A home pc sim will save you a lot of money. I did about 50 VOR/DME procedures on mine. Got in the aircraft and could just do it. I got through in 15 + test. The other guy who started with me took 23. I had PPL plus min hours to do IMC he had over 100. Same instructor, same aircraft, same weather. We did most of the training in real IMC, which was a huge help to the confidence when it came to using it for real.