The best thing to get out of using the sim is to remember that sometimes to go left you have to move the stick to the right. Use the sim to master the basic controls.

Every sim I have flown, is very unrealistic. They are all way to easy to fly and the airplanes do unrealistic things.

If you keep in mind that your real plane will not be as forgiving as the sim, and that the sim should just be used to learn when left is right, then you should be just fine.

Good luck
BZR