When you think you are "wonderful" at the simulatior, you are finally ready to try a real plane WITH AN INSTRUCTOR.

The simulator helps reduce the amount of learning you'll have to do at the club field.

It will not eliminate it.

CG Retired and RCKen have a nice writeup of what the Simulator cannot teach you... but an Instructor will guide you through.

I've taught people that have practiced extensively with the sim, to the point that they needed 2 or 3 intensive clases to solo.... and no more.

Because of the sim I only needed 3 sessions myself.

But those three sessions were real eye openers... I learned quite a lot that I had not known from the sim.