Nice threadOnes that Im guilty of:Having a beeper (way back when using FS98) go off in the car while driving down the road and immediately looking at my gauges wondering why the autopilot disconnected, only to realize I dont have an autopilot...Looking at the clouds and thinking to myself that the resolution is very high, only to realize how stupid I am and that of course real clouds are high def.Pondering how close a REAL sunset with clouds look compared to FS sunsets, instead of the other way around.Getting a kick outta driving down a low traffic volume road down the 'centerline' and driving my wife crazy.

When you're a NWA pilot and look up from your FS on the notebook to see that you've flown past the real world airport by 150 miles? :(

A. You set your clock on 24-hour time because the pilots do it.B. You call gas "fuel."C. You reach for the overhead for the engine starter in your car.D. You have a checklist for the operations of your car.E. Your car is "out of service."

The TAC in my truck doubles as a TCAS.JimCYWG

A. You talk to a friend online, they tell you they need to depart, and you respond by saying "Contact departure. Good day."B. You acknowledge text messages by saying "Copy."C. You respond to instructions with "Wilco."D. You answer yes and no questions with Negative and Affirmative.

How to know I've been flying (I don't play, you might, but I don't) Flight Simulator too much? -Eating 3 meals a day in the "cockpit" on days off instead of at the table.-Flying from Vancouver - Honolulu - Melbourne in real time, without hitting the pause button once.-Reading every word on this thread to find that there is nothing you have not either done or thought about doing. :(

"Simulation" is not "playing". Sorry. That's my opinion, and probably the opinion of many who use the FSX Simulation product.Stan

"Simulation" is not "playing". Sorry. That's my opinion, and probably the opinion of many who use the FSX Simulation product.Stan

Good One. :(When driving you take your car to the JiffyLube because the "rudder pedals" are not working correctly.When using the GPS in your car you wonder where the Synthetic Vision isWhen driving you think that cruise control will allow you to take your hands of the wheelWhen playing flight simulator you realize you answer to friends and relatives by saying "roger" and they give you a weird face.When you look at the real world you say "This looks so Real compared to FSX" and you forget reality.When on a real flight you bring your laptop with FSX and you track your flight on flightaware, and then simulate it.When you look at clouds in real life, you wish they could look like that in FSYou have an overspeed gauge in your car to warn you to slow down.

When you are excited going to a horse show at Chateau Elan, because you think you're actually cleared to "DIRTY" intersection. "That's why you went today, Brittany? To look at planes?" (same thing happens when I go to a horse show, riding along on horse hauling.) "Hey, xxxx, you're cleared to DIRTY". You get Instant Scenery and exclaim "I can put my Wal-Mart on here!" only to discover that the scenery library does not allow that object to be put in East Athens.You can time taking the "guys" to their appointments by when the AIRACs change every 28 days.

- When you act as if you've been there and done that, looking at real planes. "Ah, look, he's crabbing in the wind - crosswind landings are really tricky, I can tell you!"

This stuff is great guys. :(Pulling back on that weird looking yoke in your car to try to keep the nose up as you go down a hill.Mel

When you push coast the grocery trolley slightly sideways, as you do whenyou're attempting a landing in high crosswinds!Peter Sydney Australia

- You refer to the number 9 as 'Niner'- When on the phone to call centers, and they ask you to spell your surname, you do it in the phoenetic alphabet.- When you see a rare car on the road, you think to google the license plate, like you would an aircraft - hoping to get a photo of the same car.- Your friends turn to you when a plane goes over, not only expecting you to know what it is, but where it's going too.- You're able to tell them, without even looking at the aircraft. You can tell the difference between a Ryanair 737-800 or an Easyjet A319 from the sound alone. (I have done this numerous times!!)

When you push coast the grocery trolley slightly sideways, as you do whenyou're attempting a landing in high crosswinds!Peter Sydney Australia

YES! I thought I was the only one to do that!!!

True story. I'm sitting there at a traffic light, and a Continental 777 passes in front of me. First words out of my mouth: "Triple seven." My best friend in the passenger seat tells me, "Wow, Kevin. That's actually quite scary. Actually, no, not really."

...when everything around you becomes a little blurry, and the first thing that comes to your mind is not paying a visit to an optician, but rather increasing the TEXTURE_BANDWIDTH_MULT value.Marco