One thing that you can do with sims, is to crank up the physics "time" rate.

This gives you a faster than real life experience.

The military uses this technique with their sims to help eliminate the "everything happens so fast" feeling that people get during missions.

By cranking up the sim speed, a novice learns NOT to yank the stick as a reflexive move when something goes wrong, and lets them calmly deal with real life situations.

For helis this is a real boon too.