And if you put your effort in the right places, you will gain a lot of experience very quickly and accelerate up the learning curve. The more effort and thought you put into it, the more you will get out of it. How did you get around so fast!? It’s a great opportunity for newer folks to ask questions and debrief in a social and friendly way.Īside from simply getting involved multiplayer flying, there are some things you can do to maximize the amount of experience you earn. We talk about what worked and what didn’t. Some ask questions along the way.Īt the end of a task, we normally land and hang around the proverbial beer cooler off the runway. We openly talk about strategy, tactics, and upcoming decisions, even though we are still “racing” each other. And they’d love to share their love of the sim and soaring with you! The social environment is laid back. Some of those experienced pilots are accomplished soaring pilots in real life. The simulator is so amazing that people who have been doing it for fifteen years are still challenged, make mistakes, land out, and enjoy it. Get involved in the Multiplayer racing and on Teamspeak to talk to the experienced folks. And as time goes on, the Condor experience will make you a better soaring pilot, so that when you DO go to your first competition, you might be winning days instead of landing out half of the time! And guess what, there’s a task every night! Do it for a couple weeks and you will get the hang of it. It’s intimidating for some and discouraging for others.īut that’s also what makes it really freakin’ fun and amazing! You might not make it around the first several tasks and that’s okay! Unlike in real life where driving across the whole country to land out half of the days in a competition is completely demoralizing, in Condor you can simply shake it off and try it again. And just like real life, the learning curve is very steep. Once you get your computer set up, chair comfy and joystick configured, you enter this world of thermals, ridges, competitors, tasks, blind corners, and traps. The challenge, though, is that Condor and soaring in general is complicated. While many folks simply enjoy the social aspects of soaring and racing with each other, I have always viewed it as a way to improve one’s cross country decision-making skills.
Condor is an excellent and fun cross country training tool.