Gig 601XL Builder writes:

A physics engine can take the necessary variables and create a simulated
reality that can be significantly more flexible than a table based system.

True, which is why something like X-Plane can work for craft that
aren't ordinary airplanes. But for ordinary airplanes, you can take
shortcuts and get identical results.

Apply your reasoning to the average pilot's understanding of stalls.
Pilots worry a lot about "stall speeds," when there is no such
thing--only angle of attack determines stalls. But the illusory
notion of a stall speed works just as well within the constraints of
normal flight that concern pilots, and it's easier to measure than
angle of attack, so it is used.

Many of those of us that actually fly aircraft have told you many times that
MSFS doesn't correctly simulate real flight correctly. What's arbitrary in
that?

Many of those who fly aircraft have little or no experience with
flight simulation. I think it's a macho thing.

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