I'm probably around 40 years plus if we take the really old stuff like the Atari VCS into consideration.
I had a lot of fun playing the Pole Position and Night driver type games on the Atari. I followed that with a C64. Pitstop 2 was a highlight of that time. My friend and I used to take the roles of F1 drivers and do head to head challenges, it was great fun trying to block each other from making a pitstop when it was time to refuel.
One day at school a kid bought a game in called Revs. WOW! what a game, it felt so real. I got it for the c64 and used I to run 16 races at Silverstone to simulate an F1 championship, carefully writing down all the results to keep track of it. A friend had a BBC computer at home and I always tried to get him to fire up his version of the game as it ran faster than the c64 version.
Then it was time for an Amiga. Grand Prix Circuit was an early favourite until Indianapoliis 500 & F1GP blew away everything else I'd played before.
Some time in 1992-1993 I saw a TV spot for Indycar Racing by Papyrus. No Amiga version sadly, but luckily I had a job by then. I was so wowed by the graphics I just had to buy a PC so I could play it. My investment, though expensive rewarded me with fantastic games in the Indycar series and Geoff Crammonds games.
Many PC's and a VR headset later, I'm where I am now. My latest purchase, AMS2, sits on my HDD along with rF2, ACC, AC, AMS1 and Raceroom. All great sims, and I have a lot a fun with them all.
It's amazing looking back. I remember looking at the loading screen to Revs on the c64 and wishing the graphics in game looked like that. That 14 year old version of myself had no idea things could this good. Sadly I probably won't be around driving sims in another 40 years time, but looking at where I started to where we are now, I know you younguns are going to experiencing some absolutely jaw dropping stuff in the future.
Here's to many happy years racing in the future and a big thanks to all those who gave me such great games to play in the past.