@N6722C, for me it was the 'rona, and my disability, which made it impossible for me to work, but also possible to sim whenever I want if I’m not sleeping. Which happens at all sorts of odd and unpredictable hours.
I was assisted when my father passed, not that it was in any way a good thing, but he did leave me some money and I used part of it to buy a kick-a$$ gaming rig, which I’m still adding to. I just received my Reverb G2s on the 22nd, and just yesterday found out that Sporty’s was taking pre-orders for the Honeycomb Bravo TQS that I’ve been lusting about.
And of course, FS is such a resource hog that I’m actually thinking about thinking about some CPU and/or GPU upgrades, but truth is I probably won’t do anything unless Intel’s 11th Gen stuff can add substantial horsepower above and beyond my existing 10600K. As for GPUs, now that I’ve got my VR working relatively well, and fully expect that future driver and software enhancements will only improve on where I am now, I’m thinking it’ll probably be when the 3080 Super exists somewhere other than my imagination, or even a 40-series.
Despite the release of the 30-series line, my 2070 Super is still a beast of a GPU, and I did pretty well in the silicon lottery to the point that with my OC, I’m getting near stock 2080 level performance out of it, if not even a tick better. And despite the fact that Afterburner is reporting that I’m getting framerates of “only” 25-30 in VR, it’s actually a very smooth experience, even if it’s a little blurry to my eyes.
I’m actually wondering if I literally should check to see if I need a prescription despite the fact that I got Lasik many years ago, but then again, on other VR stuff (game demos and the like, the only VR enabled game that I actually own is FS), the blurriness is not nearly as bad, so who knows. Not me!