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Also, like sabin017 said, it can be played with keyboard/mouse, but to get the full experience I highly recommend picking up at least a cheap joystick. There's a local electronics "thrift" store near me that sells older ones on the cheap, but you may not have anything like that near you. A game controller with thumbsticks is a reasonable substitute.

Either way, if you like flight or space sims at all, you need to fucking play this game