The cloud tip is a good one. Computer simulators' lack of peripheral vision - the awareness of what's around us and where we are standing that we have in the real world - is a big drawback. I'm really surprised that all flight sims don't have a "Glance Key" on the keyboard that you could tap to momentarily get your bearings. Just the ability to shift the camera view down towards where you (the pilot) are virtually standing for a split second would completely solve this problem. Maybe some of them do.