Newbie here

[Garnier]

I've had the original IL2 for a long time, but today I bought 1946 on steam, it's in the process of downloading.

I don't have much recent experience with realistic flight sims. Back about 5-10 years ago I flew microsoft flight simulator a lot (FS 4.0 through FS 2004). But that was a long time ago. More recently I flew a lot of Forgotten Hope 1 dogfights and did very well, but that's a game and not a simulator.

What I want to know is where the information for new players is located. Is this the biggest IL2 forum there is? I would love to find a guide that explains what you need to know to begin practicing. I only really bought it for multiplayer, as I never found a way to play the original in multiplayer.