As edal said, realistic players go and try sim. I just tried few realistic games and noticed that there are lots of good pilots. I personally don't like realistic because it's too easy to follow enemy with all those fancy perks. Point is when playing sim pilots can lose their tail with good manoveurs and good luck, (but not edal, he's pain in your a** when flying
) but it's nearly impossible in realistic. And i'm flying with pad with aviator setup, both sensitivities set to half.