As I stated in another forum, MSFS helped me a lot in my PPL training so I totlally disagree with the negative comments that have been made so far. I was able to do ex1-19 in 30hrs. People have problems during the transition from sims to aircraft because they learnt the wrong way. I used trevor thom book 1. I learnt to fly using the horizon as a so I had no problem when it came to the real thing. And aas has been said above the PC sims can be very useful for practsing Navs.
I'm currently using the baron on FS2004 to practise for my MEIR. Then I'll only need about 5hrs in the real thing before i face the examiner
Capt. M