Must have been Gran Turismo 3, during those days I was switching from pocket money to spending my own income so it’s not sure if GT3 was still a gift and GT4 was actually my first self bought game.

I do remember i owned the platinum edition of GT3 and GT4 was bought at release.

It was definitely worth it, Up until today I still dream about owning a race sim setup to do some serious racing and developing my skill. But I never got past a used Logitech G29 mounted to a desk and a chair that kept rolling away from the pedals type of setup.

I had a fairly long term of being unemployed during Covid which ended up in me buying that G29 as I spent a lot of time playing GT sport and finally for the first time ever got all gold on the licenses, so I knew I was making some good progress from all the time spent.

I even dared to try online racing and as I got better slowly managed to hold myself among others, which made me happy.

Me, the way I set up my life…but the economy been fucking around.

So now I find out I still get none of what I worked, prepared and sacrificed for.

I miss those showers at home, where you didn’t need to care about bills as your parents protected you from those.

My showers easily ended up being 30min long, looking back I wish those bills still took a similar % of your income. I’d happily sink away into my empty brain under a steaming hot shower.

If they don’t stop digging this slop hole any deeper, I won’t be coming back.

Heck my 7900xtx is serving me plenty well and my Ryzen processor is doing more than enough.

Seeing how my old lower specced pc lasted me 11 years I figure this one might be able to chug along for a few more at this point.

I’m a crane operator, if we still got the wages people would get 15 years ago and all the required paperwork it would feel important.

But now it’s just a: “hey guy, go try it out…see how it goes” and if it goes well you get to stay…for the same wage and no official paperwork to prove you’re capable and as such no opportunity to do the same at a new employer and maybe build up your wage.

It’s a bit if a run on ramble, but yeah… that’s how I feel, after 30 years of trying to save money, increase my skills and wage, not owning a car to save on costs and doing everything on a bicycle up to 40km a day and still not being able to buy a house…I’m ready to throw in the towel

Woosh

I’m European and already figured this out the moment I got on the internet 🤣