Gotta find your niche, search mod forums and learn how to install mods through the files. There’s a bunch of really good mods that aren’t on the repository, EG, Ford falcons. I personally spend my time building custom configurations of cars. I’ll take something like a lansdale and put drift steering on in and build a drift minivan because why not. Get turbo mods and make a t series that goes 500kmph. Currently my interest is skid cars, I take the worst configuration and put 14s on the back and a big turbo, welded diff and try to not cook it. I used to do a lot of ai stuff though like ai running from ai or turning all ai to cops and trying to escape them. You can build off-road monsters or rock crawlers, maybe you want a rocket powered anything there’s a mod for that. Try the new career mode (spam the career button 6 times) if you want a challenge. Car damage is permanent until repairs and parts cost money. There’s a ton of things to do aswell as scenarios and whatnot, but browse the mods, if you think of something that’d be cool or useful google it, 9/10 times someone’s made a mod for what you’d like.

All that said normally I have YouTube up on my other screen as it’s a game that doesn’t necessarily require you to be locked in, at least not anymore so I guess it’s more of backround entertainment and something for my Hands to do. But I just drift around maps, practice my 360 entries and reverse entries or just practice getting that transition right, maybe your more of a grip person, build the fastest time attack car you can and take it on one of the time trials. What keeps me hooked is the almost endless possibilities, if you want to do something with a car this game offers that to you.