If we're living in a simulation then there's nothing we can do to "escape". But what if the simulators are long dead (extinct) and simulation continues to just run forever?
In "real reality" there is no forever, but in simulated reality they could turn up the clock speed and really let things last a very long time indeed.
Another thing simulated reality offers is afterlife, in any number of forms. If it turns out there is one (or more), I'll try to remember to attribute that to being in a sim.
If it's a sim, it's a damn "real thing". The illusion of what we might think it's real seems perfect, where still not sure how we can explain "time" that can be just a simple variable in that sim.
Out of my simple head, I'm a bit uncertain that nothing can past the speed of light. Maybe there's something else traveling at higher speed but we're unable to detect it.
This can be related to the thing you mention about "in simulated reality they could turn up the clock speed". Just rambling thoughts
