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It's pretty much saying "I like to sit in my chair and pretend to be a racecar driver."
Would it be better if they're into rally or F1?
And would it be worse if it was a VR headset or multiple screens?
π flag
I never hear anything about race car gamers shouting the nword so these kinds of people probably have a better culture than the fps gamers.
observations from racing game communities:
a lot of them are libertarian, but their only politics is that less regulations should be on cars.
not a lot of women
racial diversity
lots on the spectrum
I'd describe them as like fifa or sport games fans, its rare to find a racing game with a chat system let alone a voice chat system, so they can't really others slurs except through player and car customisation. The biggest difference between them and fps gamers is what brings them into the game, fps players are rarely there for the guns or tactics they're there to kill virtual guys, racing players are there for the cars and 90% of the time they're playing against bots or beating personal record times.
I never hear anything about race car gamers shouting the nword
There was a recent scandal where a well known player competing in a trackmania tower map challenge was outed as a weirdo 4chan nazi who made/shared weird racist 4chan memes and said slurs, and was summarily kicked out of the competition.
Just from casually watching trackmania stuff, it seems like its big enthusiast community is mostly chill and collaborative, with even the top level of comp players being like a few dozen people who all know each other, constantly play silly no-stakes challenges together, and even if they can get salty about losing don't really get that aggressive malding edge towards their opponents that some other scenes get.
my interpretation of the above (no outside info): basically they found out he was also on 4-chan. presumably he kept a lid on the 4chan vibe because he knew it would not be tolerated. Eventually, his opsec failed and he was cancelled on the basis of also doing 4 chan stuff.
never heard of this game subculture before but apparently it has higher standards of behavior than most western governments.
It was screenshots of him saying shit and posting racist 4chan memes on a discord server that someone dug up and spread around, leading to him getting condemned by basically everyone else involved in the competition and the bulk of the community watching it.
Streamer accidentally messes up his vocabulary https://youtube.com/watch?v=Vq1iqwGQblo (sorry for yt link, save me, bot!)
This is me. My partner doesn't mind too much. In fact, I'm getting married tomorrow.
I wish you'd at least pause the game to say your vows
Vows filled with racing puns
Congrats!!
Congratulations!!!
Nah that's pretty awesome.
Would want to know opinions on walkable infrastructure, but I know a lot of car autistics that hate car centric shit.
I know a lot of car autistics that hate car centric shit.
Yep, that's me, but I don't know if I'm autistic.
If you know more than 30 cars you might be autistic, sorry, donβt make the rules
Wanting the speedy-go-fast-vroom-vroom feeling, so they buy a simulator, but also take a bus or train to work
A perfect synthesis
Does he have the pedal controller for the accelerator and brake? Or just the steering wheel? If it is just the wheel he's a poser and it is a pretty big red flag.
The funko pops are the biggest red flag here tbh.
Full setup. Accelerator/brake/Clutch, H-pattern gearstick and dedicated handbrake. Also, it's one of those force feedback steering wheels
Then it should be fine. I stand by what I said about the funko pops though.
if he has a HOTAS attachment i'm getting on my knees and begging him to install Microsoft Flight Sim and/or War Thunder and let me go hog wild after I suck his hog
Hooking this bad boy up to excel and doing my taxes.
I wonder if the wheel could be used to scroll sideways
It can
I wonder if a pivot operation can be used by pulling off a handbrake skid
looks fun. would love to play some american truck simulator on that rig and drive extremely safely
the worst thing in this picture is the funko pops or whatever
guy's got a hobby
Honestly, it might be healthier than normal G*ming
Can you imagine being a person who has a problem with this? You should move to the desert because you'd probably get along better with a flock of vultures.
Imo brickheads look extremely ugly but they are not as bad as funkos, yellow flag.
I would assume they are very nerdy especially if they have a good vr headset, I like that type of person :3
This is the type of answer I kind of expected asking a bunch of nerds
Just to echo others the only real red flag here is the funko pops.
I am embarrassed to even ask but what funko pops are they exactly?
If it's that clean as well, then it's fine.
not winning any of those races sitting in the pit lane the whole time are ya?
I think it's cool
Let me help everyone here. This dude will marry you and be sick of the shit when you're constantly asking him to do boring stuff and talking about your friend's neighbor and other people he doesn't know, and complaining that he hasn't fed the dog yet, and when you're pissed that he played a game instead of staring at you all night, and when you have to take the kid to the pointless activity you signed them up for, and when they have any hobbies and they are trying to have fun.
Give the dude a break and find some other sucker.
This is probably correct, but that setup is still rad
I mean, I'm not speaking from experience or anything. Ahem.
Lol
Depends on whether I'm able to try it out.
Yeah I'm out. My first bf was a 
before it was even a thing. We broke up in large part because he spent more time with his shitty pc than me or anyone else.
I once told him when we were fighting for this very thing that I'll throw the pc out the window. That's when he turned violent.
Honestly this kind of thing looks extremely fun.
I had a Logitech wheel/pedals/shifter rig for Gran Turismo on PS3. It was pretty fun, and I may abuse that for teaching my kid how to drive. "You aren't allowed behind the wheel of your mother's Toyota until you can place top 3 in Laguna Seca without using the goddamned Red Bull car. Also, I am modding the controller to include a turn signal stalk. Pray I don't mod it any further."
What music is playing? This? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oanJVP5Tg8