Sims are very impressive. I was in the R seat with one of our flight test pilots, our sim/training contractor invited us over to solicit our advice. The cockpit uses real parts from the aircraft, all sounds are from the actual aircraft, etc. According to our test pilot, the sim was probably 95% accurate.
Joe, he said the same thing as you regarding sim vs. actual aircraft. Then I watched him hand-fly a circling approach at minimums in a blizzard with one engine out. 
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