Practicing my scan

When I don't fly IFR for a period of time, I don't seem to have any
problem with approaches or procedures or the usual stuff, but my scan goes
to hell. After looking over at the GPS or down at the chart and finding
myself in a 40 degree bank, I tend to turn on the autopilot and leave it
on until it's time to do the approach. (I don't seem to have problems
with the scan in the approach because I'm totally focused on that one
thing and trying to write a new route clearance, look it up on the chart,
program it into the GPS, tune the VORs, talk to my wife, etc.)

Is there a good way to practice scan? I imagine a full blown sim would be
overkill, and I'm not sure my anaemic Windows computer could keep up with
all the fancy bells and whistles in MSFS anyway. Is there a cheap way
that doesn't require a huge outlay in new hardware?

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
It isn't the volts that kill, it's the missing brain waves.
-- Matt Roberds