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I think the only reason it seems weird is because the UT2K4 aircraft doesn't really have wings or work like a regular plane. In all of the battlefield series the planes are planes that we are used to. They all have wings and range from WWII planes to jets. And when you turn in those planes you roll to the side a bit and then pull back. While you do that you're still moving forward a bit and you move a lot like the UT flying. It just seems weird in UT because you don't roll to turn at all. It's just kind of lagged like your driving a boat or something (or on ice like you said).

If you could make a 90 degree turn at full speed that wouldn't be fair because you'd have way to much control and be able to easily shoot anything that was shooting at you. A lot about how making vehicles deadly but voulnerable is by making them powerful but slow moving or have a certain type of driving style.

Take the UT2K4 tank. It's powerful but the cannon turns really slow, so someone can pretty much run around in circles around the tank leaving it helpless.

The air vehicle is kind of the same way. It's turning is a little slow and you slide around all over the place. If you had complete control of these vehicles it might be too easy for the drivers making anyone who wasn't in a vehicle totally f'd.


That's just how I take it anyway. They have to be fun and useful, but still voulnerable to attack.