I still have very mixed feelings about this game.
The main issue for me remains the controls. I hate them.
Try flying this game with a joystick or gamepad. Aircraft jiggle from left to right, making it very hard to aim properly. Already have put the sensitivity to 0. It's better now but still a bit jerky.
If you use mouse aim, it's as smooth as glass. it's ridicules really. even if you have a big hole in your wing, the AI will make sure your aircraft will stay perfectly level, while if you do it yourself you have to constantly adjust. This is not right. people don't even control their flaps or rudders, it's all done for them. Maybe they have the illusion they're controlling the aircraft : in reality they don't, they just control the circle that tells the AI where to fly the plane and it does it for them. I'm trying to play this with a gamepad, but I'm at a constant disadvantage, I just cannot match the uber accuracy that mouse aim can provide. I don't like flying with a mouse, but for this game your almost obliged.
Only for bombers, joystick is an advantage, since you can steer your aircraft while managing your machine gun defence at the same time. But there it ends I'm afraid ..