A lot of folks bag on FAF, but it really is a good starting point for just plain learning to handle the jet, and to introduce oneself to fundamentals of tactical decision making. With the under-rated engine model, if you can learn to handle the jet and control your bleed rates well enough to gain advantage and win dogfights when underpowered, climbing into BMS and having real power on tap just make BMS that much easier and fun to fly.
So I don’t discount FAF as a learning tool…and on a Mac it’s all we have, natively. That’s way better than nothing!