I can't play it at all.
The control schemes are awful, the IFCS is idiotic, and the targeting is silly.
My HOTAS sensitivity is through the roof, the pilot blacks out doing pretty much ANY vector change, the maneuvering thrusters are way too strong, strafing arrests your forward momentum instead of splitting evenly... I really could go on for at least several more paragraphs - but for once, I'm so upset I'm actually going to make a short post.
This is a disaster, in my opinion.
I'll see you all for 13.1
Haven't lost faith in CIG, we're still in Pre-alpha. I just think this was a complete failure.
EDIT: I've been practicing flying and my best racing time in my 350r is 1:42 on Vanderwal now. Not bad, but still not super fast. World record is 1:02.17 currently. It's still really hard and the IFCS seems totally out of whack and it tends to oscillate the craft, but at least I'm having some fun!