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Just got my PC up and running. Haven’t flown in way too long. Too much time on space games. Any suggestions on what to play now?

You can get started in DCS for free.

If you want something hard core, you can get Falcon 4.0 from Steam for $7.00, and then download BMS for a dramatic improvement for free:

Falcon 4.0 on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/429530/Falcon_40/

Falcon BMS: https://www.falcon-bms.com/

Considering your profile pic, I would recommend you get IL-2 Great Battles and get the Flying Circus DLC's. There are 3 volumes now of WWI aircraft.

If civilian aviation is a thing for you, you could wait until 19th and get MSFS2024, but there have been much cheaper alternatives mentioned.

Wings: Over Flanders Fields. With the latest add-on it is very good.

Tie Fighter with the total conversion mod

Fixed link. looks awesome!

The Tie Fighter conversion is great, and if that isn't enough, and you desire more depth and less rigid structure:

DCS is still great.

This looks great, how do I get it?

Sorry been a long time. What is DCS?

DCS is Digital Combat Simulator by Eagle Dynamics, based on the older Lock On: Modern Air Combat, and Flanker before that.

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/products/world/

DCS is very active online, too, with dynamic campaigns and environments ongoing.

If you decide to try DCS get the A-4 Skyhawk mod aircraft, it's as good as a full fidelity paid aircraft and 100% free

https://github.com/heclak/community-a4e-c

And while not as polished, but as good as any Flaming Cliffs model, the F-104 (also free) is an absolute HOOT to fly: https://drive.filen.io/f/c798daf9-0435-4921-aa16-99b02f67b474#tsdthQiPeNARYGbrPjj8MGdihEwe1S2U