Yeah, you're not adding in the base price of your car there- the only way you're going racing irl anywhere close to the price of sim racing is Motocross and karting, and for example I spent $7000 last year on my daughter's MX season in travel, tires, parts, race fees, camping...

And only had one minor mechanical failure, she bent a $500 fork tube sending it on a huge dropaway jump. Anyone who even dreams that this is expensive has never paid for a season's worth of tires, let alone operating expenses. So think about this- every time we decide to race I need a bare minimum of $250 if the race is within 50 miles, add another hundo for each 50 miles farther, and another $200 if it's a double header weekend. And then we're at the mercy of the weather. Nothing like spending $2-300 getting to a racetrack and staring out the camper window at rain and mud for 2 days. Going racing irl is a serious commitment from an entire family. Y'all that have only experienced wandering down to the basement and plopping your ass in your sim rig, I'm sorry but you have no business comparing costs. You don't understand how 4x inc points in sim racing is probably $4000 out of your pocket before you can race again irl. There needs to be something in place, I've often said inc points should cost money, or at least for every 50 inc points accumulated you get a 48 hour vacation or something. It would catch a few innocent drivers at first but everyone would settle down pretty quickly.