There's a rare feeling I get sometimes that I've only felt once in real life. A feeling of, "Wow, no matter how far I go, I won't find a road or highway".
I play permadeath and just chill around red stars soaking it in. I used to have a Hauler that I named the RetrobusRV because it had retro colors. Inside it had huge windows. I had a favorite barren world that I'd use to just cruise around and watch the watch the clouds after a stressful day.
There's more content every year. It's gradually fleshed out into the game it was meant to be. I remember my friends getting excited for the settlements, and I myself loved playing as a pirate.