its bit of schizophrenia with early access concept for me. I like the idea of having something early, but I am usually done with the thing, ie. lost interest, at the point it is updated to some solid state.
it happened to me with their DC3. I did fly fair share of miles with her across South Americas. didnt touch her since then even though she got big update recently.
maybe I will rediscover her sometime in the future again.
I share this disappointment. happened to me when I crewed both the VSL Tecnam and XF19. partialy also DC3.
so I am afraid its VSL thing not just some recent motif.
the same goes for AOA Sims. their cockpits look sterile even on pictures.
for the cockpits ‘depth’ visual simulation in XP we have Aerobask, Thranda / JustFlight, XTrident and the like.
btw I find supersonic cruising at high alts really relaxing 
never did that before, like when @BeachAV8R took a rides in X-15
I hope I could join you soon in the SR71. its on my wishlist, so hopefully xmas sales are around the corner.