New Offline Flyer - how to progress?

[d.burnette]

Ok so not that new, have had the sim since earlier this year, had it installed but did not do much with it until the official patch was released.
Anyway I have now flown pretty much all the quick missions and single missions, at least for the red side, and am ready for something with more depth.

So would the included CLoD campaign be a good way to start? Or should I consider maybe purchasing one of the Desastersoft campaigns? I remember back when I was heavy into IL2, there were some fantastic user made campaigns out there , but I don't see much info here on them so assume they are not so prevalent as they were with the earlier series?

I was also looking forward into getting into and learning CEM, but from what I understand from this forum that is broken for offline flying and only really works for online flying, which is sad.

My system seems to run the sim pretty decent, with the exception when I get into some explosions right in front of me, or into the clouds, then I get stuttering which sounds like is normal for this sim. I am running everything pretty much on high on my graphics settings.

Any tips for offline flying would certainly be appreciated!