As the initiator of this thread, I thought I'd tell everybody what has happened with me and rf2 since I started the thread.
In August this year, due to health problems, I had to stop using the sim for a while. I had diabetes-related problems with my legs, and couldn't use the pedals properly. No fun getting old.....anyhow, in November my legs were better enough to start being able to use my sim rig again. Started Steam, started rf2, waited..and waited...and waited....nothing. Hmm. Did a file integrity check, Steam says all there. Tried a start, no luck....
Tried AMS 2, worked fine. Tried Kart Kraft, no problems. Tried everything else I have installed on Steam, no problems with anything.
Sooo, I decided on the radical solution: a complete new install. Uninstalled with the Steam uninstaller. Reboot. Wiped all the rf2 folders that I could find. Reboot.
Installed rf2 from scratch, including wading through nearly 800 addons, and unsubscribing the ones I didn't want ( which were all unchecked in the old installation, but hey, this is rf2, right? Let the installer do its thing for what seemed like hours, and then tried to start rf2.
And waited...and waited...and waited... you get the picture....
Maybe the newest beta doesn't work I thought, I'll roll back to the last "stable" version. No luck. Rolled back to the old UI. No luck. Tried the monitor without VR. No luck. Updated my video card drivers, no luck...
So, after all the years of having a love-hate relationship with rf2, I give up, I'm through with it. No doubt some people cleverer than me ( hello Durge Driven
), will be along in a while to explain what I've done wrong, and how to rectify it. But I'm 68 years old, and I'm getting tired of this shite. Instead I've gone over to using AMS 2 as my main sim.
Why? It works, that's why. It just works, every time. I don't have to reinstall it at regular intervals, I don't have to spend hours dealing with the stupid and archaic workshop, or falling asleep waiting for tracks to load, or have to tolerate all the other stupid " quirks and features " that pissed me off all those years, and were indeed the reason for starting this thread in the first place.
Never mind all the money I spent on addons ( I bought everything, except anything to do with e-racing. Forgive me, but I like noise) Never mind all the pointless hours I've spent in the Workshop deleting things that I'd never, ever use, not even if you threatened me with a gun. I just can't go on anymore, life is too short.
To all of you who have managed to get to the end of this rant, I'd like to wish you all a great and healthy Christmas. Stay safe, and take care