After a couple of hours outside of the tutorials I am starting to realise the scale of the game. I don't know if I want to spend so much time on such an in depth game.
As for HOTAS and VR I dont really have anything to contrast with as I have yet to play it in 2D. It's a bit tricky to work out wich HOTAS presses are needed at times because they are all given as numbers. I know them by their Warthog/DCS names like TMS, Coolie, Boat Switch etc.