Ain't nothing quite like a full sim setup

Ain't nothing quite like a full sim setup

TELL ME WHY

Just drive a real truck incel

just get a driverslicense retard

I do sims because a lot of the cars I would like to drive are very expensive. I also like flight simulator but thats because I have a private pilots license, hangar fees are expensive flight simulator is not.

Not happening until those screens reach the 10kHz range.

Just get a vr headset at that point.

Is trucking easy, bros? I wanted to learn but classes are pricey

PSR shillpost

buy an ad

sim racing hardware is all fun and games until one day you wake up and realize you've spent $5,000+ on toys to play the same 4 janky broken sim games that you're bored of (and at this point you're only playing because of sunk-cost fallacy) and the only things worth getting in it for anymore is some mx5 or gt3 series on iRacing for the 800th time
it's really not worth it unless you REALLY enjoy competitive online racing with rich dads and washed up IRL backmarkers

Based bro
Living the dream when I make it this is definitely on my list

all truckers i know are highschool dropouts, so yeah i guess it's pretty fucking easy

Surely you don't have to go as high as 5 grand To have a good time

Pilot a fucking Baron or Bonanza instead of whatever the fuck this is

Not all. People become drivers for a lot of reasons.

You don't, but simracing is like keeping fish. You start with one tank and then seemingly overnight you end up with ten tanks and an indoor pond.

I just realize this was a truck sim lmao
I just want one to play Gran Turismo

I can see that happening. Who sims truck driving btw lmao why would you sim going slow as fuck

driving without shoes

Yeah fucking right, you try hammering that clutch all day long with your feet, no shot

You can usually get workforce/unemployment or whatever the equivalent is in your state to help you out, they always need drivers. I assume this is true in Europe as well.

If you're unemployed you can probably get it for free. Just pretend like being a trucker is your dream.

i loved driving when i started, first car was a 80s 300z turbo. t-tops, popups, 2 seater, rwd. everything i could have asked for out of a first car. it wasn't particularly fast, only 200hp stock but i turned up the boost a bit, intake, exhaust. these days i'd rather ride a bike. i hate driving for the most part now

So easy a caveman could do it.

It's true. I was having just as much fun with my T300RS as I was with a Simucube 2 Pro. But I can't go four years in the past and tell myself that...

get loadcell pedals

unlock a trip to flatspot city

AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa

it's easy but you don't want to do it for a living

Bro could be making $100,000/year driving trucks irl but chooses to do this gay shit instead lmao

What if he doesn't want to become fat and retarded living off truck stop food and pissing in a bottle?

I hate cars bro in real life
What a fucking money pit
But I like road trips, I hope I can get back home to my country so I can do some long drives again across the states. So much fun
But sim racing is a different story

But why would you sim going so slow??? Makes no sense
It's like simulating taking a walk

Because it's relaxing and fun. You don't need to spend all of your time throwing LMPs around the Nurburgring to have fun with a simulator.

It's like simulating taking a walk

Why do you think Death Stranding was so popular? Have you been on a walk without your phone IRL?

But I like road trips

when i was younger i went out of state every single weekend to hang out with my friend. not a far trip, 300 miles or so. and besides that i drove all fuckin around. we went to the beach in january (winter) for no reason but to go for a drive. i used to love it.

a sim setup though i'd love to mess with, but i'm not into enough to have one of these crazy setups. they look sweet and if you have the money/enjoy it, go for it

I am a huge walker I love walking and often leave the phone at home, akshually
I guess everyone beez different n sheit

we can go even further

walking sucks ass. go down to salvation army and find a bike that at least fits you. riding is awesome and bikes are a fun hobby you don't need anything expensive for (you'll need a pump and some basic tools). a $10 bike from 1970 will get you around in style

Based. I drove all over in high school and college, we used to take what they call blunt rides, which is when you drive around and smoke weed rolled in cigar paper that you get by emptying a cheap cigar like a dutchmaster. I also have 2 or 3 almost cross country trips under my belt from New Jersey, west, and back. I wouldn't have a crazy one just need a wheel, a seat, and I guess the minimum is three monitors for that wide view

Wow

I'm sure that keeping your right hand on the lever 100% of the time is a minor infraction over there too. Git gud noob

All that money and still can't take a left without going over the shoulder line.
Stay practicing boyo

I already did, it's boring.

Damn I didn't understand some of the posts here because I thought this was all part of the game. Really immersive

we used to take what they call blunt rides

kek we called them 'mountain rides' cause we'd drive specifically around the mountain where theres never any cops. literally the same thing.

i fucking hate jersey but i've driven there a few times. my trips were up and down the east cost, usually maryland or connecticut

so i ride a lot now that i don't go far every weekend, i enjoy it more. audiobook from my phone playing, enjoy the sun. its very relaxing and i recommend it

With chyna getting better with Moza and Simsonn getting a decent rig is getting a lot more affordable.
What was once a 5k commitment for a "budget" investment, you can get now for under 2k

dios mio...

fun fact, you can actually get paid to do what, and you don't even need to have a bored ogre next to you!

Just drive a real truck, retard.

I play driving games to drive like a total psychopath
I do it with the same 20 year old 240 degree wheel with no clutch or shifter that I've been using since my dad bought it for me to play need for speed hot pursuit though

Anyone can learn it, but it's a grueling job that pays at most moderately for the absurd number of hours worked.

Just drive a real truck

Oh yeah, just drop 500k on a truck and trailer to emulate the experience on real roads, bro

Not all people are sillicon valley programmers.

I'm a euro, and I want an american to let me know what the main difference between dog and pug trucks are. I have rarely seen american trucks.

what a retarded comment

dog and pug trucks

Who got that flight sim setup webm

You should check out radio garden if you a looking for trucking sim immersion. Really easy to stream stations by location.

tfw no Anon Babble caravan

you can get your license and work retard, so you drive a truck, i understand the flight simulator sim setup retards(microsoft flying simulator), to fly a plane you need 6 figures for the license and an IQ over 95

are you really so averse as to work for a company who HAS said trucks?
nobody in their right mind will hire an independent trucker unless they have literally nothing left

post that

dude what the fuck

flight sim controller comic

Euro

Disgusting

tried finding it, only found this

Since we're talking about sim setups, here's an old one. I have one of these, I love it.

dog trucks are easier to maintain yourself, since you don't have to tip the entire cab to get to the engine. And since many truckers in america are selfemployed and drive really long stretches this is preferred, they can more easily do repairs and maintenance while on the road. also dog trucks are simpler in design compared to pug trucks, so less stuff that can break down.
but in general pug trucks are superior in every single way. american trucks are 20 years behind at least when it comes to tech.

also, when american trucks are measured, it's only the load they carry. euro trucks measure everything including the cab and engine.

trucking strikes me as a pretty difficult job all things said
it's like how i also don't think i would make it as a formula 1 driver

Huh.
Thank you for explaining.
I wonder if I should try getting a green card and work in the US, then. Been trucking for about 10 years now.

And that STILL isn't enough buttons to map everything on DCS.

America is much larger and has longer stretches of highway where aerodynamics can do a lot for fuel economy.
also it looks cool

god i hope someone can get a recompilation or port of steel battalion working on PC. being able to play multiplayer again would be awesome (plus having a better draw distance than the xbox original)

Europe loses again kek

god i hope someone can get a recompilation or port of steel battalion working on PC

there's a guy doing a 1:1 recreation in Godot for the multiplayer sequel, Line of Contact
sadly it's in a Dicksword, but they play Campaign and Free Mission matches every weekend and will help in getting a controller and xbox in order to play with them

sitting and driving for 10 hours on a straight road while watching tiktok

yeah sounds like a real pain. I mean, making sure your pissjugs hit people's lawns isn't something you can pick up in a week.

I bought a wheel but just ended up using a controller anyway because I don't have the room to have the wheel set up all the time and it's a pain in the ass to plug it all in and clamp it, and I don't feel like spending even more on a stand to permanently put it on, which will then take up even more room when stored.

are you guys too retarded to get a simple joke?

Just drive a real car.

What joke did I miss

I know retards who do it and engineers who also do it.

Some people can't drive a truck and back though

Truck on the right is way less comfortable to drive long distance/for long amounts of time. Gigantic wraparound windshield means you're literally getting cooked 24/7 by a magnifying glass when it's sunny so now you need 24/7 AC. No cab in the back means you exclusively get to sleep in hotels, have no storage for your shit, etc. The truck on the left basically has a tiny van/rv design in the front so if you need to you can pull off and sleep in an actual bed, use a computer on a table, watch TV, maybe even like a microwave for food/fixed kettle for coffee/tea.

The left is a 200000$ truck and the right is like 60000. The left is cozier if you ignore the fact that truck driving is one of the most boring and stressful jobs in the world as you basically have 0 time for yourself and are expected to work exorbitant hours to deliver things on time and you have virtually 0 downtime aside from sleeping, so much so that often couples work in "shifts" while living in the truck.

the silly notion of having to buy a truck and trailer to play "eurotrucksimulator in america tm" on real streets even though he can do so in his man cave already

I still have my controller and technically people reverse engineered the XID for it so if you really wanted to you could build yourself one

sadly it's in a Dicksword, but they play Campaign and Free Mission matches every weekend and will help in getting a controller and xbox in order to play with them

doomed to die from gay drama, mark my words but lets hope im wrong

ATS adding enough states for route 66

now working on a road trip mode for taking classic cars around america

Are we finally going to have the ultimate driving (not racing) game bros?

doomed to die from gay drama, mark my words but lets hope im wrong

the SBO server started in the xLink Kai and forum days, most of the dudes are like 30-40 years old at this point lmao
recently, like almost a year ago at this point, we got Insignia (an xbox live replacement for the OGX) working for LoC and have been playing that consistently every weekend, i just haven't played much because >euro and the event timer is 1AM for me

as for the controller, there's one guy making replacement parts and people have built fully scratch-built versions of the SB controller, and the guy who's making the replacement parts is researching on how to make a full recreation, because these things are getting older and older. Harcroft's latest project was being able to adapt T3PMs into SB pedals.

i've been lowballing people on facebook marketplace. All I want is a decent quality wheel with clutch pedals for 150. everyone is selling theirs for 250 and that's overpriced as shit. I only wanna play the long drive.

I've played enough Tribes to know about projectile velocity inheritance, I'll be fine.

ERM YEAH LEMME JUST PLAY A GAME THAT'S EXACTLY LIKE LE REAL LE LIFE! GOSH I LOVE VIDEOGAMES!

The reason left is the standard in America is that aerodynamics are king when you're regularly driving straight sections of highway that are longer than the breadth of most european countries

why not just get a VR headset?

as a burger, i don't know if it's against the law but i was always taught to not do it because it will massacre your transmission's synchros

youtu.be/8EdmV9L3iAU

i never learned how to ride a bike and it's too late for me to learn

it will massacre your transmission's synchros

what, why?

assuming you are being genuine, learning to ride as an adult can be challenging. your best bet is to talk to a friend who already rides a bike, practice on theirs. it wont take long for you to feel in in you, how the bike is part of you
it can get way more intense if you want it to, but just put on a helmet and try it firstly

spend all day sitting indoors being a lonely NEET

spend all day sitting indoors (a vehicle cabin) being a lonely NEET (mobile) and getting paid for it

it's the perfect job for autists that hate social interaction. You can sit around listening to podcasts all day, and then lay up gaming at night. no rent or real bills to pay.

yeah i'm being genuine, not shitposting
i could ride a bike in a straight line as a kid and my parents pretty much went "okay, check that off the childhood accomplishments list" and then i never touched one again i picked up a skateboard instead and now as a grown-ass adult who has no friends period nevermind ones who ride a bike, i already know TOO MUCH and over-think stuff like countersteering and end up just flinging myself off the bike

Now, imagine that but with a game that's actually fun

assuming you mean a pedal bike, it's actually not hard if you get one that relatively fits you and you have someone hold you/ teach you. if nothing else, go to a grassy knoll somewhere with a 10$ bike and try and learn

better ride, better high speed stability (trucks aren't speed-governed in the US), better aerodynamics, easier to maintain.
cabovers only exist because of length restrictions.

All that to drive a truck in traffic.

At least drive a race car or something

Old American cabovers are neat and iconic as hell and I miss seeing them.

old youro trucks look like new merican trucks
old merican trucks look like new youro trucks

driving a real truck is a fucking nightmare, Everyone in my family does them and they tell me to stay away

shit hours

shit pay ESPECIALLY if you're forced to drive inner city which is a horrid for trucks

training alone is expensive as fuck and is autistic about specifics

one of the biggest things with bikes you'll find is size. its nearly never correct. see the area highlighted, thats what to look for. the further these 2 points are apart, the taller the person is supposed to fit. picrel would be a 6"2+ chad, but notice the spacing

if you want to learn more as riding as an adult on a $10 bike, i recommend Anon Babble and the bike threads. not all of us are nazi spandex loving cyclists

do they make adult bikes for manlets or will i have to get a kid's bike

sizing is a huge thing. but there is room for adjustment, handlebars, seats. but you should gwt the frame size right from the get-go

the average male French road racer is like 5'3.

i don't understand why this shit is so addicting

nah not DLC, think it's only on some of the newer trucks
you can use the truck explorer thing in the pause menu to see all upgrades even if you don't have them unlocked

AIN'T NOTHING BUT A HEARTACHE

Isn't watching TV the thing you do while watching TV?

thanks, i'll take a look.

Like serial killing

the first time a quick job gives you a V8 Scania

erm your eyes were off the road for .25 secs so that's a citation and a suspension of license and also you're fired now

let me truck and drink in peace

I wouldn't know about truck simulators, but I play quirky indie shit like the long drive cause I like manuals.

5 hours

lol
most truck driving jobs are a minimum of 10, usually 12

also as expensive and cringe as the above is, its still WAY cheaper than the training to get a cdl and the cost of an actual truck. even more so for flight autists who have the same set up but for a virtual plane.

As i get older and bored with boilerplate gaming i realise that gimmick controllers are the most fun I have with any media. fight sticks, wheels, flight sticks, light guns, give me more stupid shit to buy, I just want anything different.

Another reason is that the EU has limits on what is considered the maximum length is supposed to be. So, in order to cut corners and increase the trailer size, the front part had to be "squished".

It's also the reason why the promotional Coca-Cola truck is not allowed to drive around around christmas because it requires special permits due to his length for every ride lel.

pedal bike

It's called bicycle.

As someone who's driven both flatnose buses and conventional, flatnose vehicles fucking suck. The turn radius is abhorrent because the driver is in front of the wheels and the breaking is harder to maintain, the seating is also almost always less comfortable than conventional as well.

socks

immersion ruined.

indian immigrants who literally cant speak english and drive drunk do it, so i dont see why you cant.

AND I'M SLEEPING WITH MY CLOTHES ON

The industry is absolutely full of jeets now