bati
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I've been into ETS2 for a few years now, and it's my go to game when I just want to relax. I started by borrowing an old Logitech Driving Force GT from a friend, then I bought a Tobii 5 eye tracker, and not too long ago I got myself my first real wheel (Moza R5 bundle + TSW) which I recently upgraded with Moza stalks as well. All these things combined take the immersion to a whole new level, and now I completely get flight sim or racing sim enthusiasts who build entire sim rigs around their setup. Moza in general is superb, I briefly tried Dirt Rally with R5 strapped to my desk and got an involuntary full body forcefeedback experience. I never imagined that 5nm could feel like it would tear itself from the desk, and probably take a good chunk of it on the way out.
Fortunately truck sims are much more tame, and there I get to enjoy a very subtle but precise FFB, and the huge steering wheel (400mm diameterer, 20mm more than my RL car) only dampens this further. Stalks are absolutely brilliant and it's shocking to me that Moza is the only one with these things on the market.
As for games themselves, I play mostly ETS2, but I tried ATS also (own all dlcs in both). I'm much more fond of the Euro cabovers. Both games have a vibrant community with lots of mods available to tailor to your needs, including some crazy guys over at https://promods.net who took it upon themselves and basically rebuilt entire Europe map, and added other parts of middle east, Kazakhstan, etc.
All in all, I find these games super enjoyable, and it makes me wonder why there is not more interest in this genre from other developers, not necessarily trucks, but just driving around in a non-racing environment. Forza Horizon could've been good for this, but the wheels don't seem to work that well there, and it has this whole influencer/instagram culture splashed all over it that I find repulsing. Snowrunner series is another interesting beast, but like Forza it's tailored around gamepads, and driving in first person view is very unforgiving.
Which leaves us with ETS2, ATS, BeamNG (with mods) and maybe the upcoming Australian Truck Simulator. But I digress, this thread is for people who like driving in a non-racing environment, maybe with trucks, maybe with something else, maybe collectively we can find some obscure titles worth playing together.
Fortunately truck sims are much more tame, and there I get to enjoy a very subtle but precise FFB, and the huge steering wheel (400mm diameterer, 20mm more than my RL car) only dampens this further. Stalks are absolutely brilliant and it's shocking to me that Moza is the only one with these things on the market.
As for games themselves, I play mostly ETS2, but I tried ATS also (own all dlcs in both). I'm much more fond of the Euro cabovers. Both games have a vibrant community with lots of mods available to tailor to your needs, including some crazy guys over at https://promods.net who took it upon themselves and basically rebuilt entire Europe map, and added other parts of middle east, Kazakhstan, etc.
All in all, I find these games super enjoyable, and it makes me wonder why there is not more interest in this genre from other developers, not necessarily trucks, but just driving around in a non-racing environment. Forza Horizon could've been good for this, but the wheels don't seem to work that well there, and it has this whole influencer/instagram culture splashed all over it that I find repulsing. Snowrunner series is another interesting beast, but like Forza it's tailored around gamepads, and driving in first person view is very unforgiving.
Which leaves us with ETS2, ATS, BeamNG (with mods) and maybe the upcoming Australian Truck Simulator. But I digress, this thread is for people who like driving in a non-racing environment, maybe with trucks, maybe with something else, maybe collectively we can find some obscure titles worth playing together.
