IMO, dont use a sim for realness, use it for knowing which way to push the sticks. So far I have not had a sim plane fly like my real ones. That goes for G2 and AFP
I second that. Software will NEVER be able to reproduce all the variables involved in trying to make a "REAL" model fly. The physics in the natural world tend to operate on a more chaotic level (wind for example). The Software has a "limited" set of paramaters that it operates within. Nature is a lot more dynamic.
In a vague way the sim will let you experience the diff between say an Extra, and your trainer. It will not give you an exact experience because of the variables involved, and the limitations of the software.
However, as stated by JohnVH, it can teach your thumbs how to "react" and "push the sticks".
I've been practicing putting the Sopwith Camel into terrible "unrecoverable" spins (full up elevator and full rudder) and have learned that I have a long way to go before I'm ready to handle such a spin prone bibe!
Never flew one for real, but I bet if you will just return the sticks to center, and let the plane stop spinning. After it is flying again, add up elevator to pull up and then level the wings. Maybe a little opposite rudder. That should have you flying again. Just make sure you have enough altitude for the plane to recover in...some need more than others.
This could be a case where spin recovery with the model "might" be easier than on the sim. Don't know this for sure, just a thought.