u/Hot-Poet8431

I have a wireless headset with a microphone that can't be detached. I use the headset mainly for audio, but it agitates me when Windows lowers my volume when I play a multiplayer game or I am speaking to someone online.

I've tried doing a bunch of stuff on Sound Panel (changing settings in the Recordings section and disabling Exclusive Mode in my headset's Properties tab), but yet my audio keeps getting reduced.

I've also tried changing Voice settings in both Steam and Discord (which are meant to stop audio volume from decreasing), but yet nothing changes.

Windows does stop reducing volume when I disable the mic altogether. However, I want to use both the headset audio and microphone simultaneously without my audio becoming lower in quality.

I've heard that having your sound input and output device as the exact same device can cause my exact issue. But I still want a clean solution.

Are there any settings that I haven't mentioned that could potentially fix my issue? If not, is there any bit of software I can download that can fix my audio issue?

Thank you.

I used to love playing the Infected gamemode in Forza Horizon 3. And in my opinion, Outbreak in DiRT 3 was the best car tag mode ever made in a video game.

I would still be playing those games now, but FH3's multiplayer is basically dead now, and I don’t own DiRT 3 on PC.

Turn 10 kept Infected in Forza Horizon 4 and 5, but it doesn’t hit the same as how it did in FH3 or DiRT 3.

Are there any modern car tag games on PC with active servers?