I play IL2-Sturmovik for more realistic experience and BeamNG for a quick fix to get my adrenaline pumping (that's actually the only game which makes me physically sweat, due to constant concentration it requires).
BeamNG is a physics-based car driving simulator, and there is nothing else quite like it (Wreckfest has the physics, yet they are simplified, and also its mod support is nowhere close to BeamNG where the best racetracks like "East Coast" are actually mods).
BeamNG even works surprisingly well with my joystick and airplane-rudders. The rudders actually work faster than standard brake gas combination, because I can brake instantaneously with my left foot (no time wasted by lifting my right leg and sliding it over to the left).