I'd say going 100% realism is really not that big a deal. Manual targeting using the Fixed Wire method is pretty easy.
I would recommend, though, keeping your external camera turned on. This will knock you down to 90% realism. The reason for this is 1) you get to see cool stuff! 2) You can get better situational awareness that helps overcome the fact that you are not actually physically in the simulation. You get a better sense of what your torpedoes are doing, what the ships are doing, and what things look like. After you get good you can turn off the external camera to make life harder for yourself.
I DO recommend, though, starting out in 1939. The game is much, much easier earlier in the war.
Steve
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