Hi waterman,
Stick animation is rubbish. It is delayed and choppy and to a similar extent so are the flight controls. Just forget it, hopefully TF can crack the game enough to sort it out.
You have a powerful rig there, you shouldn't get any chopping tbh but there may be a problem with the Xfire setup, I think this needs some set up. I don't have it myself but I have seen it.
Sun glare will be fixed in the new patch (due very soon)
I can give you some skins to try out and I'd like to see a shot to see what you get.
Weather is set in the map in the FMB - If you are not familiar with this tool it's too much to answer here.
TrackIR is supported - do you have it?
I think the bulk of your problems will simply be settings for those cards, a bit of configuration and you'll be fine. Shadow do flicker from some angles
If you join our group on Teamspeak I'm sure we'll be able to help out. Are you an allied or axis pilot? Our website is
www.aircombatgroup.co.uk
Teamspeak 3
85.236.100.27:24637
password 'acg'
Just turn up and join us for a flight or two.