I wasn't going to respond to this because I'm going to open up a can of worms. But I feel daring today.

The Real Flight simulator, though better by far than any other, does not provide accurate flight information for any aircraft unless and until all the parameters of the real model are input into the program. Those cannot be obtained in many cases without first flying the aircraft. Then you MAY get close.

IMO simulators are best used to gain the knowledge and automatic (reflexive) responses to aircraft attitudes. The simulator will give you the basic "feel" of what you need to do, but the speed, depth and weather differences between the simulator and reality prevent a true comparison

Don't get me wrong, the simulator will help, tremendously, but don't expect things to be exactly the same between reality and simulation. The simulator WILL give you, with enough practice, the mental, visual and hand coordination required to prevent getting the plane into an attitude that you cannot recover from.

Silversurfer