i base this on myself. i fall into the sim category, and don't get me wrong i love the ut series, and doom and half-life, but, i have always preferred a more realistic type of game, especially online. i played sof2 for a very long time, and america's army nearly as much. i have however seen the converse and known people who are obsessed with ut2k4, but i have fun playing rainbow six. also i have never gotten into mmorpg games either.
what's up with that.
(keep in mind i was obsessed with Descent... a physics defying game that is truly 'unrealistic' but whatever
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I spend almost all of my time in DC as a tanker, and the T-72 is always my tank of choice. It has a lower profile, a much smaller turret, and a beautiful arc that can lob shells over some obstacles to hit things behind them. Also, due to some weired quirks in the coding, the M1 has trouble climbing steep hills. If you try to turn while going up steep inclines, the tank actually moves backwards down the hill. The T-72 does not do this. Also, the BF42 engine calculates damage based on the angle your shell hits a tank. I've had M1's skip shells off the curves of my T-72 without doing any damage, but since the M1 consists almost entirely of flat faces, you can always get a solid hit on one.
