Really once you know what all the knobs on a subtractive synth does, its a matter of getting accustomed to that particular synth and its particulars (and none of them are exactly the same), so even if you had a synth with the exact same physical knob placement as the Virus, turning the knobs would not have the exact same effect unless it was the exact same algorithms used internally in the Virus. Its more or less about knowing what each knob does, even if only at a surface level, and tweaking by ear.
But, since you mentioned Virus C, I do remember powercore had a plugin if you wanted to go that route. At least I think they still sell these things? Honestly CPUs have gotten so much more powerful that I'm not sure you need DSPs anymore.
Hope I'm not sounding snarky but if you learn what each knob does, I think you'll find most synth plugins easy to master. Perhaps more so than feeling on top of the game of hardware synth. The concepts are the same and a lot of time the difference in sound comes down to how things are implemented on the synth, hardware or soft, and once you understand what each knob does on any synth you'll be reasonably satisfied with end result.
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