I'm also a starter! =D
First, kibakun135, I also would like to take a share of your txt file you mentioned, if you don't mind, would be great help I believe..
Now, I am very new to these games, and still not entirely convinced myself, if I really should jump in to this serious stuff. My background is in BF3 (probably nothing to compare) however I also played blazing angels, hawx and wings of prey (for which I actually went out and bought the TrackIR5 unit). So basically I am coming from a really arcade'ish gameplay. But there is nothing better than the feeling of a succeeded elimination of a target with a well placed missile or machine gun bullet! And the more videos I see about FC3, the more I want to play it (never the less, that the learning curve is probably very steep). I guess it could really be the buttom of the iceberg to get into the "real deal".
So first I should probably just try out the SU25t or at least see if my laptop can run the game at all (i7. 2.3ghz, 16gig ram, AMD7970M and SSD drive? Seen people having pretty decent setups in here with a quick look trough some signatures), second I would like to run it on my tv like this:
(which I configured for WoP and BF3 =D) to get more immersed. And then 3rd, Do I really need a hotas setup??? I mean that kind of hardware is not cheap! (But I must admit that I have kind of felt in love with the Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog Joystick for around 500 bucks) But if a 360 controller can do it, perhaps my allready owned Logitech extreme pro would do it? And hopefully the TrackIR5 unit would be for help too (damn expensive thingy)
Any suggestions?
And thanks for the great insight so far!