Suggest you get X-plane @
www.x-plane.com
You'll need the CD to run it out of demo mode (in which it will also not let you fly outside southern CA), so may be too late for your test next week, but it's a great program. At about $ 50,- a steal and - associated with the right hardware - approved for training in the US.
Agree with FFF re control 'feel / feedback' but that's what you go flying in an airplane for
