Let's be honest, there's nothing wrong with playing computer games, but no amount of experience in that direction is going to get you into the cockpit of a real Spitfire
Exactly right. Computer games can be good fun if you are into that sort of thing (and I may be one day, when I eventually lose my medical), but they are no substitute for the real thing.
Good advice Prof Denzil Dexter. When there's a will, there's usually a way!