Driving games like Forza. They're gorgeous and I appreciate them on a lot of levels, plus I love racing and driving in real life... but somehow every time I try, I just end up in the decal/customize menus, and after about ten minutes of racing get bored AF. Great soundtracks still don't help, and engine/cabin noise gets grating as hell in game for some reason. I've got a full wheel/shifter/pedal setup to see if that would do it, tried things like N4S, Split Second and flashier, showier or gimmicky games, but it just never clicks. In fact, any game that has extended driving and racing components/missions tends to lose me, with the exception of vehicle driving in old Halo co-op.

The last one I remember spending much of any time in was Midnight Club 2, and I'm going to end up on some kind of watch list for saying this, because my buddies and I would use cheats to put the guns on the front of the cars, turn the pedestrian volume up to max, and then get drunk AF and launch ourselves off the louvre pyramid into crowds and blow each other up. Given today's political climate, it's cringey to admit. Those were simpler times.