Mxsmanic wrote in
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Judah writes:

8500 is not an IFR altitude, so unless you will be changing to
VFR on top, you'll probably either be at 8000 or 10000 in real life.

I've never been assigned an en route altitude that isn't an even
thousand by the simulated ATC, but I don't know if that's true in real
life as well. I'm sometimes assigned to the nearest hundred feet for
final descents and interception of localizers and what not.

No, that does not accurately reflect the standards for altitude
assignment/selection. Unless you only fly West in your sim.

The best I could hope for would be an occasional book. Even books are
costly.

I believe you can find free resources on line for flight training. Google is
a great place to start.