After shuffling around on my computer desk and not being able to find my ancient copy of Jane's WWII Fighters flight simulator, I decided to purchase IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 on Steam. After an overnight download wait and some graphics issues which I managed to fix very easily, I began to play. I had a huge amount of difficulty just maneuvaring the plane!

I've decided I need to buy a decent joystick for combat and commercial sims. Does anyone know of a good joystick $150 or below that isn't super complex (but still complex enough that it has enjoyable realism), works well, and is compatible with both Microsoft Flight Simulator X AND old flight games?

I've heard Saitek is pretty good...