It would be nice if there was a pre-game audio slider like some games have brightness sliders.

I think this is a big part of it too. I personally know that my mom has said specifically this as the reason for getting an SUV over another sedan. She wanted to feel safer and higher up when driving along other bigger vehicles.

I initially bought a Raspberry Pi with an HDD attached to set up a NAS.
I watched this YouTube channel for a lot of info when I was getting started: https://www.youtube.com/c/TechnoDadLife