I never said Rant wasn't any good (in my OP I actually recommended it 1st). I was disagreeing with your total dismissal of FSX. I wouldn't use it for any more than it is. But IMHO I found it useful during the IR. And again from my original post I said the flight engine was rubbish so I'm not arguing over that (although you keep mentioning it).
For the OP I'll concede that Rant may be better as he hasn't started the flying part yet (but that's what I said in my original reply). In fact he might be safer just concentrating on the books at his stage...
I'm not going to get into a pissing contest with you about who has more hours or the bigger wang/watch/car. I'll tell you for free that you have more hours and experience in flying than me for sure. But we all start from somewhere. There's always a bigger fish.