Don't scare the sheeps, promise me.  ;D

Good point on the rw flying (in other planes than the big airliners). I have some (passenger and short 'try yourself') time in the Katana and C172 and my impression was that there's sim flying and rw flying, and both don't have much in common at times. Oh, I forgot about the Do 27, which was the best one for me.
For the GA sector, it very much feels like being on rails in the sim while the rw plane gives way more action and of course feedback. Depends a bit on the sim in use, FSX is very (too) stable in my eyes. Or it goes completely nuts over some wind change.  :o

So my view changed to really see the sim as the procedural (nav training is cool) or game thing, not as a substitute for the real event in terms of the actual flying. Well, I'm looking for some time in a turboprop since a while. A friend of a friend is a frequent King Air pilot, so maybe that will be the first time I actually sit in such a plane. My smallest commercial one (in the back, as passenger) was an ERJ in Spain, so I'm lacking of experiencing the turboprop segment so far.

As said, being passenger in an airliner doesn't really count. This also shows in your texts I think. The pure GA stuff really is fun, but, unfortunately, expensive too. I know quite some folks not flying anymore due to the costs and reverting back to just simming.

You know what really kicked a..? Being in a glider. That was, together with the winch start, a lot of fun and also very cool due to the way to just ride the winds. And it's less expensive too. If I ever get my girlfriend in such a thing, I will be king.  :D

There are some fine models in the sim but the wings being that looooong and flexing together with the winds is just amazing and very relaxing in the rw. Well, one needs some nice weather for this or you have to cheat like many folks now do, with the gliders plus small engine in the back.