Reality check in order here.
Home PC flight sims are in the same context as
Home PC driving sims
The point being more of you have driven a car than flown planes, so the experience is comparable in as much as a driving sim will teach you nothing except where the switches and gauges are and what to do procedurally on the road.
The same applies to Home PC flight sims combat or commercial you are only learning inputs and procedures, not how to actually fly or as it really is, most wouldn't be able to taxi an aircraft let alone take off or land
So take it for what it is ........ a bit of fun.
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