I agree. The frequency mish-mash is so unrealistic, that it's a definite deal breaker for me. I understand their business model, and how they need to set it up to make it profitable and affordable, but that doesn't mean that it's what people want, or are willing to pay for. As I said, for simulator pilots who don't know any better, they probably think all of the frequency chatter is the shiznitz, but for real pilots, it's nothing short of distracting, to the point of being annoying.
That's exactly what I'm talking about, the getting yelled at part. Real world controllers don't act the way the PE controllers do with the nitpicking dress downs I've heard on their network.
In the real world, if you blow a heading, the controller will ask you for your heading. After you tell them, they will assign the same heading they originally gave you, or assign a new revised heading. You know you blew the heading, and the controller knows, and that is the end of it. Enough said. There's no on frequency b***h out from the controller.
On Pilot Edge, when you blow a heading, the first words out the controllers mouth often times is "where are you going?" This is followed by an uncomfortable lecture for the poor pilot playing a game, that goes on for a good 30 seconds. Completely unlike the real world. Another deal breaker for me.
Tim