practiced in actual IMC conditions? I could sign up for that
Grab an instructor and say "I'd like to do some IF in real IFR conditions".
I do a lot of currency work in a SIM. A lot of IFR are checklists, instrument scan, procedures and getting a picture of where the aeroplane actually is from the indications on instruments. The SIM is just as good as real flight for all of this.
You need the real world to deal with the feeling of being in cloud, dealing with turbulence and importantly icing.