Lol… and there i was trying out DCS for the first time since 2 or 3 years and found the flightmodel to be relatively easy flying the uh-1 and the F-14…
Anyways, have you checked if the clock actually counts the seconds in seconds? (might be that simrate is inadvertantly set to something other than 1) and since you’ve not played in a while and there were updates, check if yer assistances might be on again… that seems to happen to a lot of people too.
They did added fluid dynamics (or how they call it again) to some of the default airplanes, also there’s now a setting for turbulence (low/med/real) that might interfere with yer way of flying.
Personally, i haven’t felt the way you described the behaviour above. Might also help if you posted in which airplane(s) this occurs.
Have a great day, hope it helps.
Regards,
Steiny
Hope it helps.