All good arguments. Much of the debate about the actual question has interestingly gone further than the OPs original and very reasonable ask that assistant features in the game actually work.
One area where the game could fork is around the ‘live’ experience and what that means in terms of weather and multiplayer experience. (See here for some musings on this topic)
One area where I don’t think it should fork is flight dynamics. These should be as reasonably high-fidelity as possible at the level you describe.
It will be very interesting to see how the A2A Commanche performs in this regard when it hits the market and what it tells us about what is possible with the current SDK.