I learned the basics on FS 98. I agree the planes don't handle the same but if you speed the sim up by 2x it kinda gives you the sense of reaction time. It helped me learn how to control the plane coming back at you. After some practice on the sim
i took up my hanger 9 easy fly 40 without an instructor and had great success. At first i was only able to do right hand turns but
after awhile, i caught on.
Dave