I use 2002 because the photographic VFR scenery is apparently better on 02 than 04 - on a RAID P4 2.4GHz XP Pro platform with 1 GB RAM and a 256MB Graphics card, with CH Products Yoke and Rudder Pedals.
You'd think I've got it made for VFR flying but I get problems such as left turning tendency - one click of right rudder trim does not even it out - I get right turning tendency, and maintaining Straight and Level flight is only achieved by flying the aircraft hands-on at all times, otherwise you're up and down like the Assyrian Empire. Add to that the self induced gyro errors that throw the DI out by about 5 degrees per minute and a bloody annoying ATC that insists I change frequency every few minutes to controllers that don't exist in real life and I've got a higher workload than I would experience in the real world.
Which isn't altogether a bad thing as taking up a real C-172 or Archer then becomes quite pleasurable with little profanity - I couldn't speak to real controllers the way I address their cyber-ethereal colleagues.
But, as I posted earlier, VFR photographic scenery, with VFR terrain and GB airports, used with real charts and approach plates is a major step forward for very cheap, effective FNPT training - even if not officially recognised. I c***ed up the NDB/DME approach into my home field the other day and have been praticing now at home to work out what I was doing wrong - for the grand total of £0 and 00p. It WILL be better this afternoon.