Now I must respectfully disagree with
Big Pistons and
Pilot DAR in this case. That Microsoft FlightSim won't teach you much "feeling" or VFR flying I buy. But that it will teach you bad habits or make you complacent to crashing….!?!?!? I am probably from another generation, where we grew up with computers, where every little kid that have become pilot used to dick around in MFSF, flying inverted under bridges, landing on the roof top of World Trade Center. Obviously nothing someone would try in real life… and ooohh, probably exceeded a few flap limits speeds too! Something I generally don't do in real planes
Provided you've been given a firm SOP (Operating procedures) I believe MSFS can be a good tool to sit down and rehearse and develop memory flows. It's to reinforce habits, not develop new (bad) ones. Since you're in your mid-PPL, developing checklists flows, traffic circuit flows etc. is probably something you've already mastered and need no further training on. In your case increasing precision (or feel) is what you're looking at, in that case MSFS provides limited gain IMO. For IFR procedures it's invaluable. I used it with huge gain. Before every training session I did the flight in MSFS once or twice. Then I went to the school and did the same flight, without surprises.
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