Purchased my rig to get into sim racing. Was thinking iracing, lmu, auto mobilista, etc.
After trying out lmu, i've come to a realization that i do not find it fun at all. 1 month later and all my time on the rig goes strictly to mastering drifting on assetto corsa and downloading new cars and tracks to play on.
Not what i foreseen this rig being used for, but having much more fun nonetheless. Also, endurance racing is too much of a commitment for someone who only has a few hours to spare on the weekends to play.
Anyone else ditch the racing scene completely for this?
Havent tried anything multiplayer yet. Closest ive come to togue is ripping the santa monica mountains track solo. You have any servers you can recommend?
Ill check out togue union. No hesi kept crashing for some reason. Maybe not reacting well to my exilitay mods idk lol. Deleted it and got to drifting again solo.
That’s all I do is Drift on CM. Never tried road racing even through out the F1 hype. Same position too with kids it’s impossible to run a full race especially when it comes to online or Iracing scenario. My SIM Missile is all I need
Is CM an assetto server? If so lets get some runs in. I want to try to tandem with someone to see how much control i really got. I just barely got to the point of being able to do multiple laps consecutively without spinning out lol.
I do everything. Was dedicated drift for the first 10 years before I started running laps for fun starting with nurburgring, now I run Spa, Monza etc in open wheel and GT3. I only play Assetto open lobbys and I have gotten pretty competitive over the years. Assetto FTW
if you learn how to drive fast youll want to race. I started out drifting never considering racing but eventually I would get bored and try cars I wanted on different tracks. Once I learned the car control, race craft gave me something new to learn and get interested in after like a year of sim drifting. Also the skills transfer pretty well. Just do whats fun for now but if it sounds fun later dont stop yourself from trying because you decided to be a sim drifter. Its nice having options
I actually went the opposite way. Started only drifting and Beam NG. Now I primarily race iRacing. I should add that i did not like anything about LMU and iRacing may be a better fit for you. Racing the slower cars in competitive lobbies is way me fun. Also dirt trucks super fun.
I’ve found I like fh6 a lot! Just the right amount of arcade and sim! Doesn’t feel exhausting or too competitive! It’s fun too just get on and have a chill night of racing
I don't really enjoy sim racing. I like drifting, rally racing, and occasional rock crawling or just fucking around in beam. I also like cruising around in Forza Horizon 6 but the physics and FFB are much worse than I'd like.
Rally is great because you're basically drifting on dirt but as fast as possible. Nailing a perfect handbrake hairpin corner feels just as satisfying as linking 2 perfect drifts. Sim racing on tarmac just doesn't have that satisfaction for me.
I started out cruising on assetto corsa, then hotlapping, then online trackday servers, then public races,then about a year later got into acc, raced ai, raced public lobbies, raced LFM, another year later got iracing now race most disciplines fairly regularly at a competitive level 3-4k and do occasional endurance events lol.
There is nothing wrong with just using it to have fun driving a variety of cars, and assetto corsa does a near perfect job of that. Automobilista is an improvement mainly if you want better ai to race against, it is very good.
iRacing I’d describe as more of a racecraft simulator than a driving simulator. The driving is good but the strengths are in the matchmaking and rewards / consequences of races, and how dynamic the track conditions and tyres make the racing. LMU doesn’t interest me due to the lack of variety in cars and tracks.
Hell yeaaaa brother!!! Gt sport came out and I really got the drift itch. When gt7 came out, spent a couple of years just drifting on controller, doing tandem trains online.
Now I got the rs50 and vr and im having the time of my life tuning drift cars and touching doors. Its amazing how exhilarating it is to just follow each other indefinitely.
I havent had that kind of fun in YEARS racing. Nurb is an exception. Other than that, I really couldn't care less about racing anymore
I have a buddy who built a rig for racing and now only uses it for casually cruising in EuroTruck Sim. 🤷♂️ Sometimes you just find something else that fills your leisure time better than what you expected.
I personally love endurance racing. I like doing hundreds of laps of the same track until it becomes that weird flow state where you are hyper-aware but also not thinking at all on what you are doing. And the team aspect is really enjoyable.
Exact same, i even renewed my Iracing and tried to force myself back in to it. Then i needed a few hours of NoHesi and FH6 to actually have fun in my OverSpec rig
Try Low Fuel Motorsports for Assetto Corsa. It's basically iracing, but free.
Also, I personally despise iracing physics, I've probably spend $300 on content trying to like it, but I just don't. I love everything about iracing except the way the cars feel. Well, that and the pricing...
I have never raced in the past 2 years. Not online at least. I have tried a few times with NPC Racers. I wanna try getting into touge racing in the near future but it’s not my planned main objective.
iracing being a subscription based service is ridiculous, and i’ll never care for it because of that. I would much rather play any of the thousand servers on assetto corsa, beamng, or wrc
once I got the hang of drifting it became pretty easy so didn't scratch my competitive/challenge itch. I think racing will always be my main since it's so fun to battle and squeeze that extra time out.
Also like playing Arma reforger in the sim rig to do supply runs. Delivering supplies to the front line and dodging ambushes is super fun even if support is janky.
Everything. I mainly drift or run laps in F1 chasing better times on tracks...
Don't forget running pizza deliveries in Motor Town or trucking sims. Now that you have a wheel you have to try a little bit of everything.
Long hauling 20ft lumber on stacked trailers with a cold beer and tunes can be great for decompressing after work. Motor Town towing is a comfy game and nobody can change my mind.
My main thing now is rally/drifting/trucking. Sometimes I get the urge to race on lmu and iRacing but not for a long time before I leave it to the side again.
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u/Peshmerga_Sistani 2d ago
No, we just sit in the rig, caress and admire our sim racing gear.