[Pirate]

I thought I had already replied to your last... maybe I forgot to submit it. Anyway. No It isn't very hard at all, essentially you can just plug and play (and set up your controls how you want them in il2) Alternatively the software that comes with it does allow a huge range of configuration and stuff, but it is not necessary to play with this too much if you don't want to.

Pirate

Have no fear, If you currently have a standard stick, the x52 is 100 times better.