Simulator training can be of outstanding value, but the usual computer garbage in, garbage out needs to be kept in mind. A major simulator trainer providing training to the industry on a widely used Cat A aircraft was of the view that with the loss of tail rotor drive in the hover you could pull collective, spiral up to 1,000 feet or so, nose over and gain airspeed, and continue in side slipping flight to a suitable runway for an engine off auto. And you were able to do it in the sim. In real life? Not from what I saw of a Huey losing tail rotor drive in the hover, executed a 270° turn in a nanosecond before a rapid wind off of throttle and landing with no damage.