Hardware

Fanatec has announced a special holiday promotion for sim racing enthusiasts, offering free standard shipping on all orders for a limited time along with two new product releases — but you’ll have to be quick if you want to take advantage of it.

The annual shopping extravaganza of Black Friday is now officially upon us, with discounts on products of all kinds — including those vital to our preferred hobby of sim-racing.

Gran Turismo 7 has been updated to take advantage of the PlayStation 5 Pro, and everyone wants to know: how does it improve the game — and is it worth it?

Sim-racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec is celebrating its first “Black Friday” since it was acquired by Corsair just a few months ago, and the company is going all out with a “Cyber Week” of special deals starting Tuesday, November 26.

More than three years since it was originally revealed, the Fanatec Podium Steering Wheel Bentley GT3 — with which Rhys Millen actually drove up Pikes Peak — is now available to buy.

This is the Thrustmaster T598, and it’s one of the most interesting and unusual sim-racing wheels to come out in quite some time.

Thrustmaster’s racing peripheral portfolio continues to expand apace with the launch of a new “Hypercar” wheel rim add-on for its direct drive bases.

Thrustmaster has lifted the covers on its teased new direct drive wheel, now revealed as the “T598”, sporting a brand-new type of direct drive motor.

Amazon is offering some good deals on sim-racing gear on its 48-hour “Big Deal Days” extravaganza, beginning today.

It seems that Thrustmaster is soon to expand its direct drive wheel options with something a little bit different, as it’s teased a “direct axial drive” unit today.

PlayStation’s 30th Anniversary celebrations are kicking up a notch as it has revealed a special, limited edition range of consoles and controllers leaning into the original console’s aesthetics.

Logitech has announced a new range of add-ons for its G Pro direct drive wheel, with a new “Racing Series” (RS) and partnership with Momo expanding the options.

Following the news that American peripheral manufacturer Corsair had made a deal with the administrators of Endor AG over the weekend, it’s now been confirmed that Fanatec will live on under the new owners.

After a legal to-and-fro which has lasted across the summer, US-based gamingware manufacturer Corsair has been confirmed as the new owner of the troubled Endor AG and its Fanatec racing peripheral brand.

Following some pretty strong rumors just a week ago, and a hand-drawn image of the console’s box art work, Sony itself has teased the final design of the PlayStation 5 Pro with a very cheeky Easter Egg indeed.

A well-known gaming industry leaker has teased the final design for the long-rumored PlayStation 5 Pro console, with a sketch based upon the console’s consumer packaging.

Fanatec ClubSport DD and DD+ owners looking for a little more versatility in their wheelbase mountings can now pick up the DD Shaft Extension add-on.

The Fanatec saga of 2024 has taken yet another twist, and a turn for the worse, as the brand’s parent company has filed an application to begin insolvency proceedings.

Amazon Prime Day 2024 has arrived, and there are more sim-racing deals than usual this year.

In the midst of its planned takeover of Fanatec, Corsair is taking its own first steps into the sim racing market, revealing a new driving rig set to launch later in 2024.