

But Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t about combat, all of the planes in its lineup are civilian aircraft without weapons.

Which brings up an important point: should you go with a more old-fashioned joystick controller or a yoke (the kind that looks sort of like a steering wheel)? The “Hands On Stick And Throttle” setup (HOTAS, for short) is more common, if only because it works for both fighter plane simulators and sci-fi spaceship games.

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