Looking back at the original post, I cannot see why the instructor is having to ask you to play the game. On the 737 the manual says above 80 kts not to abort for anything other than engine fire, failure or adnormality that makes the aircraft non-flyable. The airbus is very similar and in fact an engine overheat will be inhibited above 100 kts. Therefore if you see an engine overheat in the sim above 80 kts, you ignore it as per SOP but you would be ready for a worsening condition. As far as I can see aborting at a speed close to V1 for an engine overheat will leave you wide open for blame should anything go wrong.