Simulators are one of the earliest PC game genres, and remain compelling experiences to this day, even if they’re not as popular as they used to be.
I like all kinds of combat flight sims; the MS Combat Flight Simulator from 1998 was something special, and I’ve had some similar fun in IL-2 Sturmovik. The newest civil air sims are pretty great too, I’ll pop on a podcast and make a flight. They’re particularly cool in VR.
I’ve also found the MechWarrior games to be fun, but I’ve only played 2 and 5. I got to play a bit of Steel Battalion with the full crazy controller at a con a few years back, and that’s got to be a lot of fun once you really know what you’re doing.
I definitely have the most time spent in Project Cars 2 on PS4, but I’ve since switched to PC sims and have been playing Automobilista 2 since it is the most similar.
I’d like to get into Assetto Corsa more but idk how to get the mods running on Linux / Steam
Not super in-depth like some of these other games but I love Snowrunner. I can count on 3 fingers the number of games I’ve spent over $100 on the game+ additional content in my entire life. Civ5, Civ6, and Snowrunner. It’s such a relaxing game but can definitely be difficult as well. Also i can play music at the same time and not miss any story because there isn’t really any story.
Euro truck simulator 2!
I have lots of hours in this game, playing date and night. At some point I had a Logitech wheel with pedals and shifts, it was so damn good!!!
My routine was to get a long route through graphic and small roads, listening to radio for hours.
My parents got me a copy of Harrier Jump Jet by Microprose one christmas. I can’t even begin to imagine how many hours I spent on that game, both actually playing it and studying the manual for it. Still have the manual actually but the floppies are long gone.
After that I got every Microprose sim I could get my hands on, F14 Fleet Defender was probably my favorite after Harrier.
Then I kinda lost interest in simulators until Arma came along, spent years where I hardly played anything else.
Nowadays though ETS is pretty much the only sim I play.
I credit Kerbal Space Program for my ability to think in three dimensions. Without KSP, I would have been some kind of dumbass. I thought getting to orbit was just a matter of going up until I was like 18 years old
Have you ever pulled up an old save file to look at the stuff you used to design? I did that the other day and found out that I used to be good at this game. Folded space stations, massive mining rigs, Apollo Style landers, a beautiful SSTO that’s braindead easy to fly, an interplanetary module that can dock to the back of said SSTO, I made fancy shit. Nowadays I just slap boosters and docking ports on fuel tanks and call it good enough
I gotta post pictures from that save file sometime
I haven’t played since ~planetary landings/Mamba release (pre-TurdReich, IIRC?🤮), but back then, me & my Mur-der-Lance in Black Friday skin were proudly part of the anti-griefer brigade.
(Huge underbelly particle cannon + overcharged boost for baiting said ass-clowns into a 180° top speed yaw-slip one-shot kill trap = mmm, so good <chef’s kiss>)
Even DIYed my desk chair w/ Vesa mounts to house a Warthog replica HOTAS, and ran an alt rig overhead for the Index to the battlestation (vs the default full room, standing set-up), et al.
Ahh… Those were the days. 🤩❤️🔥
p.s. Nowadays, I get close to reliving that nostalgia via my heavily-modded (250+) Starfield NG+, but am quietly & reservedly hopeful for the upcoming Osiris Reborn release… 🤞🏼😅
I will say this much: the new Camina Drummer preset skin is perfection, and my head canon is forever changed. (The same awesome modder is also working on an Amos, but w/o the dialog to back it up, I’m not sure I’d run it)
edit: Currently, 253 on the pre-NG+ rerun:
spoiler
“DLC: ShatteredSpace”
“DLC: Constellation”
“Archivist of Altair v”
“Blackout Grendel Skin v”
“Blackout Hard Target Skin v”
“Blackout Kodama Skin v”
“Blackout Shotty Skin v”
“Civilian Survival Suit v”
“Creature Plushie Set v”
“Deimog v”
“Escape v”
“Fleet Commander v”
“High Level Armors v”
“Legendary Vendors v”
“Observatory v”
“Shattered Space Plushie Set v”
“Starborn Gravis Suit v”
“Starfield Crime Overhaul v”
“The Perfect Recipe v”
“Trackers Alliance The Vulture v”
“Useful Infirmaries v”
“Useful Mess Halls v”
“Vendors Sell Faction Gear”
“Additional Weapon Icons v1.7”
“AkiRacer v1.0”
“Anti-Unity v1.22”
“Better Landing Bays v1.0 (2.13.025)”
“Build & Decorate Anywhere v1.0 (7.19.2024)”
“Ship Builder Categories v1.1”
“Captain’s Bundle v2.2”
“Chromatic Cosmos v1.0”
“ClamTech Weapon Enhancement v2.0”
“Crimson Fleet are NOT Lawful v1.0”
“Dani Garcia Enhanced! v1.0”
“paradiso general goods clothing and incidentals”
“ZBB - ZoNEs Beautiful Body”
“Outpost Habs Expanded”
“Outpost Habs Expanded - Color Variations”
“Trees Rescaled”
“Dream Home - Overhaul”
“More NPCs Have Routines and Stores Have Schedules”
“More NPCs Have Routines and Stores Have Schedules - Dazra”
“Dark Universe - Takeover”
“Batten’s Shipwrecks (POIs)”
“Project Warfare - Hardened Edition”
“Polyamory - Remove single romance limit”
“Shades Vehicle Tuner”
“Immersive Ship Greetings”
“Better Boarding Encounters (BBE)”
“The Eyes of Beauty - Replacer Installer tool”
“KZ Aggregation of Scraps”
“Galactic Storage Network (GSN)”
“Address Library All in one - v18 (1.15.216.0)”
“Baka Achievement Enabler (SFSE)”
“Starfield Engine Fixes - Game version 1.15.216”
“Freestar Rebels”
“BD-1”
“The Mandalorian”
“Blastech IB-94 Blaster”
“Boba Fett’s Blaster Rifle (With Sound)”
“Star Wars Aliens”
“Star Wars Aliens - Ship Technicians Patch”
“Bossk and the Trandoshan Mercs”
“Star Wars Droids”
“Star Wars Droids - SW Aliens Patch”
“Ship Vendor Framework”
“Star Wars Gangs”
“The Weapons Locker Vendor DLC_Version”
“Gulhof_SHIP_CleanerHabs.zip”
“Smart Inventory”
“Smart Inventory - Legendary Module Recycler Patch”
“Smart Inventory - Shattered Space Patch”
“NPC Enhancer Gun - Main 1.0.4”
“Bedlam - Dungeon Randomizer”
“GRiNDTerraverse - Planet ProcGen”
“GRiNDTerraverse - ProcGen - DLC Patch”
“GRiNDTerraverse - Planet ProcGen Encounters - Stand-Alone Exp”
“GRiNDTerraverse - SandboxPatch”
“Starfield Revised - Skills”
“R2-D2 Follower”
“R2-D2 Stop Buzzing”
“Upgraded Companions”
“Upgraded Companions - Announce Restored”
“Upgraded Companions - Shattered Space”
“Immersive Cargo Halls”
“No Stagger NPCs”
“Legendary Module Recycler”
“Skill Fixes”
“Crew Skills and Leadership Tweaks”
“Improved Crew Skills (Rank 4)”
“Better Bad Skills”
“Abstract Lodge Paintings”
“FOG REMOVER 2 (25%)”
“QY Reshade for STARFIELD”
“The Gang’s All Here - Multiple Companions and Crew”
“The Gang’s All Here - Shattered Space Patch”
“Crew Companion Skill Overhaul”
“Visible Companion Affinity”
“Proper Companion Previews”
“RPG’s Psycho Companions”
“Companions Conversations Fix”
“Better Companion Gifts”
“Better Auto-Hide - Spacesuits and Companions”
“Better Living - Shattered Space DLC Edition”
“Transfer Spaceships Across Universes - SFSE”
“Ship Crew Assignments”
“Intrinity Aeroworks”
“Intrinity TN’s Ship All in One Patch”
“Landing Bay Cargo Access”
“Shades Glowy Stuff (Glowing Highlight without Scanner - Accessibility Enhancements)”
“Starfield Fleet Expansion”
“Graf’s Cockpits and Bridges”
“CharGenMenu v1-1-0-19”
“Sarah Morgan Dialogue Enhanced”
“Ship Builder Categories”
“TN’s Ship Modifications All in One”
“Starware Star Map Search Engine - SFSE”
“Colony One - fully featured UC space colony”
“New Atlantis Awaits”
“The Trackers Alliance Delayed Start”
“powerofthree’s Tweaks SFSE”
“Baka Console EditorIDs”
“Customizable Player Spacesuit Nameplate”
“KZ Mantis 2.0”
“Mandalorian Warriors”
“Mandalorian Warriors - Remove Crafting Req”
“Backpack Display Mesh Fix”
“Human Damage”
“El Jefe Combat AI”
“Gripe Fixes”
“Star Wars Alien NPCs and Minor Factions”
“Companions and Crew Face Change Mod Mrk2”
“Earth Dome Home”
“Pathfinder Armor MEA Redux”
“Lazarus Awakened”
“City Interior Map Markers for Fast Travel”
“Advanced Technology”
“Use NPC Animations - Eating drinking and more”
“Outpost Furniture Addon”
“Crew Takes Contraband”
“Moradin’s Backbrounds”
“Small Dialogue Edits”
“Cost Of Spacing”
“Variable Contraband Prices - Redux”
“Spacefaring Economy”
“Crowd Citizens Tweaks - Age - Clothes - Hair - Body variety based on location etc”
“Andreja Dialogue Enhanced”
“Dark Universe - Overtime”
“Va’ruun Zealots - Shattered Space DLC”
“Shades Bonus Backgrounds and Traits (Immersively add multiple Backgrounds and more Traits)”
“Immersive Companion Portraits”
“Extended Traits and Background”
“Astrophysics Reworked - Discover More Traits”
“More Traits”
“Shattered Space Immersive Start”
“Themed Starting Kits”
“SKK Fast Start New Game (Starfield)”
“HopeTown Expanded”
“Starfarer’s Hairstyles”
“Crimson Fleet Delay Start”
“Luxor’s Freckles HD”
“STARQUEEN 5 - Starfield Female Skin Textures”
“STARQUEEN 5 - Starfield Female Skin Textures - Patch v5.3 hotfix WIP”
“Star Wars Aliens - No Undersuit Patch”
“Darkness Beckons - Permanent POIs”
“Starfield Hair and Beards - old (RTFP)”
“Starfield Hair and Beards - No RTFP Patch”
“The Cheat Terminal - ugir489 Ed”
“Galactic Mesh Fixes”
“Missile Lock-On Range Extended”
“Vehicle Hazard Protection”
“Ship Builder Retexture - Dark Interiors”
“Mattells Ladderless docking and loading bay hatches”
“Outpost Framework - Betamax”
“GRiNDTerraverse - Rocks Cleanup Stand-alone Expansion”
“Star Wars Resources - NPCs and Props”
“Star Wars Resources - Blasters”
“Stroud Premium Edition”
“Place Doors Yourself”
“Tiger Shipyards Overhaul”
“Tiger ShipyardsOverhaul - Ship Bldr Ctg Patch”
“Tiger ShipyardsOverhaul - TA Mission Bd Patch”
“Micro Modules - Equipment Mounted Engine-Grav Drive-Reactor-Fuel-Shield-Cargo”
“Mattell’s Cockpits and Bridges Crew Series”
“Shades Immersive Looting (strip and loot equipped armor)”
“Star Wars - Tatooine”
“Stroud Premium Edition - SPE x Deimog Patch”
“Stroud Premium Edition - Empty Stairs and Elevators Patch”
“Stroud Premium Edition - Useful Infirmaries Patch”
“Stroud Premium Edition - Useful Mess Halls Patch”
“Avontech Traveller”
“Stroud Premium Edition x Place Doors Yourself - Patch”
“Useful Brigs”
“Star Wars - Mos Eisley”
“HPE Better Metal Impact Effects”
“Realistic Ragdolls and Force”
“Parked Vehicles”
“KZ Tachyonic Core Arsenal”
“Enhance Companions”
“Individual Ship Crew”
“Believable Crime Report Radius”
“Ship to Ship Transporter”
“rbtUI”
“States of Matter - Environment-depending States for Resources”
“Buildings - A GRiNDTerraverse PPG Stand-alone Expansion”
“Buildings - A GRiNDTerraverse PPG Sandbox Patch”
“Buildings - A GRiNDTerraverse PPG Encounters Patch”
“Realistic Scope - Blur or Black Background - Repainted Crosshair”
“UC Vanguard Automata”
“Extra Aneutronic Fusion for you”
“SETI - Ship Exterior True Illumination”
“GRiNDTerraverse - Biomes Patch”
“Community Spaceship Expansion”
“Community Spaceship Expansion - Buyable Ships”
“Ship Vendor Rev-8 Vehicle Fix”
“Captains Quarters Extended v”
“Falkland Systems Ship Services v”
“Lyria - A Starfield Companion v1.01”
“Mini-Cutter Laser Weapon v1.61”
“The Old Earth Data Drive - Quest Mod v”
“Robin Locke - UC Fly Girl Companion v1.07”
“Starfield Wormhole Portals v1.03”
“The Dreamlands v1.0 (4.11.2025)”
“The New Crew v”
“Venera v1.2.1”
“Zoologist Artwork v”
“No More Temple Puzzles”
“Let Your Coat Down for Starfield - Outfit Auto Swap and Wardrobe System”
“Epic Theme Menu Replacer - 30 FPS”
“Pekoe Brows 1K”
“Extended Facial Sculpting - Beta - Final”
“Lovely Rosie - CharGen Series”
“The Expanse Inspired Tattoos by Scottyus1”
“CharGenMenu Preset - Camina Drummer - The Expanse”
“Permanent POIs - Rogue Science”
“Auto Loot Ship Debris”
“Matilija’s Aerospace”
“Avontech Shipyards”
“The Eye Revised v”
“1-of-A-Kind Ships (Formerly WT Flexible Dockers)”
“Charlotte - CharGenMenu Preset”
“Monica Stuart - The Expanse - CharGenMenu Preset”
“Faora-Ul Customised CharGenMenu Preset”
“Better Ship Part Snaps”
“Better Ship Part Flips”
“Ship Builder Configurator”
“Ship Builder Configurator Extension - Shattered Space Patch”
“No Weapon Power or Count Limits”
“No Reactor Limit”
“No Engine Power Limits”
“Graf’s Habs - Nova Galactic 1x1s”
“Graf’s Habs - Nova 1x1s - PDY Patch”
“StarUI Ship Builder”
“StarUI Configurator”
“SECS - Ship Exterior Camera Separation”
“NG+ Mute Main Menu”
The experience of chill driving across europe and listening to podcasts is nice. The game isn’t complicated enough to affect listening experience, but also engaging enough on it’s own right that it stays interesting.
I have probably seen 80% or so of the roads and cities, bit they still feel fresh… Could be that I’m forgetting places faster than I’m getting familiar with them as well.
I do have a steering wheel and pedals, but they’re just too cumbersome to get out and my wheel stand is made for someone at least 20 shorter than I am, so the experience is hampered a bit anyway. Because I’m lazy I’ve just resulted to driving witn mouse and keyboard combo.
Came here to say ETS2 as well. I want to eventually get a sim rig set up so it’s even better, but even with just a controller it’s a very relaxing experience, supports VR too.
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Dwarf Fortress, aka drunken dwarf simulator.
I definitely have the most time spent in Project Cars 2 on PS4, but I’ve since switched to PC sims and have been playing Automobilista 2 since it is the most similar.
I’d like to get into Assetto Corsa more but idk how to get the mods running on Linux / Steam
Heavy Gear 1 and 2. So much fun when multiplayer ever worked.
Cultist Simulator. (half joking 😂).
Big fan of Cities Skylines in city simulator genre.
Not super in-depth like some of these other games but I love Snowrunner. I can count on 3 fingers the number of games I’ve spent over $100 on the game+ additional content in my entire life. Civ5, Civ6, and Snowrunner. It’s such a relaxing game but can definitely be difficult as well. Also i can play music at the same time and not miss any story because there isn’t really any story.
Anything by Janes Combat Simulations.
Euro truck simulator 2! I have lots of hours in this game, playing date and night. At some point I had a Logitech wheel with pedals and shifts, it was so damn good!!!
My routine was to get a long route through graphic and small roads, listening to radio for hours.
My parents got me a copy of Harrier Jump Jet by Microprose one christmas. I can’t even begin to imagine how many hours I spent on that game, both actually playing it and studying the manual for it. Still have the manual actually but the floppies are long gone.
After that I got every Microprose sim I could get my hands on, F14 Fleet Defender was probably my favorite after Harrier.
Then I kinda lost interest in simulators until Arma came along, spent years where I hardly played anything else.
Nowadays though ETS is pretty much the only sim I play.
X-plane. Ms flight simulator is drop dead gorgeous, but X plane has a better flight engine.
You can do a lot to improve how it looks, too. There’s a lot of custom terrain, and you can download meshes made from satellite photos.
It also works better in VR.
KSP 1
I credit Kerbal Space Program for my ability to think in three dimensions. Without KSP, I would have been some kind of dumbass. I thought getting to orbit was just a matter of going up until I was like 18 years old
Have you ever pulled up an old save file to look at the stuff you used to design? I did that the other day and found out that I used to be good at this game. Folded space stations, massive mining rigs, Apollo Style landers, a beautiful SSTO that’s braindead easy to fly, an interplanetary module that can dock to the back of said SSTO, I made fancy shit. Nowadays I just slap boosters and docking ports on fuel tanks and call it good enough
I gotta post pictures from that save file sometime
2nding this, but also I’m looking forward to KSA, hoping it can be the true successor
VTOL VR
https://store.steampowered.com/app/667970/VTOL_VR/
VTOL VR is incredible
I bought a VR headset solely to play VTOL VR; worth it!
Elite Dangerous and i also love old school mechwarrior 2
Elite Dangerous FTW. 🤘🏼
I haven’t played since ~planetary landings/Mamba release (pre-TurdReich, IIRC?🤮), but back then, me & my Mur-der-Lance in Black Friday skin were proudly part of the anti-griefer brigade.
(Huge underbelly particle cannon + overcharged boost for baiting said ass-clowns into a 180° top speed yaw-slip one-shot kill trap = mmm, so good <chef’s kiss>)
Even DIYed my desk chair w/ Vesa mounts to house a Warthog replica HOTAS, and ran an alt rig overhead for the Index to the battlestation (vs the default full room, standing set-up), et al.
Ahh… Those were the days. 🤩❤️🔥
p.s. Nowadays, I get close to reliving that nostalgia via my heavily-modded (250+) Starfield NG+, but am quietly & reservedly hopeful for the upcoming Osiris Reborn release… 🤞🏼😅
ahem <glares @ No Man’s Sky launch>
What kinda mods are you running for Starfield??
You want the list of 250+? 😅
I will say this much: the new Camina Drummer preset skin is perfection, and my head canon is forever changed. (The same awesome modder is also working on an Amos, but w/o the dialog to back it up, I’m not sure I’d run it)
edit: Currently, 253 on the pre-NG+ rerun:
spoiler
“DLC: ShatteredSpace” “DLC: Constellation” “Archivist of Altair v” “Blackout Grendel Skin v” “Blackout Hard Target Skin v” “Blackout Kodama Skin v” “Blackout Shotty Skin v” “Civilian Survival Suit v” “Creature Plushie Set v” “Deimog v” “Escape v” “Fleet Commander v” “High Level Armors v” “Legendary Vendors v” “Observatory v” “Shattered Space Plushie Set v” “Starborn Gravis Suit v” “Starfield Crime Overhaul v” “The Perfect Recipe v” “Trackers Alliance The Vulture v” “Useful Infirmaries v” “Useful Mess Halls v” “Vendors Sell Faction Gear” “Additional Weapon Icons v1.7” “AkiRacer v1.0” “Anti-Unity v1.22” “Better Landing Bays v1.0 (2.13.025)” “Build & Decorate Anywhere v1.0 (7.19.2024)” “Ship Builder Categories v1.1” “Captain’s Bundle v2.2” “Chromatic Cosmos v1.0” “ClamTech Weapon Enhancement v2.0” “Crimson Fleet are NOT Lawful v1.0” “Dani Garcia Enhanced! v1.0” “paradiso general goods clothing and incidentals” “ZBB - ZoNEs Beautiful Body” “Outpost Habs Expanded” “Outpost Habs Expanded - Color Variations” “Trees Rescaled” “Dream Home - Overhaul” “More NPCs Have Routines and Stores Have Schedules” “More NPCs Have Routines and Stores Have Schedules - Dazra” “Dark Universe - Takeover” “Batten’s Shipwrecks (POIs)” “Project Warfare - Hardened Edition” “Polyamory - Remove single romance limit” “Shades Vehicle Tuner” “Immersive Ship Greetings” “Better Boarding Encounters (BBE)” “The Eyes of Beauty - Replacer Installer tool” “KZ Aggregation of Scraps” “Galactic Storage Network (GSN)” “Address Library All in one - v18 (1.15.216.0)” “Baka Achievement Enabler (SFSE)” “Starfield Engine Fixes - Game version 1.15.216” “Freestar Rebels” “BD-1” “The Mandalorian” “Blastech IB-94 Blaster” “Boba Fett’s Blaster Rifle (With Sound)” “Star Wars Aliens” “Star Wars Aliens - Ship Technicians Patch” “Bossk and the Trandoshan Mercs” “Star Wars Droids” “Star Wars Droids - SW Aliens Patch” “Ship Vendor Framework” “Star Wars Gangs” “The Weapons Locker Vendor DLC_Version” “Gulhof_SHIP_CleanerHabs.zip” “Smart Inventory” “Smart Inventory - Legendary Module Recycler Patch” “Smart Inventory - Shattered Space Patch” “NPC Enhancer Gun - Main 1.0.4” “Bedlam - Dungeon Randomizer” “GRiNDTerraverse - Planet ProcGen” “GRiNDTerraverse - ProcGen - DLC Patch” “GRiNDTerraverse - Planet ProcGen Encounters - Stand-Alone Exp” “GRiNDTerraverse - SandboxPatch” “Starfield Revised - Skills” “R2-D2 Follower” “R2-D2 Stop Buzzing” “Upgraded Companions” “Upgraded Companions - Announce Restored” “Upgraded Companions - Shattered Space” “Immersive Cargo Halls” “No Stagger NPCs” “Legendary Module Recycler” “Skill Fixes” “Crew Skills and Leadership Tweaks” “Improved Crew Skills (Rank 4)” “Better Bad Skills” “Abstract Lodge Paintings” “FOG REMOVER 2 (25%)” “QY Reshade for STARFIELD” “The Gang’s All Here - Multiple Companions and Crew” “The Gang’s All Here - Shattered Space Patch” “Crew Companion Skill Overhaul” “Visible Companion Affinity” “Proper Companion Previews” “RPG’s Psycho Companions” “Companions Conversations Fix” “Better Companion Gifts” “Better Auto-Hide - Spacesuits and Companions” “Better Living - Shattered Space DLC Edition” “Transfer Spaceships Across Universes - SFSE” “Ship Crew Assignments” “Intrinity Aeroworks” “Intrinity TN’s Ship All in One Patch” “Landing Bay Cargo Access” “Shades Glowy Stuff (Glowing Highlight without Scanner - Accessibility Enhancements)” “Starfield Fleet Expansion” “Graf’s Cockpits and Bridges” “CharGenMenu v1-1-0-19” “Sarah Morgan Dialogue Enhanced” “Ship Builder Categories” “TN’s Ship Modifications All in One” “Starware Star Map Search Engine - SFSE” “Colony One - fully featured UC space colony” “New Atlantis Awaits” “The Trackers Alliance Delayed Start” “powerofthree’s Tweaks SFSE” “Baka Console EditorIDs” “Customizable Player Spacesuit Nameplate” “KZ Mantis 2.0” “Mandalorian Warriors” “Mandalorian Warriors - Remove Crafting Req” “Backpack Display Mesh Fix” “Human Damage” “El Jefe Combat AI” “Gripe Fixes” “Star Wars Alien NPCs and Minor Factions” “Companions and Crew Face Change Mod Mrk2” “Earth Dome Home” “Pathfinder Armor MEA Redux” “Lazarus Awakened” “City Interior Map Markers for Fast Travel” “Advanced Technology” “Use NPC Animations - Eating drinking and more” “Outpost Furniture Addon” “Crew Takes Contraband” “Moradin’s Backbrounds” “Small Dialogue Edits” “Cost Of Spacing” “Variable Contraband Prices - Redux” “Spacefaring Economy” “Crowd Citizens Tweaks - Age - Clothes - Hair - Body variety based on location etc” “Andreja Dialogue Enhanced” “Dark Universe - Overtime” “Va’ruun Zealots - Shattered Space DLC” “Shades Bonus Backgrounds and Traits (Immersively add multiple Backgrounds and more Traits)” “Immersive Companion Portraits” “Extended Traits and Background” “Astrophysics Reworked - Discover More Traits” “More Traits” “Shattered Space Immersive Start” “Themed Starting Kits” “SKK Fast Start New Game (Starfield)” “HopeTown Expanded” “Starfarer’s Hairstyles” “Crimson Fleet Delay Start” “Luxor’s Freckles HD” “STARQUEEN 5 - Starfield Female Skin Textures” “STARQUEEN 5 - Starfield Female Skin Textures - Patch v5.3 hotfix WIP” “Star Wars Aliens - No Undersuit Patch” “Darkness Beckons - Permanent POIs” “Starfield Hair and Beards - old (RTFP)” “Starfield Hair and Beards - No RTFP Patch” “The Cheat Terminal - ugir489 Ed” “Galactic Mesh Fixes” “Missile Lock-On Range Extended” “Vehicle Hazard Protection” “Ship Builder Retexture - Dark Interiors” “Mattells Ladderless docking and loading bay hatches” “Outpost Framework - Betamax” “GRiNDTerraverse - Rocks Cleanup Stand-alone Expansion” “Star Wars Resources - NPCs and Props” “Star Wars Resources - Blasters” “Stroud Premium Edition” “Place Doors Yourself” “Tiger Shipyards Overhaul” “Tiger ShipyardsOverhaul - Ship Bldr Ctg Patch” “Tiger ShipyardsOverhaul - TA Mission Bd Patch” “Micro Modules - Equipment Mounted Engine-Grav Drive-Reactor-Fuel-Shield-Cargo” “Mattell’s Cockpits and Bridges Crew Series” “Shades Immersive Looting (strip and loot equipped armor)” “Star Wars - Tatooine” “Stroud Premium Edition - SPE x Deimog Patch” “Stroud Premium Edition - Empty Stairs and Elevators Patch” “Stroud Premium Edition - Useful Infirmaries Patch” “Stroud Premium Edition - Useful Mess Halls Patch” “Avontech Traveller” “Stroud Premium Edition x Place Doors Yourself - Patch” “Useful Brigs” “Star Wars - Mos Eisley” “HPE Better Metal Impact Effects” “Realistic Ragdolls and Force” “Parked Vehicles” “KZ Tachyonic Core Arsenal” “Enhance Companions” “Individual Ship Crew” “Believable Crime Report Radius” “Ship to Ship Transporter” “rbtUI” “States of Matter - Environment-depending States for Resources” “Buildings - A GRiNDTerraverse PPG Stand-alone Expansion” “Buildings - A GRiNDTerraverse PPG Sandbox Patch” “Buildings - A GRiNDTerraverse PPG Encounters Patch” “Realistic Scope - Blur or Black Background - Repainted Crosshair” “UC Vanguard Automata” “Extra Aneutronic Fusion for you” “SETI - Ship Exterior True Illumination” “GRiNDTerraverse - Biomes Patch” “Community Spaceship Expansion” “Community Spaceship Expansion - Buyable Ships” “Ship Vendor Rev-8 Vehicle Fix” “Captains Quarters Extended v” “Falkland Systems Ship Services v” “Lyria - A Starfield Companion v1.01” “Mini-Cutter Laser Weapon v1.61” “The Old Earth Data Drive - Quest Mod v” “Robin Locke - UC Fly Girl Companion v1.07” “Starfield Wormhole Portals v1.03” “The Dreamlands v1.0 (4.11.2025)” “The New Crew v” “Venera v1.2.1” “Zoologist Artwork v” “No More Temple Puzzles” “Let Your Coat Down for Starfield - Outfit Auto Swap and Wardrobe System” “Epic Theme Menu Replacer - 30 FPS” “Pekoe Brows 1K” “Extended Facial Sculpting - Beta - Final” “Lovely Rosie - CharGen Series” “The Expanse Inspired Tattoos by Scottyus1” “CharGenMenu Preset - Camina Drummer - The Expanse” “Permanent POIs - Rogue Science” “Auto Loot Ship Debris” “Matilija’s Aerospace” “Avontech Shipyards” “The Eye Revised v” “1-of-A-Kind Ships (Formerly WT Flexible Dockers)” “Charlotte - CharGenMenu Preset” “Monica Stuart - The Expanse - CharGenMenu Preset” “Faora-Ul Customised CharGenMenu Preset” “Better Ship Part Snaps” “Better Ship Part Flips” “Ship Builder Configurator” “Ship Builder Configurator Extension - Shattered Space Patch” “No Weapon Power or Count Limits” “No Reactor Limit” “No Engine Power Limits” “Graf’s Habs - Nova Galactic 1x1s” “Graf’s Habs - Nova 1x1s - PDY Patch” “StarUI Ship Builder” “StarUI Configurator” “SECS - Ship Exterior Camera Separation” “NG+ Mute Main Menu”
For me, my favorites are:
RAH-66 Comanche for flying sim.
Wolfpack (from Brøderbund) for submarine sim. I believe it is also free on archive.org. (Added link: https://archive.org/details/msdos_WolfPack_1990)
Euro Truck Simulator 2 for trucking sim.
F1 2019 for racing sim. But it pretty much requires a wheel and pedals if you want to get really good, which does add to the cost.
EDIT: added link
Wolfpack I played up and down 20 years ago. I may check it out again.
https://archive.org/details/msdos_WolfPack_1990
Have fun!
Great! Wow.
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
I’m going to go with Euro truck simulator 2.
The experience of chill driving across europe and listening to podcasts is nice. The game isn’t complicated enough to affect listening experience, but also engaging enough on it’s own right that it stays interesting.
I have probably seen 80% or so of the roads and cities, bit they still feel fresh… Could be that I’m forgetting places faster than I’m getting familiar with them as well.
I do have a steering wheel and pedals, but they’re just too cumbersome to get out and my wheel stand is made for someone at least 20 shorter than I am, so the experience is hampered a bit anyway. Because I’m lazy I’ve just resulted to driving witn mouse and keyboard combo.
Edit: typos. Typing on phone is butts
Yep. I have all the map and special delivery DLCs too and it’s awesome.
I don’t get it why exactly, but it’s awesome just seeing the detail they put into the game. Getting all the photo locations is really hard!
And some of the achievements take a looooong time to get.
Came here to say ETS2 as well. I want to eventually get a sim rig set up so it’s even better, but even with just a controller it’s a very relaxing experience, supports VR too.