YES! You can buy stuff on steam and activate them on the standalone without as much as having DCS installed on steam. The other way around is what does not work. You can’t buy them on the ED store and activate them on steam. There are plenty of warnings on the DCS store for that.
But like you say, $104,95 well spent…! (also got the F-5 Agressor campaign wich had to be done in a seperate purchase)
…so tempted to do the same, despite having planned otherwise…
Rise of Flight sale is on as well:
Winter Sale! 66% discount for all Rise of Flight planes and items
Store / Rise of Flight - free-to-play game about the World War I
Should we have another Rise of Flight event Barry? Yes we do other Barry!
Grrr…bought Dirt Rally…but for some reason it says Steam if offline and it can’t be played or isn’t “ready”…
Good choice! Do you have a gamepad or anything like that? Also, manually shifting works great! but you can leave it on auto-shift if you prefer it that way.
I have a gamepad (X-Box controller) and a Momo - gotta decide if I want to go through the hassle of hooking that up…LOL…I probably should to get the full experience out of it…
I played with keyboard, and that works fine for the front wheel driven cars like the mini, but I did grab my Fanatec wheel for the proper RWD experience 
I can recommend using the wheel for the fronts too, it’s just so much fun. Especially when it also supports VR!
Such a bummer that Rise of Flight is not working with VR. A perfect flight sim for this IMO, since the engagements tend to be up close and personal.
Bought the Viggen and 6 campaigns. Yee-ha.
I know the feel! I don’t have any real work to do until Jan 9th so I gave in long ago and was patiently waiting for the sale to start.
sssh, don’t tell anyone i know this, but Farming Simulator 17 is actually quite good and a big improvement over 15, not that i’ve ever played either… nope not once…
“I say, Spalding?”
“Yes sah?”
“Be a chap and fetch my flight gauntlets and scarf. The game’s afoot.”
“Very good sah, Godspeed. Godspeed…”
Back on topic:
So tempting… Although my simming time is already spread thin across DCS:M-2000C, DCS:Mi-8, DCS:FW-190D9, DCS:Bf109K-4, DCS F-15 Red Flag, etc, plus the recent addition of X-Plane 11, which comes with a plethora of great aircraft.
There’s one reason to spread my simming time even thinner though: I could play together with @CMDR_Fungerus in E:D
Seriously if you haven’t picked up Empire at War, do it! Do it now! (that goes for everyone not just aero lol)
What I’m trying to work out is where you found a photo of me from about 20 years ago…
Discounts in War Thunder all this week - good time to unlock or spade that tank or plane you have been eyeing…
http://warthunder.com/en/news/4417-special-seasonal-discounts-en/
New 50% discounts available every 2 days, don’t miss out:
24th and 25th of December - Discount on modifications on all vehicles, including backup vehicles and talismans
26th and 27th of December - Discount on the purchase of British and Japanese vehicles
28th and 29th of December - Discount on the purchase of German vehicles
2nd and 3rd of January - Discount on the purchase of U.S. vehicles
4th and 5th of January - Discount on the purchase of USSR vehicles
debating on elite dangerous.
20 bucks for the base without DLC.
steams apps keeps coming up with “a game on ya wishlist is on sale”, lol
20 bucks is doable, which is prolly what Id give, since I dunno if Id like it enough to shell out 40 plus for it and all the dlc.
I’d say it’s totally worth it. But I’m biased.
Did you likeany of the previous Elite? If yes- go for it, if no… YMMV.
I played the combat demo, that was it.
the issue I have is grinding, it’s something I hate w/ newer games, doing the same thing over and over again for hours and days on end to buy one simple ship item etc.
Honestly the grind in Elite is as heavy as you make it.
Best way to live this game is actually do it as a RPG.
Imagine you are your Commander. Be there- don’t push for millions of creds. wnjoy every trip. Marvel at the sights, taste every landing…