Best place is to join our discord server, usually you can use the voice chat there to hang out and race with people. There is usually some one there online to play with, and lots of experienced people to show you the ropes. Our next big league season starts in late September and has sign ups open.
I don't have much experience with Xbox controllers on this game but from what I know they can be pretty finicky. Generally PS4 controllers seem to work better. I have a made-for-PC controller based off a PS controller. This one: https://www.amazon.com/Controller-Gamepad-Computer-Windows-Android/dp/B00OAYHIRA
Welcome back! That was before my time, but it's cool to see more of the old rFactor guys come out of the woodwork. Be sure to check out or discord, that's where most of the chatter is these days. There is usually some one around who will run with you on the server.
We have a non-season race tomorrow night. You can join our discord to channel, which is generally where announcements are made, plus it's where everyone hangs out during races.
What kind of controller are you using? Also be sure the input is just "Rudder" and "Canard", not "Rudder(+)" or "Rudder(-)".
I use a controller, specifically a made-for-PC controller, but PS4 controllers work with the game just fine in my experience. Xbox controllers can be finicky. You have to put the input for the joysticks yourself. Go to the input tab and bind "rudder" to a joystick axis. Same with "canard" with the 2nd joystick.
I removed most of my early poorly made boats from the dropbox a while ago. I like having the Banshee boats around as fantasy boats for anyone to use, same with the Doom and Ecco boats. Everything else I made (Serious Sam, Wolfenstein, Whitetip, and lol I forgot I made a T-mobile boat) probably aren't gonna be used even when messing around any time soon.
Most of Cei's boats probably aren't going to be used since he isn't as active these days.
The cockpit requires it's own view model, something we don't have yet. There's an unfinished version in the old rFactor mod. It's lower on the to-do list as far as I know.
Replays are stored in a folder that is automatically C:/Users/AppData/LocalLow/HydroSim/HydroSim/Replays. If you can't find it, just search your C:/ drive for "Replays".
Replays automatically name themselves after the date and time they started. You can rename them when you look at them in their folder. You can also delete them here if you think they are taking up too much space.