Why are rolling and yawing on the same key? It makes it impossible to do any kind of manoeuvre when dogfighting and landing.
Planes seem to be capable of taking off very quickly and can turn 360° in 1 second flat, yet there's never a reason to actually use them because of how difficult it is to strafe or bomb accurately.
I'm not sure why anyone would want to use any of the planes over a helicopter, frankly.
I hope they get fixed in a coming patch, it's very disappointing to see such opportunity squandered.
Sure the controls are not realistic at all ... but Flying in this game is an absolute Hoot, love it and having lots of fun bombing, straffing and going up against the Elite Clan dudes. There is a very cool Red cult plane I stole from a Prepper Stash up North somewhere at a small airfield and once unlocked it is great to jump in and fight with - reminds me of a cross between and Spitfire and a P51 Mustang - shot the crap outta the statue with it too. Total Fun !
What I would really like is the option to either control the planes like they are in wildlands (the only proper way to control planes with keys) or the ability to use the mouse to control the plane.
All of the flying options feel extremely clunky in ill-thought-out. Almost an afterthought really.
I mean, as a pc player here I am with an expensive mouse that is absolutely pointless when flying, does nothing except making me look around. Might as well make use of a mouse and be able to have variable movements over the controls of a plane.