I have a suspicion most of the people playing these are office workers, wondering what it would feel like to contribute something tangible to society.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't speak for other games, but there's a LOT of former truck drivers who play Snow Runner.

Back when I was working as a forklift driver, when I broke my leg and was stuck at home on the sofa I really enjoyed driving the forklift around in GTA5 and just moving palettes around.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

There are current truckers who play Euro Truck Simulator in their trucks. I've seen it on r/trucksim

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 13 points 11 months ago

Sometimes you just want to do your job without annoying dispatchers, clients or managers, and drivers that actually follow the speed limit.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, pilots do similar things, although probably not while in the cockpit.

[–] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

I think it's fantastic. I love it.

[–] 7of9@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

Human being can be oddly obsessive. In other news, I wish American Truck Simulator was available for PS4 :-/

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