Na, you must do it by the charts, trying to match the correct procedures! Dat's where da fun is and the nerves get stretched to their limits! Also program the occasional random system failure, when you think you can stand it! And try to do a correct fuel calculation and flight planning with an according software, too!
I like it when I run out of fuel just half a mile before the runway and have to cheat by pumping some virtual fuel via options into my tanks. And all the flight I'm asking myself: "Will it be sufficient? Will it be sufficient?"