I answered all the questions as honestly as I could (except for the "sex-with-animals" thing of course...have to hold some things back!). But I still got rated "Hardcore"!
Now I play at 82% realism. I like external views. I use time-compression. Savegames...of course!
And I don't sail all the way home after completing my missions.
Those of you who do play DID, no external views, real-time missions, no nav map info, etc... all power to you. You are the "Hardcore" skippers in my book.
I just play for fun and have been cranking up the realism as I gradually learn more about this wonderful sim.
Cheers
Ceedub