So I've been a flight simmer since i first picked up FSX, in fifth grade (2007). I'm now 26, and recently got an Xbox Game Pass subscription. With it came one game I'm particularly stoked for: Flight Sim 2020.

I've booted it up, grabbed a drink, and gotten comfy. Then I realized: I don't know what I'm doing! Let me explain: I grew up fairly poor, so most of my FSX time was done with a keyboard and USB mouse. Now I have a whole ass controller. It's certainly more intuitive, but I'm far from used to it.

Some of my FSX experience has carried over, of course. I know what I need to do to say, fly airliners on airline length routes. But I'm still getting the hang of setting autopilot, working with atc and such. At first I tried to have the AI fly, but that doesn't work so well.

I want to be able to fly airliners mostly. My last landing ended in a crash- I couldn't reduce throttle fast enough. I'm currently paused in a tutorial as I write this.

Any advice for a newb coming from a lovely but very dated flight Sim to a snazzy new one on a current Gen console? I feel like a kid in a candy store haha. All these new features, graphics that look realistic and shiny...jeez I love flight sims.