I have a sweet PC with Il2 1946 and a load of mods installed, but unfortunately I didn't bring it to Uni so I'm stuck with a 512mb RAM laptop with no graphics card. It will run the original Il2 with maxed out settings though, and I'm playing that with a 360 controller.
It is actually really easy to play, and once I fiddled around with the layout I settled down with left stick controlling pitch and roll, camera on the D-pad, rudders on the triggers and the fire buttons on the bumpers. Flaps and throttle are also on the buttons. The other functions are split between the keyboard and the rest of the buttons on the controller, and I can fight using just the controller. Landing and trimming need the keyboard, because there aren't enough buttons to go around.
The gamepad won't replace my HOTAS setup once I get my real computer back, but it is certainly usable.
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