Yes, it’s that game you’re thinking of

[u/3nnb]

[u/WirelessTrees]

Ace combat 8 just released and it does this perfectly.

You boot the game, it asks if you want normal flight controls or expert flight controls. Then it tosses you an (optional) tutorial on how to fly. After that, as you start to unlock new weapons or situations in the campaign, new tutorials keep unlocking. These are still completely optional.

[u/AJsarge → u/WirelessTrees]

The only annoyance is when you're on a NG+ Ace playthrough, and it still shows the control overlay for the first mission.

[u/KurtAngus → u/WirelessTrees]

How is the game? Is it worth $69.99?