It took me a whole lot of practice with the basic version to get good landings on the runway.

Give it some time. It might also be helpful to have someone who is experienced come over and spend just a few minutes with you.

With basic, I found it hard to keep orientation as to where the runway was relative to the plane when trying to set up the base leg. There is a field mostly grass with a paved runway that was easiest.

I eventually got the full version, which does a better job of zooming and positioning vantage points so you can see the plane and runway on base leg. I've lent the basic one out to a friend who is interested in flying.