I haven't had any performance issues nor control issues (using TrackIR + Saitek X52), but otherwise I agree with what Nippelspanner said. Once the first few hours of "ooooh, aaah" wear off, the game is just copy & paste.
Under it's pretty face, it lacks soul, life. It just is in it's own huge, yet sterile glass jar.
The reason, especially in online mode is the huge galaxy. It's way too big for the number of players. What I liked about playing Freelancer online was the fact that you could run into another player at the end of any jumplane, there was always a risk for wandering off the safe areas. In E
, once you wander off of the safe sectors, you are lucky if you see another player once in 2 hours.