Most of the times cold and dark, as I want to go though the check lists, practice taxiing, and such.
When I have little time, I start on the runway, just to practice departure and arrival procedures.
Enjoy the sim in every way possible!
For GA I have the POH’s printed for all the planes I fly which includes the performance data so I do it myself taking in the average winds, temperature, etc… with an e6b flight computer.
@Urroundnext Once the PMDG 737 gets that EFB it’s game over! I am so excited for the EFB! I file a plan on SimBrief and then prefile for VATSIM, get clearance and then manually enter in the waypoints after setting up departure and approach.
Like all things in my life – it depends. I tend (read most of the time) have a plan in place ie flying around the world -east to west or landing in all the airports in a chosen FAA Sectional. I may do a cold and dark here and there but most of the time just fuel up then hit the road.