Ground effects on the sims are far from real life in my opinion. I can grease my landings on my escapade, but bounce everything landing on the sims. In the air the physics are quite good, ground still needs work. The super cub is good but id still recommend having an instructor buddy box you. I thought i could teach myself and im sure i could have ( i soloed after 3 buddy box flights). But nothing beats not having to really worry bout crashing that first flight or two and you can concentrate on the mechanics of flying itself. Like my instructor would take control less and less, till he wasnt doing anything my last buddy box flight, but if something did happen he could grab it. I dont care who you are or how long youve been on the buddy box, or like in my case where i did everything in the flight, but the cord was still attached. Once he disconnected it on my first solo, it felt completly different. Having your first few flights buddy boxed is just pure peace of mind to say the least.