Currently have got into a flight sim mood, so have been replaying X-Wing Alliance and am playing Crimson Skies for the first time. Sooo good! Crimson Skies reminds me a lot of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (which is fine with me, 'cos Sky Captain rocks. Giant Robots? Gadget planes?? Pulpy goodness??? HELL YES.)
What joystick do you use? I learned rather quickly that using a gamepad for PC flight games just doesn’t work.
I’ve never played X-Wing Alliance, although back in the day I did love TIE Fighter quite a lot.