Tony writes:

What frigging pilot pulls onto the active and sets the parking brake?

What pilot misses it during the checklist?

The Bravo tracked straight down the centerline without any help from
me! This is supposed to be an accurate simulation, with no P effects?

What realism settings did you use? By default they are set very low, and P
forces are absent. This allows inexperienced pilots to fly without too much
disappointing failure.

That's it. It was as fulfilling an experience for me as eating cotton
candy -- there just wasn't much there.

You sound eerily like that reporter who blew off flying after one exaggerated
report of an introductory ride with an instructor.

I guess if you've decided before you start, you're unlikely to change your
mind.

But if you like the sensations and feedback of a real aircraft, you might not
be very happy with simulation overall. Still, given the choice between a sim
and nothing at all, I suspect you'd choose the sim, as many pilots do when a
real aircraft is not readily at hand.

... sims who use a joystick instead of a yoke
in airplanes that come with yokes are another step removed from at
least what is my reality.

But not from a fighter aircraft, Cirrus, or Airbus.

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