How many hours/day do you drive?

Mika Pyhäjärvi · Sep 18, 2008

Hi! I´m new to racing sims(owned GTRe for 2 weeks now) and Im wonderin how much I should practice. I have wife and daughter so I cant play so much than I want. I really want to go online but my lap times are far away from top times so I NEED practice!! Now Im driwing WTCC season at PRO and 90% difficulty. I´ve drove Curitiba and Zandvoort and easy win from both. I know real opponents gonna be much harder...

Mark Vanoord · Sep 18, 2008

Patrick Speleman said:
I try to practice every day 1 hour or more when i have permition of my wife :evil:

The trick to getting more time for practice time is telling your wife she can watch what ever she wants on tv.
It was funny last night, while racing online my girlfriend started watching me do some Qual for a online race. She was telling me " Don't look at the clock just keep your eyes on the track" I got second spot on the grid. The race started and she was cheering me on, yelling, screaming and saying how real the Sim looked online. After a few laps I managed to pass the car ahead of me and got into first place. The pressure was on then with her yelling in my ear "Faster,Faster" "He's right behind you" "Block him he's going to pass" that was it and off I went right into the kitty litter and wall. I don't know who was more upset, me or her? I told her I need more practice and she agreed. My trick worked:-}

Jacco Cornelissen · Sep 18, 2008

I drive about 6 hours a week i think

Dietmar · Sep 18, 2008

Mark Vanoord said:
The trick to getting more time for practice time is telling your wife she can watch what ever she wants on tv.
It was funny last night, while racing online my girlfriend started watching me do some Qual for a online race. She was telling me " Don't look at the clock just keep your eyes on the track" I got second spot on the grid. The race started and she was cheering me on, yelling, screaming and saying how real the Sim looked online. After a few laps I managed to pass the car ahead of me and got into first place. The pressure was on then with her yelling in my ear "Faster,Faster" "He's right behind you" "Block him he's going to pass" that was it and off I went right into the kitty litter and wall. I don't know who was more upset, me or her? I told her I need more practice and she agreed. My trick worked:-}

What's your girl friend's phone number?:becky:

My girl friend actually lives currently far away from me (an 8h flight), so I have much time, at least on the week ends. I guess 6h comes close to reality for me as well (though not catching up with the really fast ones, but I see stability coming into my driving)

Patrick Speleman · Sep 18, 2008

Mark Vanoord said:
The trick to getting more time for practice time is telling your wife she can watch what ever she wants on tv.
It was funny last night, while racing online my girlfriend started watching me do some Qual for a online race. She was telling me " Don't look at the clock just keep your eyes on the track" I got second spot on the grid. The race started and she was cheering me on, yelling, screaming and saying how real the Sim looked online. After a few laps I managed to pass the car ahead of me and got into first place. The pressure was on then with her yelling in my ear "Faster,Faster" "He's right behind you" "Block him he's going to pass" that was it and off I went right into the kitty litter and wall. I don't know who was more upset, me or her? I told her I need more practice and she agreed. My trick worked:-}

I've got to try that

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Richard Bunschoten · Sep 18, 2008

Mark Vanoord said:
The trick to getting more time for practice time is telling your wife she can watch what ever she wants on tv.
It was funny last night, while racing online my girlfriend started watching me do some Qual for a online race. She was telling me " Don't look at the clock just keep your eyes on the track" I got second spot on the grid. The race started and she was cheering me on, yelling, screaming and saying how real the Sim looked online. After a few laps I managed to pass the car ahead of me and got into first place. The pressure was on then with her yelling in my ear "Faster,Faster" "He's right behind you" "Block him he's going to pass" that was it and off I went right into the kitty litter and wall. I don't know who was more upset, me or her? I told her I need more practice and she agreed. My trick worked:-}

That is some story man , i only wish my wive would care aby more then she does , she doesn't care about racing at all.

So i envy you man , good stuff

Jarrod Crossley · Sep 18, 2008

Well married (15yrs soon to be 16) two kids, but I do get some time to myself. Most of it is usally taken up with skinning but I do get to see the track. More offen than not on Sundays and Tuesdays, Wife and kids know to leave me alone then.

Emil Osmic · Sep 18, 2008

Don`t know how many, but definitely too much

Rafael Barbosa · Sep 18, 2008

I study and work, so I have only on weekends. When training 4 hours and race online a 4 hours. So do not sleep.

Peter Byun · Sep 18, 2008

Over the years, as I've gained more experience racing, setting up a car, and learning the tracks, I've spent less and less time to prepare for races. Usually do the 1/2 hour to 1 hour practice on the server before a race and that's about it. I figure real race car drivers can't do 20 hours a week practicing for a race (like some sim-racers I know) so I make the best of my prior experience and maximize the on-track time prior to the race.

So to answer the question posed by this thread, I usually do 3-4 races a week and spend about 6-8 hours driving (including the race itself.)

Lee Downham · Sep 19, 2008

Steam also seems to keep track of your gaming time ... I saw something about 945 hours yesterday :shocked: ... then I realised that was a "community figure" and not me personally :lol:

Marcel vd Aa · Sep 19, 2008

Well, i race about 4 to 7 hours a day.
But then again i have no other things to keep me occupied during the work week.
I sometimes go "overseas" to enter races being held in the USA, so thats in the middle of night where i live but hey got nothing else to do.
Only one downside, it sometimes kills the mood racing this much.
So now and then i don't race at all for 2 or 3 days, just to not get bored with racing.

Ludovic Cogotti · Sep 20, 2008

Certainly i play 2 hours by day maximum.

Daniel Monteiro · Sep 20, 2008

maybe 1 hour/day, i'll try to up that a little bit

Kieran Mcgeachy · Sep 26, 2008

usually 3 nyts a week for an hour, as i dnt have computer n use my dads

Kieran Mcgeachy · Sep 26, 2008

im about to watch my 2nd mini race that my dad n uncle n there mate are taking part in.cant wait to get my trial membership so i can join in the fun n give them a gud pasting

. or i could just take the wheel from the old fella lol :evil:

Matt Alpeter · Sep 26, 2008

I go to college and work, but I try to race 4-5 races a day..unless I get frustrated lol

Zoltán Kubassy · Sep 27, 2008

Jarrod Crossley said:
Wife and kids know to leave me alone then.

WoW!! What a privilege! This is one of my dreams.... leave me alone:Cry:
Somebody always disturb me on my hot lap during the qualyfication, with something unimportant thing! For example: "what happend today mysweet":doh: Generaly this is the end of the lap....
well...i drive about 5-7 hour a week

Taranta · Sep 27, 2008

one hour a day :amen:

Rick Gough · Sep 27, 2008

I like to do a couple of hours a day most days. Not necessarily racing though, could be FPS or RTS etc. In honesty its mostly racing though:thumb:

Lee Downham · Sep 27, 2008

Matt Alpeter said:
I go to college and work, but I try to race 4-5 races a day..unless I get frustrated lol

:shocked: ... wow ... if only ... last night the steam stats told me that I did 7.7 hours in the past 2 weeks ... and that is with 2 x mini endurance races.

Not sure I believe it, but you must be doing nearly that in a day with 4 - 5 races ... :jaw: