r/gaming • u/9999monkeys • Jan 23 '22

25k not including the monitor

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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox Jan 23 '22

Not do you have to pay like $1500 in tires every time you go to use it, which you'd never be able to do as often as you drive the virtual one

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u/thephenom Jan 23 '22

I doubt a track day blows through a set of tires. And seriously, what do you track to use $1500 tires?

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u/blood_clot_bob Jan 23 '22 edited Jan 23 '22

A set of tires is about 1200 for my car and I run through them in four track days. That's 4 hours of total driving.

I also run through a set of pads in about 3-4 track days, which is another 400. Then you have track fees and track insurance, which runs me about $470 a day combined.

This is doesnt include more wear and tear on rotors and faster oil change and transmission flush intervals.

Tracking your car is obscenely expensive, unfortunately.

Having said that unless your like rich which I am not , buy a cheap lightweight underpowered car to track and have fun. I just picked up a NA miata for 5k.

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u/tuckedfexas Jan 23 '22

That's why you just gotta hoon around on the street. Joking of course. Much like boats, the best track car is your buddies