Totally worth it. I've shut down DCS despite the long loading time (with my old rig) and restarted it just because sometimes I forgot to turn it on...

Can't ever play without any more.
For me though the time necessary to be proficient with it was a couple of weeks, but every onr knows I'm a thick italian... smile

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Para_Bellum

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