What about the multi millions dollars simulator ,like the one use by airline compagnie (C A E ) compare to FSX simulator...Carl dumont

One aspect I didn't see posted here was a comparison of RW simulators to MSFS. Of course maybe I missed it as time doesn't allow me to read every post tonight! LOL So appologies in advance for repeating this repeating. My perspective comes from the Corporate Side. I've flown RW Level D and Level C and Level J too. J standing for junk. A link trainer in an old hangar. Even though this thing looked like the old Cox PT-19 u control trainer, it was fun to sit in. It was one of the first motion sims out there. One of the events this thing simulated well was a dime store pony ride making you feel extremely awkward. The laughs kept rolling in it was great to use in order to visualize IFR procedures before we went and did them. What I thought was a little korny, yes with a k, about Level C (King Air 350) was that you could feel the microswitches in the control yoke. So it made steep turns not so much about skill but about knowing where to stop to keep the sim level and in a 45 degree turn. Once in the ballpark, you could feel that "switch" and just hold that. What else was korny was for the money my boss paid to send me to this unammed school, you'd think they wouldn't have the maintenance squawk sheet that they did. The best simulated event was a broken airplane . All right I'll be nicer. So from this perspective it is nice to either have an airplane that never breaks or one that is set to be flying a deathtrap in FSX. Setting an engine failure right at Vr, high and hot, GW has been one of my favorite things to simulate for example. I think it is quite possible to get a very realistic simulation. You just have to look around and search for the best add ons. Another thing to do is learn how to design and develop or modify models to be more realistic. I am just getting started at this endeavor over at FS Developer. There is a lot you can do with simple mods to an aircraft.cfg file. What else helps is to build your own rig. FSUIPC with a high end flightstick (X52 or X52pro), is a must if you really want the enth degree for sensitivity, or in some cases more of a lack of sensi. I have been around aircraft since 82 and professionally since 90. I go back to the sub logic days of FS. I too had the Strike Eagle! MOST awesome simulator for it's day. So to sum up, obviously you'll never simulate real world flying, but as a RW pilot I use FSX to keep my head in the game between jobs.