V1R,
I trained at Leicester, and fly out there once in a while. It a nice relaxed airfield. If you have any questons you can PM me. EMA is good to if you like the busy atmosphere, but a lot of aircraft from there end up coming to leicester to do circuits.
FS2000/2/4 can be good for certain areas of training e.g. nav and getting to kno what instruments do. But are of no use when it comes to areas like landing. I also found it helpful with circuit rejoins and departures which can be confusing at first.
Good luck with the flying.
Capt. M