I like the realisme, to a certain extent - altough this can sound weird for someone who races with kb...
But most of all, and that's what keeps me coming back like every day to LFS is the enjoyement; the races, the making a new pb, crawling bit by bit to that WR time, chatting, smapping, being around with people I know over more then (soon) 5 years by now! NOTHING can compare that, not even Total War: Medieval II, altough it is -in my opionions- one of the most massive and best strategy games ever, I will always update my LFS version and I will always play LFS, slow or fast, realistic or more arcadish, it isn't anymore about the game for me... more about the people, the racers, the devs, the personal connections and soon.. another LFS meeting were I perhaps can see the people behind the nick.
Oh, and I say now, aren't even a glimp of what I really feel about LFS, realistic or enjoyment, it is in the heart ! Sometimes the realisme becomes enjoyment, and the realism as the enjoyment become much more... a passion! And you don't have to be a nerd for that..
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