~S~ Dep.
did not have chance to talk with u till now. I wish u welcome to our small society and i wish u to have fun here as much as we do.
now to the theme of this thread.
it seams to me that u r more arcade player then sim player. there is no padlock, or external views here. we try to keep things as real as possible with some small adjustments, to compensate for things like not being able to move inside of the cockpit to see better, not feeling the forces that would help u feel where the plane goes, not seeing as good as in RL and stuff.
TrackIR or Freetrack (free version of trackIR) is nothing like your HAT switch and in the missions that we fly is very important that u constantly look around, know where u r on the map without using map icons and always knowing where your m8-s and your enemies are. that's what situational awareness is.
no one said that u need to have all those things (i do not have them; basic joystick and freetrack is only thing i have). if u feel comfortable without them, knock your self out.
But the flayers here (at least big majority of them) r flying this sim cause of its complexity and for giving them a chance to feel real as possible. that's fun here. fur balls r fun but setting up prop pitch, mixture, flying in formation, taking off, landing, ... are also fun.
i can see u r fun guy and that u r sharp tongued like i am ( i do not know if that sounds right but is how we say it here in Croatia when u'l say what's on your mind no matter what) and i like that. so stay here and join our DF nights and if u want skip the complicated nights.
basically do what ever u want to do and pls do not judge our way of flying.
As i said it before we r sim flyers, not a arcade flyers.
gec