The backstory.
I'm Jack. I run the simracing YouTube channel JACKZER. I've been uploading videos since 2011, across more niches than I can count, but simracing is where everything clicked.
How it started
I've always loved it.
I've always loved making things. Videos most of all. Pulling an idea out of my head and putting it in front of someone else has been the through-line for as long as I can remember.
I spent years making military sim content and genuinely loved it. Health issues forced me to stop around 2016, and for a long time I watched peers go on to build real careers while I sat on the sidelines.
When I came back, it was with simracing. Something that had quietly grown from a simple hobby into a proper happy place. A way to scratch the racing itch when real-world motorsport isn't an option (and no, the USB stick with Bitcoin on it isn't happening either).
The community
The community is the magic bit.
Simracing has introduced me to some of my closest friends. It handed me opportunities I never expected, including the chance to drive a Formula Vee race car in real life. How crazy is that?!
The thing I'm proudest of is helping start the Irish Pub Discord. Nearly 4,000 members, genuinely good people, and one of the rare corners of the internet where a group of mostly men aged 25 to 65 actually get along. In a hobby that can feel isolating, that community means everything.
I just opened the door. They built the place.
On the road
Out in the world.
The lens
Why I see simracing differently.
The psychology series came from two places. I studied psychotherapy formally, and that gave me the framework. Life experience gave me the material.
A good chunk of that experience involved real suffering. I won't dress that up. But it's exactly why spreading joy feels like meaningful work rather than content strategy. If something I make gives one person one minute of genuine relief, that's not a small thing to me.
That's the whole point.
Simracing turns out to be a remarkable place to explore all of this. The pressure, the ego, the patterns people repeat without realising. It's all there, lap after lap, if you know what you're looking at.
Why I do this
Give a man a fish.
I'd rather give people the tools to think for themselves than hand them answers. The goal was never to be the guy with all the hot takes. It's to make content that actually changes how someone approaches the sim, the race, or honestly, whatever else they're dealing with.
Life is short. The risky path is almost always worth it. Going full-time proved that. And no matter how long it lasts, I cherish every second.
So now I just show up, make things worth watching, and enjoy the community that's grown around all of it.
If you're new, welcome. If you've been here a while, cheers for sticking around.
The rig
What I race on.
- WheelbaseSIMAGIC Alpha EVO Ultra
- WheelsSIMAGIC Zeus
- PedalsSIMAGIC P1000 w/ Haptics
- RigSim-Lab P1X Pro
- Primary simiRacing
- The PC
- RTX 5080Ryzen 9 9950X3D64GB DDR5990 PRO 2TB870 EVO 4TBLiquid Freezer III 420RM1200e PSUX870E Tomahawk
- Monitors
- LG UltraFine 4032 inch triplesx3
- Stream control
- Stream Deck MK.2Stream Deck XLStream Deck +
- Storage and network
- UGREEN NASWD Red 8TBx4UGREEN UPS10G switch
- Cable management
- Cable sleeveVelcro tiesCable clipsSmall cable clipsWide cable clipsBelkin power strip
- Wheel
- Wheel overgrips
Join our Irish Pub Community Discord with over 3.8K members.
The Irish Pub would love to have you, we have league races on Thursdays and the craic is mighty. Can't wait to see you there.
A small note
Like any live performer, gratuities help a lot, but they're never expected. For anyone curious how the split actually works, the full breakdown is here.
