Sim time is very precious/limited (4hrs x 4 times/year) so there just isn’t time for a “depart and cruise”, which would honestly be a pretty wasteful use of the time. It’s generally a very hectic box ticking exercise to get all the mandatory manoeuvres ticked off - engine failure, go-around, 3d approach, 2d approach, low viz etc etc. and then training for stuff that comes around periodically - upset recovery, GPWS, depressurisation… and the list goes on.
There is an element once a year called a Line Operational Evaluation which is a small company scenario with some failures thrown in. Maybe 1hr of one of the 4hr blocks