Bob is right that there are a few gauges that are impossible to read without TIR or ezdok which allow you to MOVE to where you can read them. But the VC view and scale looks exactly how it does in the real thing. The CS flightdeck is supremely realistic visually, and the downside of that is you can't simply pan your view from a stationary position and read every little digital dial (like the cabin pressure settings). In reality the pilot would lean over to read these, or more than likey the FO would set them.
I will admit that without EZDok I would find this very frustrating, and some of these gauges (I noted them in the wish list forum) could be made easier to read. But I can't agree that the 3D view is "very very poor for the money". This VC is just like sitting in the real cockpit.