Excuse me; how about "leisure time product"? That suit your palate better? A rose is still a rose, and a turd is still a turd...
Jeez....... relax dude,, didn't mean to upset you.......
And you can "believe" that is your machine on the sim all you want to; your metabolism (heart rate, reflexes, synapses in general) is still going to be at a higher level when flying the real thing.
If you'll read my post again you'll see I said "I also agree there's Nothing like the real thing,..........." That also has to do with life in general