I stupidly injured my left hand and it’s going to be out of commission for the next 3 months. I usually play Sim racing games and first person shooters.

What games would be available to me in order to keep streaming while only using my right hand? Ideally racing themed.

I can somewhat use my left hand to hold a controller but not use any of the buttons on the left side or the stick and pad.

PS: Don’t stick your fingers in a blender without powering it down first. Trust me.

Edit: Thanks for the suggestion everyone, it turns out I already own a lot of these through humble bundles. Time to work through that backlog!

  • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Have you considered using the pedals of a steering wheel and configuring that to take the work from your left hand to your feet?

    • Auster@thebrainbin.org
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      2 months ago

      Adding to that, racing games from my experience shift gears automatically, so the hand OP would use for shifting them would be mostly free.

      Also makes me think, maybe the pedals could be configured as the motion keys in shooter games? Mouse could steer the character left and right, while pedals would move ahead and back. Just dunno how many keyboard keys OP would need to be creative with.

      And to the OP, hope you can recover fully! 💪

      • AceOnTrack@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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        2 months ago

        I simrace competitively, autogears would destroy my MMR 🤣

        Though lack of practice would do that too.

        Realistically, I won’t have fun doing it that way.

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 months ago

      This, and other games like it can be played with 1 finger:

      • Brotato
      • Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
      • Megabonk
      • Holocure (100% free)
    • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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      2 months ago

      Motorsport Manager is a banger, it’s a classic. Definitely recommend it if you’re into management games.

  • 0485@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    How about getting a joystick and trying some flight sim? It can definitely be done with one hand!

  • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 months ago

    Perhaps switch to a keyboard for the time being?

    I severely broke 3 fingers in my left hand half a year ago and was able to play Elder Scrolls games and Tux Kart surprisingly soon after the accident.

    Sufficient to be able to just move the flat hand left and right a bit and get the fingertips a few mm down to press a key.

    Being able to use a controller again took more than 2 months and wasn’t even fun then (did it mostly for the therapeutic training effect).

  • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Frostpunk is the first mouse game I’ve played in a decade. it was really nice. it’s a citysim but you have to prolong the life of a civilization through the heat death of the universe. Since every end state is freezing to death it makes you consider living in an interesting way.

    also it made me cry which is a really weird emotional beat for a citysim. who does that?

      • sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 months ago

        dude why did it make me feel things??? why did it make my starve the children and put down the revolution? then sacrifice myself for everyone???

        I just bought it because it was winter and I wanted a game about being warm.

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Check out brotato. It’s a cheap game but it’s got an addictive gameplay loop, all you have to do is move a character around. I’ve put over 100 hours into it, and each session is pretty short.

  • pasta@piefed.zipEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Trackmania would be my recommendation, you can do almost everything using just the arrow keys and mouse for menu navigation.

  • Zephorah@discuss.online
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    2 months ago

    Keyboard and mouse setup with old school DnD. The games that move your entire party with a single mouse click on the map.

    Baldurs Gate 1 & 2,

    Planescape Torment,

    Neverwinter Nights campaigns 1-3,

    Neverwinter Nights 2, 1 & 2. MotB is artfully made. And you get to heroic and levels.

    Iirc Dragon Age Origins has a similar setup, BioWare breaks from the format in later editions.

    There’s always 4x. Endless Legend is neat. Stellaris. Civ for classsic content.

  • Thassodar@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Something I haven’t heard recommended yet: One Finger Death Punch 1 & 2. It is completely mouse based, pretty addicting, and satisfies the itch for interactive stick figure fighting like the old Flash videos used to do.

  • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Also feel like I should mention Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator.
    Not exactly racing themed unless you play it very badly but I promise you it is way more fun than it has any right to be.