CoD for Starters?

[mangaroca]

Gentlemen,

I have deleted the logo file, set my settings to "medium" and to my amazement the sim became playable! It stutters from time to time but switching off the Aero Theme under Windows 7 seems to be fixing it.

The only problem left for me to fix now (apart from getting the funds for a Crossfire Tandem ;P) is the ugly looking "shadow bug"... It's hard for me to explain it but it's as if the shadowed areas (both inside the cockpit and outside, on the fuselage) were shown in reversed, negative colours. Hmm, it's not even that - they seem to be all the colours of the rainbow: from red, through green and blue but white seems to be the most common. It is definitely only the shadows that are affected because when flying with the sun behind my back the cockpit looks "clean". When I turn however, all the shaded areas around the clocks get the "rainbow theme"... The rest of the textures apply correctly and I see no problems there. Any ideas?

Also, why aren't the control surfaces and the in-game flight stick working smoothly? Instead, they "stutter" and make flying unrealistic...