IFR and VFR Departures - WTF.?

Since you're not getting your Private ticket in a 747 and you won't be Instrument rated, you might want to stop wasting time with computer games and get to work on the written test (Gleim or ASA have prep courses), read some of basic flight manuals offered in Sporty's (Stick and Rudder is a still useful clic about seat-of-the-pants flying).