Yeah I found it quite useful for the IR, good for getting an idea of what to expect with the needles etc. I used to set the wind up on random and then cover it up on the screen with a mini post it note, then join and fly the hold and see if I could work out what the wind was doing. After a few hours of this, I found it much easier going into the sim and flying the holds and procedures.
I found Microsoft Flightsim pretty good too. Set the wx at minima and then fly the Baron around your test routes.
Oh one other thing though. I've never met anyone that's actually "purchased" RANT.
