Goodbye. For now.

Hello guys,
it is with great regret that I'll have to announce my retirement (for now) from simracing or any kind of online activity for a while, AKA I want to say goodbye to HSO and ISO for now and hope that I'll soon be able to return.

Why? (This is a spoiler because I can't imagine that anyone is really that much interested in why i'm going to retire for now):

Anyway, as long as I haven't found a reasonable place to stay or even as long as I haven't been able to move together with my girlfriend and find a place to study/work, i'm very unlikely to return to HSO/ISO. I might even not be able to participate in the 2018 season at all.
Thank you all for two wonderful years of league racing. I love all of you guys, even my worst "rivals".
Goodbye.

Sorry to hear this Pascal , i hope that your issues can be resolved sooner rather than later. I cannot imagine the situation you are in.

You will always be welcome here and at ISO as you are one of the characters of the group

auf wiedersehen for now as we definitely want to see you again.

Shit has hit the fan in a part of your life, even if it has a big effect on the rest. But you are always welcome here, and we hope to see you back soon. In any case, even if you can't race with us, stay around in the forum, you can do that from a phone or anywhere, don't lose touch with the things you have been enjoying just to center on the bad ones around you. You will see it gives you a better perspective.
Take care.

I hope that you get things sorted out soon and return to HSO. Good luck.

Wishing you all the best Pascal, hope you'll be okay and things brigthen up for you

That's sad news Pascal. I hope you can get your life back on track and that we'll have you back among us in the near future.

when you fight like on track you will win this fight aswell , im sure!
and do it in Monza style instead of Adelaide

That's some pretty rough stuff you're going through right now, which understandably makes simracing and other kind of activities pretty insignificant, but I keep my fingers crosssed that things head the right direction for you. And when you got stuff sorted out, I'll count on a return in big style!

François Remmen wrote:

when you fight like on track you will win this fight aswell , im sure!

I was just thinking same thing. Im sure well see you soon. Please, stay in touch via FB or here..

God speed (you black emperor)!

You're a tough one, Pascal.  You'll make it through and come out better on the other side.
At your age, I was all sorts of f'd up.  Damn thousand wonders I'm still breathing at all.  It sucked..and parts of it still f'n suck.
But the cliche is correct...that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger.  Sometimes we cannot see what the hell these lessons from life are for, sometimes they never completely seem to make sense.  
They need not make sense all the time though.  It is what we learn about ourselves and what we can gain from that if we stay centered that is important.

Hang in there.  Looks like more than a few have faith in you.

See you on the other side.

Best of luck to get things sorted mate.

As Alberto said, don't abandon the things you enjoyed. In someway, they can pull you through the worst of moments.

That being said, if there is anything I can do to help, just send me a pm.

Cheers,


Timo

Just checked in here after arriving at my mom's place.. I'm really touched by all of your kind words, I really am.
I want to thank you again for having given me a great chance at showing my skills, my qualities and, of course, the bad sides of the person I am - tempers and flaws. But through it all, it really touches me, reading all these replies and as Jason said, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. And since I strongly believe that my situation is at a big low, things can only go uphill from now on and I promise I'll make a return to sim racing with a boom - just wait
See you all on the other side and I wanna wish all of you the best for 2018.
Cheers,
Pascal.

Bonne continuation, Pascal, et à de ces jours, sûrement !

Positive vibes Pascal-thanks so much for your contributions to HSO. I hope we will see you return in the nearest future...

I can only say wish you the best!

This is great advice from everyone!
We never realize how good sand feels under foot until we walk on rocks!

See you SOON Pascal! You SOB lol

Thanks for the awesome cooperation in Fuji. Get things solved ASAP, fingers crossed!

good luck and be back soon Pascal!

Hey guys,
long time no see! Just to update those who're curious about what became of me after the evening of December 7th:

I'm now a citizen of Germany's capital, Berlin. I got my official registration in the beginning of January and I found a good school close to my home where I'm repeating the second semester of 11th class after I've left my previous school in the middle of class 12.

I'm currently sharing a room with my younger sister and my racing equipment (AKA my Logitech Racing Wheel) are in the basement. The internet here is a house-wide connection so it sometimes cuts out really badly, which means sometimes my ping in certain tank MMO games rise up to ~6000ms.
However, my personal situation has improved a lot in general and my mother and I are discussing bringing my equipment back up to the apartment we live in so I can resume racing. Playing other games all day and not being able to play and racing games since it's difficult with a keyboard got very boring so I asked her and she agreed on looking into it and we're going to get it up here in the nearest future.
Which would mean that I could actually be able to, at some point, join you guys again at HSO with the CanAm championship, the F1 71 championship and, if possible and appropriate, I might even be able to apply for the Indy 500 this year.

I'm very happy with how things have evolved and (except for the dodgy internet which concerns me a little since I might cause trouble with lag..) I'm looking forward to coming back!

Glad to hear things are slowly getting better for you   Hope to see you join us in the Indy500 

That is great to hear Pascal. Hope things continue on to improve for you.

Its nice to hear that things have improved for you.

Good news!! Hope to see you in the Indy500 Ciao

Nice to hear form you Pascal. I'm glad things are getting better for you.