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. You can use any of the affiliate links in this post to secure…
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. There’s quite a few discounts on offer this year across the sim-racing spectrum, and we’ve been looking into them so that you don’t have to. Some…
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? To answer those questions, I have spent the past few days analyzing the game on the new console with both a flat-screen and with…
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. Here’s how it works: Fanatec will be discounting a product or group of products every day…
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. Fanatec Podium Steering Wheel Bentley GT3 (US Store) – $1999.95 Fanatec Podium Steering Wheel Bentley GT3 (EU Store) – €1999.95 Designed in conjunction…
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. What makes it so unique is its axial flux motor. Thrustmaster calls it “Direct Axial Drive”, and the company has made big claims that it is set to revolutionize the industry. Thrustmaster…
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. The launch follows on from that of a brand-new direct drive bundle, the T598, which features a debut in this market for axial motor technology. We’ve been reviewing this unit recently, and…
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. The T598 differs from previous direct drive units, including the brand’s own T818, in being built around an axial flux motor rather than a radial flux motor. It’s a seemingly…
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. Thrustmaster currently only makes the PC-only T818 as a direct drive base, and it’s been talking about bringing new products to address that for a little while…
Amazon is offering some good deals on sim-racing gear on its 48-hour “Big Deal Days” extravaganza, beginning today. Like “Prime Day“, held annually during the summer, the Big Deal Days events is an exclusive event for Amazon Prime subscribers. If you don’t already have an account, or it’s been a while since you’ve had one,…