I have to wonder if they’d be more interested if you’d said you fly a space ship with a HOTAS (as in Elite Dangerous).
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Hond@piefed.social 1 day ago
I killed several really well going conversations in the past by mentioning that one of my hobbies is to play racing games with my plastic toywheel.
Like dont get wrong i'm fully aware that its not a sexy hobby. But if thats enough to tank an otherwise well going conversation for you then i'm not interested either way.
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 day ago
ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
„I like playing with my stick“
theangriestbird@beehaw.org 1 day ago
yeah yeah we all do, pancake, but you need more things to talk about on a date!
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 23 hours ago
that’s where the hand on the throttle comes in!
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I got really into elite dangerous at one point. I never got a HOTAS though, but I’d considered it.
How is the game these days?
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I wouldn’t know! I’m currently exploring the black, and that hasn’t changed much! I think it’s had some improvements, though, since Horizons. They maybe added a new ship…? Still one of the best space flight sims.
On the other side of the coin, No Man’s Sky added walkable ship interiors to their new Corvette class ships, so they’ve basically added everything Star Citizen promised, just with more cartoonish graphics. Either are still great choices for scratching that space exploration itch.
neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I’ve tried no mans sky a few times and couldn’t get into it.
I never grinded enough to get an anaconda, but I did make a few first discoveries while jumping around.
I think my ship is so far out that every time I play, I get bored trying to jump to anywhere relevant.
buedi@feddit.org 23 hours ago
I am back playing since a few weeks after bring absent for 5 years. Got myself Odyssey finally and do exobiology and you can build your own Colonies now!
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
Played a fair bit of Elite but now kinda feels like there isn’t really that much purpose to play and most things get boring quickly, especially if you are trying to be vaguely efficient and stack missions or what ever the meta is now.
Doing a variety of different things with my multiple ship and SRV or on foot was most fun and least rewarding. If there was more co-op focused stuff I think that could help too, even if it was just a mission variant that increased enemy spawn rates in the mission area. Then rewards that make the mission worth doing.
dil@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
Talk to them about vr and theyll want to come over and try it usually
dil@lemmy.zip 22 hours ago
it’s a fat hassle tho and its prob more common now, also youll look stupid lol
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
racing sims are a sexy hobby, that shit ain’t cheap up front and also it’s legitimately a good experience
oh I’m sorry I have a hobby that doesn’t require ongoing expenses, takes up little space, and feeds me adrenaline. you’re right that if that is enough to tank a convo then byeee
of all the things to be a dealbreaker, playing video games is… lol. not the kind of person you want to be around. odds are they watch brainrot tiktok and reality TV, right?
AstralPath@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Sim racing is one of the most expensive video game related hobbies out there.
*Ask me how I know. *🤣 Jokes aside though, if you’re not competing in iRacing and you’re happy with a decent but entry-level/intermediate wheel its not so bad. It’s not hard to blow 10k real fast if you want to though!
definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
Sure, but even so: that hardware isn’t going to be obsolete or wear out for a long time.
Compared with going to a concert that can be $10K for 2 people to attend a single show.