This com is criminally underutilized. I'm Wake. I've been using this name for months on vrchat/elsewhere, and it felt appropriate to use it here.
I guess I've been here since the subreddit. I have a bunch of hobbies, most of which have been ADHD hyper fixations at some time. I like video games, movies, and I really like to listen to music. I especially enjoy finding new music.
I work in an industrial setting where I diagnose, and repair industrial machines and automatic systems. So I really like to figure things out. I've been taking things apart to see how they work since I was a little kid.
Most of the video games I play now are casual co-op games I can play with my friends like lethal company, valheim, phasmophobia. I also play a lot of driving and racing sims. But more than anything, the game I enjoy the most is vrchat.
I have a weekly vrchat adventure with one of my best friends. I guess you can say I'm an honorary furry at this point, since all my vrchat avatars are furry. I really enjoy editing and tweaking my avatar until it's exactly how I want it.
I changed accounts because about a week ago I realized I was much more trans than I thought I could ever be. That I'd been lying to, and hiding from myself for a decade. It's incredible how much transphobia you can absorb and internalize while also being gay and extremely lgbtq positive. So I wanted to make a new account to grow into. A nice delineation so to speak.
I guess at this point I'm just rambling so howdy, it's been so nice to have you all in my life. And wherever you are, know I love you and you're appreciated. 
At the recommendation of another user here, I've been playing the 2014 assetto corsa on PC. The modding community for that game is great, and the graphics look amazing for a 10 year old game. I think it was under $10 during the most recent steam sale. I also play BeamNG and Dirt2.0. I tried iracing but it costs too much money and is slightly too serious for me. I am not a super competitive person, so I like to do free-roams on big maps, and setting hot laps on various tracks.
I've been playing racing games since way back when I got a PS1 and gran tursimo. I also used to do autocross IRL for a few years in my 20s.
I've thought about seeing if anyone here would be interested in a casual racing league or maybe a hotlap leaderboard.
What about yourself? Do you play racing games or something else?
Yeah, I play iRacing the most, but also Assetto Corsa, especially the freeroam maps, and sometimes BeamNG. Played Dirt Rally 1 and 2 to death when they were released, so I got pretty bored of the stages that were in both games. EA Sports WRC seems interesting, but Steam reviews keep talking about the stuttering, so I'm waiting until they release another patch.
I just went and looked; you're the user that recommended assetto to me a few weeks ago on my old account.
I'm waiting for wrc to get actual VR support before I get it. I bought it the day it came out, and got extremely disappointed that it didn't have VR support yet. It said it did in a lot of the advertising for it, so I was shocked to learn it wasn't set up yet. So I returned it and said I'd get it again once it was all sorted out.
Do you use a wheel? If so, what do you use?
Yeah, I figured that was probably you.
I just use a budget Thrustmaster wheel and pedals, but might upgrade in the near future. A set of load cell pedals would already be an improvement.
I've been using a g27 with H-shifter and pedals that I've had for like 6 years now. The shifter started to have problems with 5th gear about a month ago, so I got a no-name Amazon H-shifter. It works great.
I just bought a moza R9 base earlier this week. I swapped my cheap 350mm wheel to it but I haven't had a lot of time yet to really try it out yet. I'll be putting it through the ringer later tonight though.
I assume you must have played in the Shutoko free roam map in AC1? It's probably the best out there imo, I like to hop into a car and explore the map from time to time, it's a fun and relaxing experience for me. Plus it reminds me a lot of the old Special Stage Route X type levels of Gran Turismo, from 1 to 4.
Their online servers are pretty chill, there's always someone who drives at night without headlights and crashes into everyone but it's part of the fun I guess!
Have you ever played GTR2? I bought it a couple of months ago and had a blast driving in it. It's an old sim for sure but it still holds up to the newer ones, especially the AI. It's pretty much unbeatable in terms of enjoyment, plus it has early 2000s GTs, probably the last good era of GTs.. at least for me.
Yeah it was the shutoko map that got me into ac1. I've never tried out the GTR games, they look really good. In AC1, I've been really enjoying using vintage cars on some of the fan made vintage courses. Something about cars like the Alfa 33 being rung out on a gorgeous track really gets me going.
Hell yeah, I hear you! Vintage racing >>>> modern racing by far. Check this Youtube Channel out (In case you haven't seen it yet), this guy features a lot of classic and vintage content, from roleplaying as a driver in the 1950s to driving 1920s era race cars or historic NASCAR races, he's pretty chill too.
AC1 does the vintage part really well, especially with modding. I just wish I was a better driver though lol, because these machines are really hard to drive.
That channel is cool as fuck. I watched that isle of man tt vid and its so cool how he just kinda explains exactly what he's doing. I love when other races do that because it help me learn better ways to approach tracks myself. Especially on long road courses.
You're telling me! I've been trying to get the Alfa 33 Stradale around Battenbergring in under 4:50. But that track is so easy to mess up on. It's absolutely gorgeous, but there are so many little things to get hung up on. So the margin of error is so tight in some sections. And that Alfa is such a rewarding car to drive.
I have a vid of me posting my fastest lap around that track with the Alfa, if your interested.