust controls by feel rather than having to look down at them.

Congrats on the award, well deserved :)

Congrats legend. U deserve all of the awards

Great video yet again. DCS is a game I have a love hate relationship with, but trying to fly a DCS plane in VR using motion controls is cursed. Please, try this again one day with a joystick and throttle (Hotas) borrow one or buy one. Then take the time to set the controls properly. Also, you CAN fly the F14 Tomcat as you can trial any of the modules for 2 weeks. If I were to recommended you a follow up video to this one, it would involve the following. * Use A joystick or Hotas * Get a trial for the F14 and the supercarrier. (Or alternatively get the proper Mustang with guns, + the Normandy Map) * Team up with a DCS pro to show you the ropes. * Optimise your graphics settings using OpenXR. (There are people who can help you with this myself included) * Profit

Congrats on the win!