CloD up & running but certain aspects just don't work...can anyone explain?

[jamesdietz]

Have upgraded everything except older game card-NVidiaGeForce9800GT, which I'd like to keep around until all the major patches are done .Acceptable performance - not great FPS but usable.
BUT- I can't get these things to work:
1.) Screenshots- no biggee - FRAPS works fine.
2.) I cannot change skins-I can see them in plane options & choose one , but it doesn't show up in flight...frustrating esp with new ones now showing up.
3.) cannot change planes in career/campaign mode & occassionally not in single missions either ...maybe this is limited in the game itself.
4.) I have eliminated text showing up on screen , but does this mean I don't get responses to my RTs? If I call for help I get no audio response.
5.) FFB stick will not program certain things.Hat refuses to be go -to for Flaps & trim...I understand that the sim isn't FFB friendly -true?
6.) Delay in firing from the time I press fire button to actual guns shoots ...as you can imagine with low FPS already over land , slow firing response means a lot of too late missed shots! Flaw in game or my joystick?
7.) Jerky AI performance...nothing like the smooth behavior in IL-2 that makes it such a joy to play ...itsalmost as if enemy ac are in cheat mode...is this the behavior for others as well?
No more Game freezes or CTD's but afew really irritating little things.Can someone just tell me they are normal & Oleg ( or someone )will be addressing them?
Of course the biggest problem is still FPS,for me still at 10-40 , but hopefully that will be fixed by someone in the near future before US release.
BTW Rise of Flight had many of the same issues , but two years later its pretty nice.

Intel(r) Core(TM)i7CPM
950@3.07GHz 3.06GHz
RAM16.oGB Windows7 64 bit
Without being a computer expert how do I goose more out of this ?Have payed down almost all visual settings..