Fanatec Buyer’s Guide 2026
Fanatec. Always gets people arguing. Some people swear by the Fanatec ecosystem, others think you’re paying a premium for a logo. My first setup was Fanatec, and then I owned…
Racebox Sim Racing Buyer’s Guide
Racebox Sim Racing makes 16 button box models priced from $84 to $349, all built with custom PCBs and genuine 2mm carbon fibre front panels. Based in Mexico, they specialise…
ProDeskSim Buyer’s Guide
ProDeskSim is one of those brands you find through word of mouth. A San Diego-based maker specialising in Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant addons, they’ve built a reputation for aircraft-specific overlays…
Sim-Lab Buyer’s Guide
Sim-Lab is the cockpit brand I’d buy if I were starting from scratch. They’re a Dutch company that builds aluminium profile rigs – the same industrial extrusion system used in…
Stormforce Gaming Buyer’s Guide
Stormforce Gaming is a UK-based custom gaming PC builder, and they’ve carved out an interesting niche in sim racing. If you’re after a purpose-built PC for sim racing or VR…
Sync Mesh Buyer’s Guide
Sync Mesh make sim racing gloves. That’s it. No wheelbases, no pedals, no cockpits – just gloves designed specifically for sim racers, by sim racers. Based in Denmark, they’ve built…
Apex Sim Racing Buyer’s Guide 2026
Apex Sim Racing is one of those brands that started the way a lot of the best sim racing companies do – a frustrated sim racer in a workshop, building…
Pimax Buyers Guide 2026
Pimax is the VR brand that sim racers either swear by or swear at. Since 2015, their engineers have chased the widest field of view and highest pixel density in…
Acelith Buyer’s Guide 2026
Acelith is a small Sicilian outfit making some of the most interesting aftermarket sim racing wheel rims I’ve seen in recent years. They’re not trying to be Fanatec or Moza…
Moza Racing Buyer’s Guide
Moza Racing has become one of the most interesting direct drive wheelbase brands in sim racing. Good hardware, competitive pricing, Pit House software that works. There’s an active Reddit community…
Trak Racer: Ecosystem Buyers Guide 2026
Trak Racer is a cockpit company that suddenly decided it wanted to be everything else as well. They’re sort of a sim racing manufacturer / retailer hybrid, as they sell…
Moza R21 and R25 Ultra Review: High-End Direct Drive Wheelbases Tested
Today, although I’m a little late, I finally get round to writing up my thoughts on the R25 Ultra wheelbase, recently released from our friends at Moza. Somewhat fortuitously, I…
DIY Sim Racer Builds Pokornyi GTE Pro V3 Wheel
A UK sim racer has shared a (very!) detailed account of building the Pokornyi Engineering GTE Pro V3 steering wheel from scratch, spending £674.27 on parts whilst learning to solder…