george writes:

The difference is that the 'Kiwi' is populated by pilots who give each
other feedback on real life problems they have observed throughout
their flying careers both as PPL's and CPL's and testing the different
solutions possible in safety.

That's not a difference at all. You're confusing the user with the simulator.
The simulator is the same. No matter who uses the simulator, it will remain
the same. Therefore, if the simulator is adequate in one instance, it is also
adequate in another. It cannot be simultaneously good and bad.

For the 6 year old it -is- a game!

But not for everyone else.

If the user's opinion counts, then my set-up is a sim, since I consider it to
be so.