"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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If I'm told "maintain at or below 3500 make left downwind departure" for a
VFR
departure, do I climb immediately to 3500 (or my intended altitude) or do
I
level off at pattern altitude until I leave the downwind leg of the
pattern?

It's only a simulator. It doesn't matter what you do.

An intelligent person would realize that.