Set up your controls before the first matchAim · Frames · Pad and stick

1. Aiming coefficient: 0%. It removes the sensitivity change when you aim down sights.
2. ADS field of view: independent. Your scope keeps full zoom however wide your normal view is.
3. Field of view: somewhere from 90 to 110. Pick what feels right.

In order of how much frame rate they give back:

1. Shadows: as low as you can stand. The biggest single gain.
2. View distance: lower it, but know it caps at 1 km anyway.
3. Global illumination: off.
4. Reflections: low.

The 1 km cap is also how far you can see anyone, so an anti-air or sniper position more than 1 km from the fight sees nothing. Graphics: performance and the shadow clamp

Double-tap Shift for a combat sprint. Hold 4 for a quick-use wheel of your vest slots. C repacks magazines with the inventory open, switches view in a helicopter, and skips the mortar shell camera. Keybinds you will want on day one

Controller support is partial and the layout cannot be rebound in game. Mouse and keyboard is the better way to play on PC. A pad works for flying: hold the right trigger for collective up and steer with the left stick. Controller

Turn HOTAS on under Settings, Gamepad, HOTAS, and bind roll, pitch, yaw and collective. The bindings do not survive a restart, so expect to remap each time you launch. Turn HOTAS off when you are not using a stick: an enabled HOTAS blocks mouse and keyboard flight. HOTAS bindings not persisting, sticking axes, free-look hijack