Well, some tips for that:
Elite: Dangerous
Rogue Galaxy: Outlaw
The "X" series of space games
Of course those kind of space games need to be something you are fond of. Otherwise you could try some kind of warplane game as well.
I used the Microsoft Sidewinder, too, way back then.
And at least I already got a few thousand hours in World of Warcraft, what are a few hundreds more?
