I'd take my $100 quest 2 over any number of the nicest monitors. VR took the immersion of Sim driving to a level I can't come back from.

Browsing the sim forums are filled with people throwing hate that the core software is 29 dollars on sale and they refuse to buy it, then post with pride the 1500 dollars they paid for a SINGLE PEDAL!

Don't make me think about how much I've spent on VR and accessories...

Thats why Gran Turismo haters can fuck off.

I owned a ps4 already and Id owned Gran Turismo as a casual gamer before I decided to give sim racing a go. I bought a $200 used wheel and pedals off marketplace and built a cheap rig for about another $200.

It might be "Simcade" or whatever elitist gatekeepy shit people want to say but my total investment to suck at simracing is $500. You can spend $10,000 and still suck at Iracing.

Best COVID lock down ever. I would love another. Minus all the people dying.

But there isn't a better experience in gaming than VR Assetto Corsa with mods.

Edit: With mods...and a wheel. And seat rumblers for your butt. And SimHub. And Custom Shaders Pack via Patreon. And oh lol are you still on a gear-driven Logitech or Thrustmaster lol so cute! You'll want the new model with carbon fiber belts tensioned to aerospace specifications by Ferrari engineers. P.S. How are you set on actuators/degrees of freedom?

It's so insanely fun though isnt it. Especially in VR. Nordschliffe at night in the rain in a Xbow, radio blasting, it's just sublime

y'all are getting in debt to play games ?

I want a gyroscopic flight sim setup; the kind that when I do a barrel roll in the sim, I actually get spun around.

I'm in this image and I don't like it

Just like any hobby, you don't need the latest and greatest to enjoy it. Look at music for example. The amount of incredible albums made on shitty gear likely matches that of artists with the best gear money can buy.

Just have fun and enjoy the process. A direct drive wheel won't make you a better driver, but racecraft will. 🤙🤙🤙

You can get assetto corsa for that cheap?

I started on a Logitech Driving Force GT I bought second hand for $40 that I would clamp to my desk.

Now I've got a full rig with a direct drive wheel, load cell pedals, a shifter, a handbrake and a VR Headset. It's definitely one of the most expensive things I've bought myself but totally worth it.

The racing game accessories companies probably pay racing sim game development companies billions of dollars a year.

/tinfoil hat

I feel that. Except with watches. Started off modding Invicta Pro Divers with the Seiko movements. Now, my watch collection is easily twice that meme.

Honest take. I would pay 200€ for a good simulation if hooked even with dlcs. The picture actually shows what we do wrong. Pay a lot of money for parts but safe on software.