Here's my two cents, and probably worth every penny, well maybe half. MSF (Microsoft Flight) does in fact contain every bit of a "real" flight sim (except its way more realistic, environmentally), but you don't have to. That's the whole and entire arguement. Many old time players heard that anyone could simply fly with a mouse and they lost their minds. But you can turn that all off, the automatic stuff. It will allow you the complete flight simulator experience of MSFS (Microsoft Flight Simulator and other sims), except not everyone will have to do it like that, and the weather (fog, clouds, light, shadow, etc) will be much more realistic. Take a look at that cockpit view of the Maule, all those buttons, switches, knobs, pedals can be used, all of it. The complete control is there; only some kid or grandma might be using their mouses and have all of that stuff being done for them by the computer. And they, the fanboys  errr  I mean the serious aircraft simulators, hate that so very much. Go to any flight sim forum and read all the rage, it's insane. So, maybe, you might want to watch for some very angry edits on this. 70.176.129.182