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I am a new simmer as well, I bought DCS Black Shark a while ago, but found the learning curve to be quite high. I love the absolute realism on this simulator/game, and I think that developers should keep up the work they are doing to simulate realism to the highest level, rather than sacrificing challenge and realism by catering to the lowest common denominator to newbies like myself. However, I think one element that DCS could use lot of improvement on in helping the learning curve for newbies is a more thorough training facility in the game. The current training setup in DCS is very crude and boring -- the instructor just talks and you are not given a chance to operate and try out the vehicle yourself (i.e. instructor doesnt tell you 'try this now'). And often times it takes forever for the instructor to say the next phrase, while you're just sitting stand still inside the cockpit wondering when the instructor is going to move forward. It's like sitting in a boring class with a professor that just says random things :P For me, I'm learning as I go. Fortunately, DCS has very good tools (such as permit crash receiver, and the ability to mix arcade+real control keys for both avionics and flight regimes) for hands-on trial-by-flying/trial-by-fire learners like me. But I think improvement to training missions would be a nice addition in the future..