For my 70th birthday in April, my wife bought me a Discovery flight in a Cessna 172.
Thanks to MSFS2020, my Logitech yoke, throttle, Saitek rudders etc, I had a basic understanding of flight.
My instructor let me take off and climb to 1500 feet and fly for @25 minutes (seemed longer as I was nervous). I brought the plane down to 500ft and he landed it.
MSFS2020 allowed me to have a better understanding of the real flight.