Fly manual? Autopilot? hehe
Some of us are actual licensed private pilots and what I love about Aces, versus the Cessna 172 I rent, is I can HEAR while playing Aces High!
You want realism? Buy some too-tight headphones while playing for a few hours and get an engine hauling away like a 2-stroke engine in heat. Ah, and dont forget to have the computer misting out the smell of fuel at you...so after an evening of Aces, you're head feels like someone is trying to make your ears touch (from INSIDE), smell like a gas tank and all but deaf despite the headphones!
I've always enjoyed taking flight sim pilots up in a Cessna and let them have at the controls. No one complains about the frames per second
*Top Ten Reason Aces is Better than a Cessna*
10. You can drink beer and fly in Aces (and the flying improves!)
9. 2 words: Volume Control
8. GUNS/ARMAMENT (Sorry, you can't bomb the control tower in a Cessna.)
7. Auto-takeoff!
6. You can fit a girlfriend under the computer desk...
5. You can watch TV and fly Aces.
4. If you crash in real life, you'll have to argue with St Peter to go fly again....
3. What's air traffic control?
2. No Passengers!
1. *BATH ROOM*
Paul