Flying School is utterly impossible

[William]

I'm talking about it on PC, the worst part is that I have to do it to progress in the storyline, I have to do tests in how well I can fly in a game about cars and crime. The controls are awfully laid out and whenever i try to take off it falls back down!

[KittyKittyBang]

It's a whole whole lot easier if you have some kind of analog controller. ..by keyboard alone it's hard, but if you have anything like an XBox or dual-shock like controller it makes the driving, and especially the flying, a lot easier. (IMHO worth having the controller for just how much more fun it makes the driving.)

Just like driving, the amount of flying you do makes a big difference on how easy flying is. ..If there are any of the flying tests where you can intentionally ignore the objective and just fly around the place, do that. It will help improve your ability to do anything with planes.

Yeah, it could be a pain if you're not interested in the flying part. I loved it, but I did the whole game driving and flying with a controller. Only the stuff on foot I did with a mouse+keyboard.

[William]

Originally posted by KittyKittyBang:

It's a whole whole lot easier if you have some kind of analog controller. ..by keyboard alone it's hard, but if you have anything like an XBox or dual-shock like controller it makes the driving, and especially the flying, a lot easier. (IMHO worth having the controller for just how much more fun it makes the driving.)

Just like driving, the amount of flying you do makes a big difference on how easy flying is. ..If there are any of the flying tests where you can intentionally ignore the objective and just fly around the place, do that. It will help improve your ability to do anything with planes.

Yeah, it could be a pain if you're not interested in the flying part. I loved it, but I did the whole game driving and flying with a controller. Only the stuff on foot I did with a mouse+keyboard.

I ended up eventually beating circle airstrip and land, that was the tough one, then for about 8 hours of nonstop playing I was stuck on destroy targets, I used the slow mo cheat and first person and just beat it, the rest of it was a breeze, it was all worth it, I can't wait for the rest of the game!

[KittyKittyBang]

Good to hear you made it. :) ..The airport in Las Venturas will now have the airplane race-courses unlocked. These are perfect for getting the aircraft you want in your hangar (once you own the desert airstrip.)

Do the gunship and harrier races, but instead of trying to complete the race, just fly to your hangar, put the aircraft in there, and run the heck away from the hangar. The hangar-doors should close before the time-limit runs out, then you have the aircraft for the regular game. :)

You can use the Gunship for the vigilante missions. In Vice City those were a breeze in the patrol-car, but I find them damn hard on San Andreas. Once you have the Gunship the vigilante missions are easy. The boost to strength is nice, and you can also get a crap-load of cash from reward money. (You can even scavenge weapons if you have time.)

Just do most of your killing with the gun, rather than missiles, and your wanted level shouldn't escalate too quickly. The police bribe stars are pretty easy to get to in the gunship too.

[William]

Originally posted by KittyKittyBang:

Good to hear you made it. :) ..The airport in Las Venturas will now have the airplane race-courses unlocked. These are perfect for getting the aircraft you want in your hangar (once you own the desert airstrip.)

Do the gunship and harrier races, but instead of trying to complete the race, just fly to your hangar, put the aircraft in there, and run the heck away from the hangar. The hangar-doors should close before the time-limit runs out, then you have the aircraft for the regular game. :)

You can use the Gunship for the vigilante missions. In Vice City those were a breeze in the patrol-car, but I find them damn hard on San Andreas. Once you have the Gunship the vigilante missions are easy. The boost to strength is nice, and you can also get a crap-load of cash from reward money. (You can even scavenge weapons if you have time.)

Just do most of your killing with the gun, rather than missiles, and your wanted level shouldn't escalate too quickly. The police bribe stars are pretty easy to get to in the gunship too.

I did start the races when I was taking a break from missions, after a little bit, i got stuck on a mission called vertical bird and ended up using a save game, so that was annoying, I hate Mike Toreno's missions the most, I wish the whole game was just Big Smoke's missions, I found those the funnest.

[Dosto]

Nah, its fine but that zero's RC airplane mission is still impossible

[Sandroff]

Make sure u have "steering with mouse" turned off.