So I just signed up. I will give a short back story for those interested.
I grew up playing the Gran Turismo series on PS/PS2 and I loved Forza 2 on Xbox 360. While doing some research on GT5:P I stumbled into the sim world. After a week or so of reading, reading and more reading I think I've decided to invest the most time into LFS.
I used to use the Red MOMO back in my GT2/3 days but it started acting wacky and I trashed it. So now after doing a lot of research into things I ordered a G25. I'm not planning on building an exact crazy replica cockpit but I do plan on building a cockpit none the less.
I actually found out about LFS from the demo video of the FREX GP wheel that I'm sure a good bit of you have seen. I've read about GTR2 and rFactor also but LFS seems like a superior product.
The problems I see myself running into is 95% of your are not from the US so finding a league to join could be an issue. I do see some races taking place on Sundays so I could join in on those. The only online racing I've taken part in was on Forza 2 and that was a lot of people not caring and wrecking non stop, I didn't like that much.
And for myself, I'm 23 from the east coast of the US. I'm a Computer Networking Engineer. I used to race a Ford Focus in autocross for pure fun, not to compete. I had a blast but calmed down a bit in my not so old age.
I look forward to seeing some of you on the track in the future.