how about a nice above ground crosswind, say 50 feet above ground so that it just makes you have to correct with rudder while landing or taking off? but low enough where it wont be an advantage to fly faster downwind.

I to would love to see wind as it is in the real world, but, we have to remember, a lot of these guys who fly and pay the bills, have no clue how to handle wind or to be able to fly in it. I see people landing all the time, who are experienced AH players, which land with gear up all the time, because they don't have a clue how to fly the aircraft at slow speeds, know nothing about stall speeds, x-wind controlling and etc.
No, Hi Tech is doing it right, because a lot of people would not finish their two week trail before moving on to something they could do!
If they did introduce wind into the landing patterns, all of a sudden, guys would have to consult the wind direction,( right now there are no wind indicators on fields), plan to land on the runway into the wind or as close as possible to into the wind, so it would just add something else for people to have to consider, rather than kick the tires, light the fires, leap into the blue and seek their glory in the skies of AH! They would then have to begin to think like a real pilot, instead playing a video game!