It feels like Flight Simulatorwas made for exactly this scenario: coming down after a long day. Above, an infinite sky is peppered with layers of mist and clouds. Suddenly, the land below stretches 600km in every direction, alive and dense with realistic detail. As soon as you're in the air, you flip the perspective from inside the cockpit, surrounded by dials and gauges and window frames, to a third-person view just behind the plane. You throttle the small plane forward, straighten out, and take off. The screen boots up and - click, click - it's filled by a long stretch of asphalt backed up by the mechanical hum of a single-engine Cessna.
You grab a drink and sink into the chair in front of your PC. You get home as the sun is setting and close the door behind you, throwing down your keys and sliding off your shoes.