I've played MSFS, X-Plane and DCS, and to be honest there is only one sim made with love and a near perfect flight model and systems, and that is FalconBMS combined with the dynamic campaigns hands down the only flight sim I really enjoy ATM.
Thanks for the recommendation, I'm going to give it a try!
To be fair to MSFS they're not that well suited to the military side of flying. GA and airliners are great now though so I always thought of DCS and MSFS filling different niches and having a completely different focus.