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Yeah, it's a unique experience.
Three things you have to have, though, to really appreciate it:
1) HOTAS (hands on throttle and stick) joystick-throttle combo. Saitek X45 or X54 is a good bet
2) Rudder pedals. The extra control they give you is awesome. You can twitch your plane's nose just a little to one side for a snapshot, sideslip smoothly, turn and sink / climb at the same time... and with carriers, good ground handling just about mandates them
3) most important: a microphone headset for multiplayer on hyperlobby (hyperfighter.jinak.cz--DON'T go to hyperlobby.com. It's been taken over by some conspiracy theorist litigous nutcase named Galen Thurber). Playing online with voice com (Teamspeak 2, ventrillo, Shoot, or Roger Wilco, et al) is a whole new experience. 90% of the online crowd are damn good, like to work as teams, and will happily bring you up to speed and teach you what they know if your flying skills are on the low end. I've been playing games online since Doom2 and I have never met a more incredible community behind a game (although I've heard the Aliens Online group was kind of like the cast from Cheers).
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