I am also having this problem (joystick not responding much to small input but sling-shotting outside a certain threshold). Does anyone have input on whether the test is really like this? Or is there a way to fix it for sim practice?
Since I posted this, I've been practicing A LOT (maybe nearly 15-20 sessions every single night in a row before bed for 2-3 weeks) and I can say the sling-shotting thing has toned down. I also changed the deadzones to 3000 since I saw that's what some people were using which helped a little bit. Everything here I've seen so far says the actual test is much smoother thankfully. My advice is to practice as much as you possibly can. Run throttle alone, then stick, then combine the two. Then just repeat until you can't anymore. I've been doing dozens everyday for weeks and I went from 180's down to 110-130 on the Jantzen Sim. so I'm getting there. You will literally feel like the biggest bag of turd (my experience lol) with how much you suck and how high your scores are, but just be patient and thug it out.
I'm in a similar boat. I've been keeping a log book tracking scores, difficulty, audio cue or emergency training, time, and any notes on why I think I did better on some runs than others. Do you know what we should be shooting for score wise in the sim? I'm averaging in the 140's on max difficulty for 2 minutes while only missing 1 or 2 audio cues. I'm just trying to be patient and thug it out like you said.
I took the ASTB less then two weeks ago and got an 8 on PFAR. Just for reference, I was consistently hitting around 140-150 on hard mode in the Jantzen sim in the week leading up to the test. I did about 30 minutes everyday for 3 weeks, and gradually got better. The dichotic listening is also critical. I got all of them right which must have helped my PFAR. Hope this helps!
Great score! How did you do on the UAV and Terrain portion?
Honestly if you're scoring that with DLT practice and 2 minute durations you're probably better off than I am. I've been practicing without the DLT for now while I perfect my HOTAS skills. With that being said, I've read a lot of posts, gouges, and study guides saying that they were averaging low 100s and were getting good scores. As FlyJ32 said, he was getting 140-150 and got an 8 PFAR so anything 100-140 should be good.
Thanks! I got all of the UAV right, averaging about 1.5-1.6 seconds, using the compass trick. I averaged consistently 20/20 right on the prep app at about 1.1-1.2 seconds, so keep in mind that it will be a little slower on the actual test when you have to use a mouse. For Terrain ID, it doesn’t actually tell you if you got it right or not, but after practicing a lot on the app, you kind of know to yourself if you got it right. I used the pencil trick, and am pretty positive I got all 18 right, averaging about 10 seconds. On the app I would always get 18/20-20/20 in about 10-12 seconds, but the test was actually easier than the app for this.
I think that was the way it is, it is not a linear acceleration from small inputs to large
Hey FlyJ32, which prep app are you using? Is it the one that cost $30 by Alex Hastings? Also, thank you guys for the reassurance about the test scores.
Yes the one by Alex Hastings. Definitely worth the money.