simulators lack one major thing....."feel"...or the "seat of the pants" feeling....i know there is the product "buttkicker" but it will never replace the real thing,,nor will force feedback wheels ,flight simulators lack this seat of the pants feel too,its funny,as ive "bragged" many times i raced and was pretty good,but my brother inlaw..(ex now,,hes dead) had never been in a real race car of any kind in his life cause he was too frightened...kicked my butt in the simulators..go figure..