Beginner question

[Paulski]

So now that I got the game to work it's time to start out. However, I don't have much experience with flight sims and I'm still having trouble with some things.

One of these things is that, although I turned off options like torque and wind, they still seem to be there when I play... now it isn't that much of a problem for me, but it's difficult to keep my plane straight, when flying to my objective. Any tips on how to cope with this? (I know I could use autopilot, but using autopilot all the time makes the game boring IMO)