The last time I read the OM-A, a visual approach is one of YOUR choices. So fly it. Fly to the VOR and fly visual the rest of the way. Use the runway so you can even have vertical guidance(380).
Exactly... if there are tools that give me guidance I'm going to use them - including the reliable FMS info that lines me up perfectly in the form of a Radius to Fix/Arc. Yes I could use old time and tested variable bank angles etc. but if there is some form of guidance why not use it. Your right as well to NOT use it.
The vertical part ok, I'll use the chart to help me or ball park figures - CRI 1500 feet, race course 6-700 feet, hotel 3-400 feet etc. to back me up. Looking OUTSIDE as well all the time.