Anyone else here aspire to be a professional race car driver? Is it harder than it looks do you think? It just seems you go real fast, like there is no skill in it.
>>28948611That shit is easy as fuck now that every car is automatic
>>28948611It is hard. You are slow. You don't have enough money for it.
>>28948611Of you can spend $250-$750k a year you can run Miata or get a ride in IMSA or WEC amateur level. Otherwise you’d need to spend several million a year starting at 13 years old and also have talent.Could also maybe get a job as a factory driver that tests the cars on track but those jobs are hard to get and don’t open much.
>>28948611>Is it harder than it looks do you think?It's memorizing lines and getting a feel for the car. It's not necessarily "hard" insofar that's it's very repetitive and "more of the same", but it's "hard" insofar that you will be vastly inferior at it until you know what to feel for. >It just seems you go real fast, like there is no skill in it.There is the above skill, there are also your reaction times (probably conditioned specifically to racing), your eyesight, being overall healthy, etc.>Anyone else here aspire to be a professional race car driver?As everyone said, it's pretty out of reach for the average person, like being a top athlete, but even more so because you can play basketball and soccer in the hood/favella. In case this thread is genuine, I will throw one more thing your way - it seems fun while it's for fun. Spending your whole life edging out grip in a corner is actually monotonous as shit though, and only worth it if it comes with the prestige / money you associate with it, which isn't there for 99.99%. Even less so when you are doing your pads / fluid / alignment after every session.So try to really frame the question of what you actually want and what it would actually looks like.
>>28948611I read Perry McCarthy's book a few years ago. The impression I got is that the job is basically a constant hunt for sponsors and money.
>>28948611As the instructors at the 3 day Skip Barber course told me 10+ years ago when I asked "do you think I'd ever have a chance of being a professional racer" after they asked me a few questions:>Do you come from money?>How old are you?>Do you know anyone in the industry?When I answered no, 24, and no again they said, "you are really great at learning and racing here l, but being really good at learning and racing doesn't make you a great professional racer". They also asked if I was going to a university and I told them for IT. To sum up what they said about that was to stick with that and not to end up like them (working to pennies at a race school). After that I gave up on racing and pursued being a /k/ommando..greetings from /k/ btw, I saw this thread on the home page.
Why don't we go make our own racing league?
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It is more physically and mentally demanding than one might think to do that for hours.
>>28948611It's funner than you think
>>28948611>like there is no skill in it.If you're racing in a real series then all the other cars are nearly the exact same as yours and even in noob tier series they're capable of going much faster than your brain thinks is possible*. It's literally all skill and mind games with the other drivers to find the perfect opening for an overtake because you can't beat them with power. Just watch a formula 4 or formula 1000 race on youtube.*under the right conditions of clean hot tires that aren't worn out and proper downforce, as the race progresses your tires start to wear out depending on how hard you pushed them or if you got them dirty and you start losing grip which can fling you off the track, you have to remember that almost everyone you're racing with is going to be driving their cars as close to the limit as possible at all times so your performance also comes down to the strategy of conserving your tires or keeping your engine from wearing out etc, yes engines wear out and have to be replaced every year.
>>28949523Skippies are fun as shit to drive in iRenting. I'm jelly. Great story btw.
Do karting instead. They're more fun, safer, and cheaper.
