u/Ahsan_AMX20

Hey everyone. I’ve suddenly developed a pretty intense fear of flying and I honestly don’t know why it hit me this hard.

What’s weird is that I used to fly quite a lot when I was younger and never really cared about it. But now I’m flying again after around 8 years, and all of a sudden the idea of getting on a plane feels terrifying.

I’m flying on PIA , most likely on a Boeing 777-300ER, and I think PIA’s reputation is making my fear MUCH worse. Growing up, I mostly heard negative things about PIA — delays, old aircraft, bad management, the 2020 crash, pilot scandal, etc. So hearing “PIA” instantly makes my brain uncomfortable even before thinking about flying itself.

I’ve gone down a huge rabbit hole researching:

• PIA crashes
• Boeing incidents
• airline safety statistics
• aircraft age
• 777 crash history
• aviation accidents in general

Logically, I KNOW aviation is extremely safe. I’ve seen the stats:

• tens of millions of flights every year
• only a tiny number of fatal crashes
• Boeing 777s being considered one of the safest long-haul aircraft ever made

But emotionally it still feels horrible.

One thing stressing me out is that the aircraft operating my flight appears to be around 17 years old. I understand aircraft age isn’t the same as car age and that maintenance matters much more, but my anxious brain keeps translating “17 years old” into “unsafe.”

I also keep thinking about the entire airport/flight process:

• arriving hours early
• waiting at the gate
• sitting in the aircraft before takeoff
• taxiing slowly
• hearing the engines spool up
• realizing I’m about to spend 5 hours at 35,000 feet with no control

And then I start imagining worst-case scenarios even though I KNOW they’re incredibly rare.

What’s frustrating is that part of me fully understands the logic and statistics behind aviation safety, but another part of me still feels intense dread and discomfort.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of fear after years of not flying? And for people familiar with PIA or the Boeing 777 — realistically, how safe would you consider my situation?

Hey guys,

Just did my first ever proper league race on Assetto Corsa Competizione with a G29, and honestly it was a bit of a mess but also kinda eye-opening.

For context, I’ve been struggling a lot on wheel recently — couldn’t even finish 20 min races without binning the car. So this was already a big step.

Race was at Nürburgring, 42 cars. I was in the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo.

• Qualified P36 (around 4s off pole)
• Managed to climb up to P30 early on
• Then I pushed a bit too much and completely lost the car → heavy damage

Had to pit early, messed up strategy:

• ran longer with higher fuel
• didn’t change tyres

From there I was basically a backmarker the whole race, getting blue flagged constantly and not really fighting anyone.

BUT:

• I actually completed the full 1 hour race
• didn’t quit even after the damage
• learned a lot about traffic and race pace

Also something I didn’t expect: After about 40 mins, both my legs were literally giving up 😭 especially the braking leg. Made the last part of the race even harder and I ended up making another mistake near the end.

Finished around P38 after some others crashed.

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Honestly I don’t even know how to evaluate this.

On one hand it feels like a disaster, on the other hand it’s the first time I actually survived a full race on wheel.

Would love some honest feedback:

• Is this normal when starting league racing on a wheel?
• What should I focus on next — consistency, pace, or racecraft?
• Any tips for long races (especially physically, because my legs were dead 💀)?

Appreciate any advice 🙏

So ive been playing GT7,F1 and ACC, and tbh its kinda getting old, boring and repetitive now and i wanna change things around. I wanna try new classes, and a fresh sim racing game, but the only option on a PS5 are PMR and Rennsport. I really wanted to try the lmdh class of cars and i think the gt7 version of this is bad. So like this is purchase worth it? And like what is the state of online and single player experience and how ofter do u guys get updates?