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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
the worst thing in this picture is the funko pops or whatever
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!)
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
This is me. My partner doesn't mind too much. In fact, I'm getting married tomorrow.
Congratulations!!!
I wish you'd at least pause the game to say your vows
Vows filled with racing puns
Congrats!!
Would it be better if they're into rally or F1?
Rally.
You have made the correct choice
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?
I didn't even notice them when i pulled this image off the internet but realistically they're a package deal with most if these sorts of people
Looks like the Justice League
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.
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.
guy's got a hobby
Honestly, it might be healthier than normal G*ming
Would it be better if they're into rally or F1?
Trick question. I would only date someone who had a rig like that for Trucksim games.
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.
What's the bed like though?
Bare mattress on the floor, no sheets. Duvet with no cover and a single yellow stained pillow?
Yeah,it would probably be a mattress on floor type situation. But they're not going to be the holes in the boxers, Grindr top hookup type either
Racecar bed, obviously.
That's too obvious though
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.
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
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.
The best way to know if you're autistic is to find someone who is or a group and present yourself for judgement.
We can normally tell. It's like gaydar.
If you know more than 30 cars you might be autistic, sorry, donβt make the rules
All cool, my bestie had one of these and he just liked to cruise around scenic places in games and vibe to music
looks fun. would love to play some american truck simulator on that rig and drive extremely safely
Depends on whether I'm able to try it out.
I ask him when he wants to marry me.
well they're definitely in a different tax bracket than me so that alone already makes me apprehensive. but i fucking love cars. hate them realistically. like i would love to live in an actually walkable place and in so many ways our reliance on cars is literally ruining everything that makes the world beautiful or even habitable. but goddamn, i love rally i love f1 i love supercars even. at least they're not out here actually being rich assholes making people's lives worse for the money to get their dream cars but, isn't that the goal for a lot of them?
edit: i didn't even put it together that this is in the context of dating my answer is outside of that context LOL
Cars are fine as a hobby/recreation. Racing doesn't cause congestion and it's a miniscule portion of pollution. That's not the issue with cars. It's the sheer necessity of them in daily life when most people would be perfectly happy to be without one if they could still get to work and shop without major hassle.
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
Honestly this kind of thing looks extremely fun.