I think the point flycatch was making is that simulators don't replace actual flying experience. They are a great tool to augment the instructor's work by practicing the maneuvers you've been taught, but simulator time only does not guarantee good piloting skills in a beginner pilot. The right way to use a simulator is to get instruction so you know what to do, then set it up in the simulator and do it a few hundred times. You try different ways and different inputs to see what works best to get the right result. that will speed up the learning process dramatically, but without an instructor beginner pilots can wind up learning the wrong methods or get rattled when the real plane doesn't respond the same way the simulator one does.