Yeah well if I had actually read the question properly then I might be more use than a chocolate teapot!
ELITE and RANT are hopeless for a PPL. Where VFR flying is an art, IFR is a science and that is where sims do pay real dividends.
For your PPL MSFS is more than enough to get the hang of the procedures but, IMHO, won't help at all with the flying; it may even make things worse as you can't really develop the right VFR habits with a sim as they are so different.
If you are like me, then after the first couple of hours you realise how pointless it is trying to practice PPL stuff in a sim.
Good luck with the PPL!
HWD.