

Try out the Combat Training just to get the basic concepts, but don’t sweat it right away. Then move on to Docking and Travel Training. First things first, do the Basic Flight Training tutorial. They won’t take up all that much of your time, but they will help you understand the basics of how to move around in the game.Įlite is very much about the joy of maneuvering. That’s all changed thanks to a brisk set of handy tutorials.

When Elite: Dangerous launched way back in 2014 there wasn’t much in the way of an on-ramp. Charlie Hall/Polygon Do these tutorials first You’ll use these for fine control while docking.

Some, like the Saitek X56 shown here, have tiny little joysticks mounted to them. Many joystick and HOTAS (hands-on throttle and stick) sets have hat switches, multidirectional buttons that let you access Elite’s in-cockpit menus.
