This looks really good 

Open Beta :
http://warthunder.com/en/play-for-free?r=glispa10_CD6152_dde03qevdarvr

Anyone think it would be good to get something like this to play this game ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Saitek-Cyborg-V1-Stick-PC/dp/B001MGNWDI

Or would a normal controller be okay (which I have).

Nice bit of kit, good price too, but for me it has to be a joypad these days, the little thumb joystick is all I need. But some people do prefer full size.

The game is looking good, some places the graphics look very nice indeed.

Yeah I think I will give it a go.  I bet flight sims look great on 3 screens 

Got to tell you Freddy, Flight Sim looks great on my single Acer screen, it would look truly awesome on three I should think, plus this is one of my favourite games. 

That Bi-Plane Free up-grade is a bit of a maggot to fly for me but it does hold together well in a crash, trust me, I know. 

Hehe, yeah I would need a tough plane  

I'll try these out then, with my joypad first.  It's at least ten years since I last played a flight sim.

I think we should all download the beta and shoot each other. 

I think you should be on Steam too Freddy, all your buddies are there, talking about you 

I'm downloading this now, just got enough SSD space for it.

It's not exactly my type of game but will give it a shot.

Cool, will try and get around to downloading it tomorrow. 

Wow, they still make the cyborg joystick. Not a bad bit of kit.

They come into their own for flight sims. The MS one used to be really good but they stopped making it. I still have one though.

Download is slow right now, might be in by tomorrow at this rate ...

I still play IL-2 Sturmovik occasionally that was always fun and I have to admit I am not a joypad person i've hated them since they came into being, give me a nice joystick every time.

In my case it may just to be that I learned on the atari 2600 and never moved on though.........

I see what you mean Data, flicking between 0.6 and 1.6 Mb here, could take up to an hour and a bit. 

Finally took 1.40 Hr, up and running though, could be fun this. 

Looks like I need to hone my skills with a game pad, either that or stop the ground coming up so fast, I wonder if there is a setting for that.