I’ve done some tests in the 172 vs a real life 172s, and at least at slow speeds (taking into account the real life yoke travel vs limited travel of sim yoke hardware) the 172 in the sim is very realistic (it does exactly what the real one does)
A lot of it is down to hardware, and expectations set by other sims (which model behaviour differently but not mor realistically)
Of course this is a 172 not a 747 which I can’t test against IRL, but at least it shows that the sim is capable of simulating the real thing, if the right amount of dedication is applied to it