Comment by kay_o

We don't allow games to run in virtual machines and require TPM. Check TPM EK signing up to an approved manufacturer.

It is not "fake", a software TPM is real TPM but not accepted/approved by anticheat due to inability to prove its provenance

(Disclosure: I am not on the team that works on Vanguard, I do not make these decisions, I personally would like to play on my framework laptop)