I bought a lot of the updated sim stuff like Falcon 3.0, all the Janes sims like Longbow, etc but I had very little time, my computer was outdated, and life just changed gears.until I started playing WOT in like 2015. My machine was probably not well suited for gaming anyway. I bought Air Warrior and tried it, but I think I crashed a lot. MMO's was not a well known thing yet & certainly not amongst the less computer savvy - which was me. Mostly single player combat flight sims - EA's Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, the old Lucas games like Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Micropose's original F-15 Strike Eagle, Sphere's original Falcon, the late 80's/early 90's standards. My wife doesn't mind when I flew AirWarrior, I used to get up at 3AM to fly scenarios with the Americans (where it was 9PM, time difference of 6 hours). What did you play/fly 'back in the day' ?Īlso got a Logitech stick somewhere from when I started flying (90's) but it has a gameport and you don't see those anymore on PC's. It doesn't work as well for some of the more serious sims (i have trouble getting some games to recognize the throttle axis) but it's the most popular stick for WOWP that I know of. Very good stick for $30 that should last you up to 3 years if you treat it right. If WOWP is going to be your only flying game, stick with mouse and keyboard until something changes.Īs far as joysticks go I highly recommend the Logitech 3D Pro or its wireless equivalent. If you are really interested in flight games and want to to try some other ones out I'd say go ahead and buy a joystick. Mouse and keyboard has the advantage in situational awareness (being able to look around freely) and aiming with medium to large caliber guns. While both have their ups and downs, I think a mouse and keyboard is currently the best way to make the most out of your planes performance but it might be more natural to use a flight stick for you. This is really down to preference, some people prefer mouse and keyboard, others prefer a flight/joystick.

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