The F16 Fighting Falcon is NOT the best rate fighter in DCS World, and it's not even in the top 3! But that's not what most DCS youtubers say about it, which leads to too many people thinking it is great at rate or '2 circle' fighting.

This video has diagrams, video examples and memes all to emphasize and prove the point that the DCS World F16 is not the best rate fighter. I am not here to hate on the F16, just to clear up the incorrect statements about it.

The F16's real world performance isn't what is being discussed, just how it performs in DCS World. It's Beyond visual range, and air to ground abilities are not up for debate in this video either.

Massive thank you to the DCS Dogfighters community, its Discord and multiplayer servers have a wealth of knowledge for new DCS players looking to get into BFM and many other aspects of DCS.

DCS Dogfighters Discord link: discord.gg/dogfighters
If you want access to the diagrams I showed in the video you'll need to join the discord and find the reference material section, in there will be Contact Lights Corner. which has the diagrams in it, along with a lot of helpful data.

Lastly a shout out to DCS Dogfighters member Contact Light, Who made the diagrams using Tacview Advanced to gather data, and wrote a program in Python to analyze it! These diagrams can give you and edge in a close quarters encounter once you know how to read them

A very helpful video for understanding how to read a EM diagram can be found here:    • EnergyManeuverability Diagrams Expla...  

If you still think the F16 is the best rate fighter in DCS, I would encourage you to fly in the DCS Dogfighters server and take on any of the jets I listed in this video.

Obviously a lot comes down to the pilot, an experienced F16 pilot would wreck a beginner in an F/A18. when I first started in the hornet I was getting shot down by people in 70 year old aircraft because I didn't know how to fly it properly.

A final disclaimer, Don't leak secrets about the F16 (or anything) to prove a point, you will get arrested, the War Thunder leaker was arrested by the FBI...