So long and thanks for all the sims! 

When I released this video yesterday I certainly couldn't imagine that I would wake up to 500+ comments full of love and affection. I read them all and I'm full of gratitude for your supports and wonderful words. I love you all, keep on driving!

Aris thank you so much for everything you did for simracing community. Your work at Kunos gave us some of the best sims on the market and shaped the landscape of simracing of the last decade. I cannot express my gratitude and the pleasure it is to play and enjoy them. Wish you all the best with your next project!

Thank you for everything Aris

Thank you for everything Aris

Congratulations on taking the next big step in your life, Aris. I wish you all the best in the future. Thank you for all you’ve given our community over the years.

Thank you for your awesome work! ACC is the reason why i started as a simracing content creator and im very thankful about that. Enjoy life Aris, keep going! :)

Aris, we wouldnt be here without you. Not the game, not kunos, not all the players, streamers and all others like myself. You will be dearly missed and impossible to replace.

A legend who will be missed ❤

This feels like saying farewell to your favourite teacher who is going to retirement. You taught us so much, thank you and best of luck on your new mega adventure

Thanks for everything you’ve done for the sim racing community, Aris. It sounds like you’ve earned an amazing opportunity to continue to grow both personally and professionally. Looking forward to seeing the results of your work! ❤

I think I speak for sim racers everywhere when I say just how important you are to our hobby and the industry. I know you often downplay your contributions but I honestly think you are one of, if not the most important and influential figures in sim racing, and we will all be sad to see this chapter come to an end. So for all the tireless work and unfathomable hours you and everybody at Kunos have put in to deliver us the best sims out there, for the countless videos and streams demystifying the voodoo of sim physics, race car setups and mechanics, and most importantly for all the fun over the years, thank you! Having personally seen all the blood, sweat and tears that went into your work I know you will be driving head first (and possibly sideways) into your new career challenges and I wish you all the best! Here's to the future. :) Oink.

Thanks for all the hard work, love and passion that you've poured into Kunos over the years. You've brought joy, happiness and meaning to a lot of people throughout the years with your work. Wishing you all the best with the new gig and hopefully, we'll still see you around from time to time.

There are no words which could express how grateful I am for all support on AC and ACC you provided. It will never be forgotten :)

The man, the myth, the Legend... Thank you Aris for everything and good luck for the Future!

Thank you for all your work over the years Aris, I've always enjoyed listening to how passionate you are about your work and the work of Kunos. I know you'll continue this passion into your future projects, so best luck to you and again, thank you for being a big part of Sim racing!

Congratulations on all your successes in this space. Take care and good luck!

Your passion for this job has been so apparently. You've helped so many sim racers and made such great content! Good luck on the next step in your life!

Thank you for all your work during all these 20+ years in the simracing world. What you and everyone at Kunos have done and accomplished is amazing. Thank you for all the streams where you gave us the inside scoop of how physics work, how to do setups, the track guides, the endurance races and so much more. I wish you the best for your future endeavors and I trust that you'll be as successful as you've been so far in the simracing world.

Onward and Upward! I look forward to seeing what amazing creations that will come from your talents and expertise no matter what it is! We will certainly miss you and the value you brought to our community but at the same time wish you the best in your future ventures!

Thank you for all of your work, kindness, and words of encouragement over the years, Aris. You are a big part of the reason I got so into sim racing and ACC was a major part of my racing development. It is sad to see you go, but I am also happy to see you moving onto something that you are excited for. Thank you, Aris.

Thanks Aris for the time we shared together at KUNOS. I have been very lucky to share 6 wonderful years with you. We shared incredible laughs, drives, trips, beers, releases, crunch time, even some pressure. On our side, we will try to honor your immense contribution to what we are now, on your side: your colleagues will be very lucky, and I’m sure you’ll bring the project at a great standard and we’ll be proud. See you mate, you will not escape from my beers :P

I started not too long ago and I'm really enjoying watching him explain the details of the changes and help me set up my car selection. I hope you have a merrier and brighter future ahead. If you ever come to the US around Milwaukee, let me know and I'll buy you a pint as a token of my gratitude.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Thank you for all the great work, the great content and the positive attitude you have towards racing in general!

Oh my gosh! Aris, thank you for sharing and I wish you joy and great success in your future undrtaking. The new project sounds exciting and potentially fullfilling on a whole 'nother level. You have been such a gentle, positive and gracious inluence on me and my racing and to so many others in the community. I'm gratefull. Thank you and keep using your super powers for good! 🙂

Thank you Aris for all your guides, explanations and for always listening to our questions! I hope you will enjoy the next step in your professional career!

I hope they can fill that gap at kunos.. I think what you and stefano have done together was like a milestone in simracing.. stefano felt like a genious in code and you like a genious in physics.. and with every project it got better.. netkar, ac, acc...(sure no sim is perfect but yours seemed always to get the right compromises for its times) I hope they can fill that gap since I am looking forward to ac2.. but never the less .. I wish you all the best for your future and thank you for some of the best physics from the glory days mod up to recent titles...

Thank you for everything. Your impact on the sim racing community cannot be understated. I wish you the best in the next chapter of life and future endeavors. Take care!🙌

Aris. If you say this first name to a simracer, they'll know who it is right away. It shows that you're a legend in this community. Thanks for everything and good luck for your future!

I was wondering where you were. I just figured you were very much heads down with ACC and AC2. Shocking news. Though I wish you much success in your future endeavors! ACC is such an amazing game, but what you did with it through this channel, just took it to another level. As I had told you, my new Grand Prix Legends moments in the present time. Between the model cars we can buy, the racing we can watch, and to combine it with ACC and your content was unreal. I have been and will continue to truly miss feeling like we all had a seat in your home on Friday evenings as friends. I could go on and on with the compliments, the impact it had for me, and how I will miss it. So I will close on this. Hopefully one day I get to meet you in person and shake your hand to say thank you. Best over a brat and beer at Road America as a wonderful race is occurring. Hopefully it's not so long. Saluti!

You have helped so many people get started with their sim racing journey (myself included) and I have nothing but gratitude for everything you've done all these years! Thank you Aris! Είσαι τρομερός!!

Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have been INSTRUMENTAL on just about every level of where sim racing is today. Development, marketing, community outreach, content creation, tutorials and information about ACC that SOLELY exists because YOU directly shared it with us. Your impact goes from the game itself, to the drivers lives, to the race companies wheels and pedals that have been sold, to the rig companies rigs, to the buttkicker companies, and much more have ALL benefited from your work and sharing of knowledge and enthusiasm for sim racing. The only reason sim racing will reach what it will in the future, has been set in motion by your dedication and teamwork with your colleagues. Bravo. Enjoy everything that comes next to the fullest our friend! And again, thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏

Sim racing with Assetto Corse Competizione was my life saving escape during lock down. Aris Drives was the channel that showed me how to get the best out of the cars and myself. After lockdown life took over and I put ACC to one side. This weekend I cracked out the sim rig and dusted off some skills. Thought I'd check out some Aris on the new packs and... oh my... I know I haven't been around these past couple of years but I will miss you. Your new project sounds amazing and I can't wait to find out more.

Thank you for the thousands of hours I have in all your games and have bought us to meet and race with amazing people and bringing your passion too us in ACC ❤

I love to see your making this big step Aris. Growing in our life journey is something we must chase till end of our existence and if you will miss in the community here I’m sure we all support you in your decision! Work hard and learn new skills and become the best in that next phase of your life 🍻

Now this is what you call, built from the ground up! Well done and thank you Aris, goodluck for the future. 👍

You have been an absolute credit to sim racing - thank you so much for all the sharing with the community!

Wishing you all the best for your new project! Thank you for what you have added to AC / ACC and the community. I'll remember the day we raced in that imprumptu community race at Monza for quite a while. Recently watched your video of that again ;)

Your video on Brands Hatch got me through the LFM audition. Have really enjoyed watching you. Many thanks and good luck in your new adventure.

Only just discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago, but in that time I learned so much about racing from you already - thanks for that and thanks for keeping the channel up - still so much to learn. Good luck with your new endeavors!

Aris, I wish you absolute success in this new endeavor of yours, I hope this makes you very happy and professionally fulfilled.

As a nr. 42 runner because of Montoya and Hitchhikers guide, i love the ending.

Best wishes for the future Aris. Your ACC videos helped me so much. You are such a brilliant teacher.

Thanks for everything Aris. You have taught me a lot. A lot about racing cars. A lot about kindness. A lot about passion. A lot about life. All the best to you and your loved ones!

Thank you for everything you've done for simracing so far! AC is my main sim since release and i still have so much fun driving it daily with friends on Kunos content and modders open world maps. From my heart i wish you all the best with your next stage!

Aris - thanks for all the work you have done to the community. You made a difference in the sim racing world like nobody else did, especially for us want-to-be sim racers, it has always been massively useful to learn from your tips and tricks and experience. All the best for your future - keep on this great spirit ! Greetings from Austria !

Io scrivo in italiano, visto che è la nostra madre lingua. Tanto oramai si possono tradurre i commenti. Proprio l'altro giorno stavo pensando al fatto che non facevi uno stream da molto tempo, e mi chiedevo se fosse per gli impegni pressanti di Assetto Corsa 2 e i nuovi contenuti di ACC, o se per altro. Purtroppo si trattava di entrambi. Mi mancherà tantissimo il legame che hai saputo stringere con la community. Come non mai ho avvertito la vicinanza con chi realizza i miei giochi preferiti. Mi hai fatto sentire parte di qualcosa di unico. Sei stato davvero bravo in questo. Mi mancherà attendere le live ogni volta che uscivano nuovi contenuti per ACC, scoprire insieme a te tutte le novità. E anche ascoltare te che ci spiegavi tutto con grande passione. (anche se poi i PRO ogni volta riuscivano a trovare il modo di rompere il gioco!! Ma sarà sempre così in qualsiasi gioco...) Attendevo già con ansia il tuo stream sulle GT2. Aris, semplicemente grazie per tutto il lavoro che hai svolto. E in bocca al lupo per la tua prossima esperienza professionale, che mi auguro otterrà ancora più successo di quella appena conclusa.

Thank you Aris, you are truly a legend in the sim racing community. I so enjoyed your youtube channel and I will certainly tune in to see any new posts that may come along. Best wishes for your future endeviours.

Your work has help create the best simulators out there in AC & ACC. Best of luck with whatever is next Aris, a living legend of sim racing🫡

Thank you for all the tutorials and explanations you put out for ACC. I learned a lot not just about the game but about cars in general. Wish you the best of luck for your future!

Much love from us here at SIGMA! 😊 All the best in the future! Thank-you for your contributions over the years.

Thank you for everything Aris, I'm sure you're going to excel in any project you get involved! Best of luck!

Καλή συνέχεια και επιτυχία Άρη, σταδιοδρομικά αλλά και σε προσωπικό επίπεδο και πάντα με υγεία. Πολλά φιλιά από την assetto Ελληνική κοινότητα.

Thank you! I spent and still do spend a lot of time in your games enjoying the great work you did. It means more to me than words can express... All the best to you!

Aris, you are one of my favorite people not only in sim racing, but all of software development. You have an amazing ability to explain how complex things work, and I'm sure your new colleagues will appreciate and leverage that. Thank you and congratulations for everything you've done at Kunos- you all helped get my friends and I through the mentally-tough years of the pandemic and I'll never forget that. Can't wait to learn more about your new metaverse project!

It's been your work that got me hooked on sim racing many years ago, and your work that has helped me on the road to recovery from cancer, without AC and ACC I don't think id have coped. For your work, I will always be eternally grateful to you. Best wishes on your future Ari.

I had to hold a lot back to not cry, thank you for all the videos, all the knowledge that you shared in your journey in sim racing, and the legacy you leave behind in this channel for new sim racers to continue to learn, congrats on the new job I hope it is the best for your and your family, and as we say in our country Άρη, καλή επιτυχία στην συνέχεια της καριέρας σου, με υγεία και ευτυχία στο επόμενο κεφάλαιο, lots of love for one of the greatest ❤

Thank you so much for everything Aris! Assetto Corsa has been a huge part of my life (or at least of my free times), with nearly 1000 hours of gameplay... I am looking forward for the next game of Kunos but I will also continue to follow what you are doing, and your futur projects! I wish you the best!

Thanks for everything Aris, I have never really been active in the community but I've watched a lot of your streams and they have taught me so much about how ACC works and how to set up my car for me.

One thing i did not expected to see today 😢 sad times but happy for you Aris happy to see you move to new adventures cant wait to hear more about it and all the best wishes to you. Thank you for countles hours of amazing drives we had with out virtual cars you made for us ♥️🙌

Thanks for all the great work you've done and all the hundreds of hours enjoyment i've gotten out of it. Hope you're ever expanding journey takes you to great places and forfills all you're ambitions! Great to hear that AC2 is in good hands and you're words about whats coming have got me very excited, will miss you're sim racing videos/Livestreams and explainations though I must say!

Thanks for everything you've achieved for AC and sim racing, wishing you the best for what comes next.

Wow! Of course I do not really know you or what you do, but I have enjoyed you so much, what you helped bring to us sim-racers - - especially the WAY you brought this to us. What an incredible personality and positive attitude so focused on educating us and making something we can enjoy. Thank you and good luck in everything you do.

Will miss your informative track guides. Was a pleasure listening to you. Thanks,

My best wishes for you in your new project, Aris. For sure you will do a great job there too. Enjoy it. Thank you very much for your huge contribution in Kunos Simulazioni and the simracing world, bro.

Aris, thanks so much for your amazing support to the sim racing community! I really love ACC and hopefully AC2. I wish you the best in your new challenge and hope to see you again soon!

Everyone knows how incredibly important you have been to Kunos over the years. Thank you for your great support in making sim racing even better and taking it to the next level.

Thank you Aris for all of the tips and education about car setups. Seems you have a bright and wonderful future ahead! All the best, Regards, Clicker.

Thank you for your work and the streams, I didn't watch every one of them, but in the first 2 seconds of the video hearing your sigh I thought you were announcing aggressive cancer news. I have over 1k hours in AC and after the love of my life (RBR RSF) it is a testament (too) that modding is what keeps a game alive. I have happily paid for DLC as it is correctly done, not artifically withheld for profits by a AAA company. Oh, and after 1k hours the cost is pennies. :D So long and see you soon!

Thank you for introducing me to ACC and helping with the setups and the way to enjoy this sim to it's maximum through your videos. You are a legend sir!

Dude you brought tears to my eyes, you were definitely one of the reasons why I played ACC so much and honestly mostly of what I learned in sim racing was due to your videos, thanks so much for everything and good luck on your new journey.

Good luck Aris ! Thanks for the all the effort.. Keep this channel please, it helped me understand the game a lot more than any streamers channel did & no doubt i'll be back here when i've got a rig set up again. I didnt get involved a lot with the community races but even with my brief time there it still feels like home with the good people you have there. The mini-aris reminds me of good times... people bought models of you !! That makes you a Legend !

You were always an enoooormous pleasure to listen to. Your love for these cars was always immediately apparent. Your work at Kunos and your lovely videos will be sorely, sorely missed. Thanks for everything!

I'm so glad that I managed to catch one of your livestreams. You seemed like a nice guy. Never played ACC myself though because I don't have a PC at the moment. I'm playing Gran Turismo 7 on Playstation. Which is fine. Sort of. But I can't wait to try out your life's work. I'm pretty sure it is amazing. Although - as mentioned before- I have never played ACC, I always followed its community and various streamers and whatnot and I'm aware how big of an impact you and your work made on the simracing industry and community. Thank you for your hard work, sir! Wishing you all the best for your future endeavours! ❤️

Thank you for all you did Aris! I watched so much of your content learning the in's and out's of the game engine, updates, learning dampers, motec etc. Good luck brother

All the best Aris and congratulations on your new role, it sounds like an amazing opportunity! Watching your content convinced me to pickup ACC over 3 years ago and I’ve learnt all the tracks from your circuit walks. Thank you! 🙏 Will you do a final Green Hell circuit walk? 😅

Txh for helping my driving be less shit. Good luck.

Good Luck Aris! The metaverse project sounds interesting and we wish you the best of luck, without you racing with us back on Nurburgring years ago I’m sure we wouldn’t be where we are now! Have a fantastic 2024 and we’ll be excited to see what you’re working on in 2024; you’ve done a fantastic job with everything you’ve done, so on behalf of everyone at PitSkill, thank you!

Glad you are able to grow and tackle some new challenges! Thank you for all your videos, specially the tldw playlist!

Καλή τύχη στη νέα σου δουλειά Άρη! Ελπίζω να είσαι ενθουσιασμένος. Είμαι σίγουρος ότι θα διαπρέψεις.

Aris, thank you very much for your hard work on AC all these years and information shared with us. Wish you much health and luck on your next endeavors

Hi Aris, I want to wish you the best of luck in your future projects. You have contributed so much to the industry and I can confidently say that you influenced the direction of my own career. I have been a big fan ever since your work on P&G caught my attention back in the day. Cheers!🍻

Ci siamo conosciuti all’Expo di Verona qualche anno fa insieme al Team Racing ON3. Di te ricorderò sempre la squisitezza, la gentilezza e la grande passione per questo ambito sportivo/ simulativo. Kunos perde un grande professionista e una gran persona. Grazie Aris per tutto quello che ci hai lasciato in eredità! Ti auguro il meglio! Con sincera stima

I couldn't stress more how happy I am for your choice. People always need to do what's best for themselves, even if they are one of the greatest at what they do. Yes, you will be greatly missed as you are a legend of this community. I wish you well on the next stage of your life my friend!

I can only wish you the very best in what ever you do. What an amazing contribution your passion and work is to the sim driving/racing community. Thank you.

Thank you Aris for everything you've done! You've inspired me to start a youtube channel myself, because you shown me how fun a great community can be. All the best with your new adventure!

Thx for all these years, Aris! All of us are missing you, you are a legend in simracing. Thx for your videos, for your teaching, for your shows, for your support, for everything. From Spain, I wish you the best for your new career. I´m sure you will success again wherever you go. Thx mate. 😢

Best wishes to you, Aris I'm sure you will continue to be amazing and I can't thank you (and Kunos) enough for what you have given us. At the same time, a little sad and maybe a tiny bit concerned for future content when you are not involved, but I have great faith in what you leave behind. Best of luck.

Thank you Aris for the time, effort, passion (and of course entertainment!) that you have brought to our sim community. All the very best on your future endeavours.

In bocca al lupo per la tua nuova avventura, serve coraggio per uscire dalla propria bolla! Grazie di tutto quello che hai realizzato, grazie al tuo canale ed al discord, ho partecipato a diverse gare di ACC sentendomi parte di una bella community, con alla base rispetto e voglia di divertirsi insieme! Ευχαριστώ!

Full of Respect to you!! I'm very curious what comes next. All the best for and good luck ☺️☺️

Thank you for all your hard work and genuine attitude toward the sim racing world. While most of us don't know how much hard work you did on the sims over the years, what we have seen in your videos and streams over the years have been so helpful to understand complex racing concepts, that we will always be grateful to you. Thank you and very good luck in the future Aris :) Please keep the videos up on YT for future reference!

Thank you for your successful efforts in growing the sim racing community. Excited for you to share your next steps!

Essendo uno fra i tanti che ti seguono dai tempi di Grand Prix Legends & C. e avendo più o meno seguito tutto il tuo percorso da semplice appassionato con le tue guide, a modder e poi a seguire la tua passione fino a farla diventare un lavoro, insieme anche ad altri come Stefano e Marco che come te erano sempre presenti fra le community di ormai un quarto di secolo fa (minchia quanto tempo è passato), non nego che scenda una lacrimuccia in questo momento. Ma non posso che augurarti buona fortuna per il futuro e ringraziarti per quanto hai dato a tutti noi appassionati in tutti questi anni.👍

Congratulations and good luck for the future. Thanks again for all the work done on AC and ACC.

Thank you for your contributions Aris!!! Godspeed!

Thank you Aris!! Ευχαριστούμε Άρη, ελπίζω να μην χαθείς και να συνεχίσεις τα live!

Thank you Aris! Best luck to ya!

I'm not a great sim racer, but what little I do know has come from you. I wish you the best of luck in the future. 👏👏👍

Can't thank you enough for everything i've learned from your videos. Good luck and may God bless you on your future steps.

Thank you for everything. Your videos have helped me in ACC and the broader Sim Racing ecosystem. Interesting fact: I started sim racing after not having driven in quite a few years so I've been refreshing/relearning from there. You've said some things that clicked and brought back the memories of "Oh yeah! I remember how this is supposed to work" and improved my driving quite a bit. Re-learning how to drive is indeed like riding a bicycle as the saying goes, you don't forget. Sometimes it's helpful when someone says "You should probably pump up the back tire".