I used to be a raging flight sim fanatic back in the late 80s, 90s. Then Microprose died and a certain viper sim was released in shambles, slowly rising to greatness. Somewhere around that time, I put away my joystick and trackIR. The game of simulated air combat seemed to have lost its luster to me.
I kept an eye on things however, and owned every flight game or sim released in those dry, dry years between F4 and the rise of DCS. Then VR happened. I tried a dev kit. I was sold, fell in love head over heels. Quickly I have fallen deeper in the hobby than ever before. Built a simpit, with a virpil stick and mfg pedals. Now VR flying is about all I use my PC for.