If the circling approach HAS to be included in a sim detail, it could be so much more 'do-able' if it allowed the circle on the 'easy' side. My last 'circling' in the LHS required a right-hand circuit due to the approach/vis and landing runway selected. Out of interest no FMC was harmed in the production of the manoeuvre but there had to be a portion where the runway lights were effectively out of sight to both, and since they were the only 'visual' clues on a 'generic' airfield, rendered it technically incorrect. Should we be reviewing the way we 'fudge' the requirement to get the all-important 'tick in the box'?