ORIGINAL: gphil
......... want bang for buck ...........
That comes after you try something new and DON'T total your aircraft in the process as you DID spend the money and invest in a good sim. I have phoenix as I am firstly a heli guy, and that sim has saved my butt on quite a few specific occasions, where each one would have cost me more than double what I paid for my sim. That said, I got more from it when switching over to flying planes also, as it allowed me to get used to the differing feelings the types of planes I want to fly have over say my 50 sized nitro heli has.
It gets back to the old adage of this being a case of "cost over price" - the price of a good sim is higher, but the cost savings it will allow you are priceless! (seriously, you should see just how many aircraft I've totaled on my sim trying new stuff out, and it's not cost me a cent more.)