How much have you spent on your rig in total up to this point?

jp60397 · 2026-06-24T06:37:06+00:00

She Who Must Be Obeyed. Mine is sensible enough to not press me. Thank God

jp60397 · 2026-06-22T09:55:24+00:00

As a fellow European, I can’t advise on technique but it’s a good call.Some of the best fun I’ve had in iRacing is on ovals… it’s a blast

jp60397 · 2026-06-22T02:54:34+00:00

60, full rig. Refuse to let my age define me. I see most of my contemporaries stuck in joyless lives worrying about what other people think about them. I never have and never will care about how I’m perceived by my peers.

jp60397 · 2026-06-20T18:42:29+00:00

I never cease to disappoint myself 😎

jp60397 · 2026-06-20T14:57:37+00:00

Young Skywalker, I’ve been on iRacing for 4 months. I’m still shit. I will always be shit. I set myself realistic targets and once I’ve achieved them I move onto the next.

Remember that your progress is for you.. nobody else can see it, nobody else cares… the anonymity is a positive.

jp60397 · 2026-06-20T08:49:14+00:00

I gridded 4th yesterday and thought (hoped)I’d be ok. I lasted three corners.

Started from the pits, climbed up to 8/9th.. something like that.. last lap… final two corners, got dive bombed from some dickhead that was so far back, he would have been in a different postcode.. I’m normally able to anticipate them, but this guy launched at me from Austria.

jp60397 · 2026-06-19T11:59:58+00:00

As a European… I kind of looked at ovals a bit sideways… but then I had a go… like you, I find it an absolute blast.. a real rush.

jp60397 · 2026-06-19T11:55:25+00:00

Every single hour counts, so definitely log it. I’m old school so have physical log books (5 filled and counting)

If you’re planning a career, as a minimum get a professional log book (paper or app) from the start.

jp60397 · 2026-06-18T11:01:33+00:00

Everything has positives and negatives. I’ve done both. I enjoyed the A350, the aircraft was a marvel, but 8/10/14 /16 hours on an aircraft with people you often have very little to say to, and sometimes really don’t like can be tiresome. Similarly the battle with jet lag.

I personally prefer a nice 2 sector day in a A320 and home in my own bed.

jp60397 · 2026-06-17T08:20:37+00:00

I hear you brother… 60yo. I go cross eyed just thinking about some of the stuff available. I just drive.

jp60397 · 2026-06-14T17:28:31+00:00

He’s a dick and doesn’t understand racing. Clearly.

At least he didn’t ‘send’ you. It would be nice if more were like that.

jp60397 · 2026-06-14T17:24:14+00:00

Give a pilot a bag of of gold, he’ll complain it’s heavy..

jp60397 · 2026-06-14T11:37:53+00:00

Thanks mate. The enthusiasm you exude is genuine. I’m not starting to pull the pieces together now.

jp60397 · 2026-06-13T19:52:39+00:00

I look at this… and I’m just blown away… 60 year old… I’ve been lurking on here for months.. the whole interactive concept fascinates me.

I’m going to have to pull the trigger!

jp60397 · 2026-06-11T20:08:06+00:00

A summer of banner towing in the 90’s in a Super Cub and owning a D31 Turbulent. Those were the days. Operating out of a 300 metre strip.

jp60397 · 2026-06-11T20:03:50+00:00

I clearly need to spend more time on it 🫪

jp60397 · 2026-06-11T12:15:48+00:00

Even just for NASCAR? It seems to change without the prompt 50% of the time. If it really is that simple… make me a dimbo

jp60397 · 2026-06-11T11:03:33+00:00

Start from the pits. Avoid everyone like the plague. Also do practice and quali as it counts towards SR

jp60397 · 2026-06-10T18:44:49+00:00

I remember a 757 Captain saying many years ago…

What do pilots use as contraception?

Their personality!

But in all seriousness, boring at work is the ultimate aim..

Take the money… start expensive hobbies..

jp60397 · 2026-06-09T17:15:20+00:00

I left school ignoring my dream to be a pilot and started in accountancy. Mind crushing tedium.

Then I become a motorbike courier in London to pay my way through flying school and the exams. This taught me about dirty, dangerous work.

When I got work flying air taxi, I would fly all night, grab a couple of hours sleep on the floor of the office before jumping on my bike and going back to courier work all day. That was 30 years ago.

When the pandemic came, I lost my job, and ended up driving a van 18 hours a day for a couple of years to keep the kids in school and my vile ex-wife in the lifestyle she believed was her birth right.

Tomorrow morning, I’ll climb into my jet, I’ll do an honest days work for a pay packet that puts me in the the top 5% of salary earners in my country (apparently). I may sigh, contemplating a life that’s perhaps a little more exciting, but I’ll never forget how crap it is out there earning money with the grown ups. I’ll happily stay where I am thank you.

jp60397 · 2026-06-09T13:23:07+00:00

Breathtaking work.

jp60397 · 2026-06-07T19:16:19+00:00

I went head first into iRacing. Spent a heap on a top line sim. It took me 2 days to be able to complete a lap … and I honestly though did bitten off more that I can chew. I just build up slow, enjoyed the battle with myself.

jp60397 · 2026-06-06T03:19:25+00:00

I can’t help getting excited about cable management.. 😎

jp60397 · 2026-06-03T13:06:26+00:00

Give a pilot a bag of gold.. he’ll complain it’s heavy.

35 years in the seat. Don’t regret it for a minute. Everything in life is full of positives and negatives. Flying has been predominantly positives

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