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Sim Racing Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2026: Deals and Discount Codes for Fanatec, MOZA and More

By Richard BaxterPosted in Sim Racing NewsPosted on November 13, 2025

Black Friday 2026 is Friday 27 November and Cyber Monday is Monday 30 November, and none of the brands covered here had announced 2026 Black Friday dates or deals when we last looked. In today’s post we forecast which Fanatec, MOZA, Simucube, Trak Racer, Pimax and Sim-Lab products are likely to be discounted and why, with last year’s dated deals and end dates as the evidence. Apart from the CONSPIT products shown through Trak Racer’s store, every place to buy on this page is a manufacturer’s own store, and confirmed deals are added as each brand’s sale goes live.

What Is The Custom Shaders Patch For Assetto Corsa And What Does It Do

By rossjmcgregorPosted in Assetto Corsa, SoftwarePosted on November 10, 2025

Images credit: Ross McGregor Essentially, the Custom Shaders Patch allows your copy of Assetto Corsa to do things it was never supposed to, like adding advanced shader effects, inserting AI…

Pure Weather Mod for Assetto Corsa: How to Install It (2026)

By rossjmcgregorPosted in Assetto Corsa, SoftwarePosted on November 10, 2025

Pure is the weather and lighting mod for Assetto Corsa in 2026 – real-time dynamic weather, a full day/night cycle, and modern post-processing that transforms how the 2014 sim looks.…

Content Manager & Custom Shaders Patch for Assetto Corsa (2026)

By rossjmcgregorPosted in Assetto Corsa, SoftwarePosted on November 10, 2025

Image Credit: Ross McGregor Although Assetto Corsa is generally considered a top-drawer racing simulator, modders have completely transformed it in recent years. Not only does the game now have dynamic…

DIY Sim Racer Converts Asetek Invicta Brake to Active Pedal for £230

By Richard BaxterPosted in Sim Racing NewsPosted on November 6, 2025

Featured Image: DIY active pedal conversion using carbon-reinforced PLA and belt drive system A resourceful sim racer has successfully converted their Asetek Invicta brake pedal into a fully functional active…

Assetto Corsa Race Cancelled Error: How to Fix It (CSP + Content Manager)

By Richard BaxterPosted in How to Guides for Sim RacersPosted on October 29, 2025

If you run Assetto Corsa through Content Manager with Custom Shaders Patch and Pure, you’ll meet “Race Cancelled” sooner or later. You hit Drive, the loading screen flashes, and you’re…

Fanatec Podium DD Review

By Richard BaxterPosted in Sim Racing Reviews, WheelbasesPosted on October 17, 2025

My first direct drive wheelbase, back in 2020, was a Fanatec Podium DD2, an upgrade from my CSL Elite. I moved on to a Simucube 2 Pro, and I’ve still…

Sim-Lab Announces DDX TorqueSync Wheelbases: 350V Architecture and 100kHz Control

By Richard BaxterPosted in Sim Racing NewsPosted on October 17, 2025

Sim-Lab has just announced their DDX TorqueSync wheelbase series, and if the specs are accurate, this could be very interesting. Two models – 26Nm and 39Nm – both running on…

Fanatec Podium Pedals: Price, Release Status & Discount Code

By Richard BaxterPosted in Sim Racing NewsPosted on October 17, 2025

Basically, Fanatec pedals have never been the strong point of a Fanatec setup. My first were the CSL Pedals (V1), and they were OK until I upgraded to the Heusinkveld…

The Science of Tyre Warming in iRacing: Testing Shows Braking Beats Weaving

By Richard BaxterPosted in TechniquePosted on October 1, 2025

Featured Image: Apex Racing League I saw this thread on Reddit earlier and thought it well worth a discussion. A McLaren 720S GT3 driver at Suzuka ran some proper scientific…

Pimax Crystal Super Review

By Richard BaxterPosted in Sim Racing Reviews, VRPosted on September 20, 2025

The Pimax Crystal Super pushes VR resolution to new heights with 30 million pixels, but does its extraordinary clarity justify the £1,260 price tag? Our comprehensive review examines whether this flagship headset delivers value for serious sim racing enthusiasts who understand that cutting-edge technology requires cutting-edge commitment.

Five of the Best Single-Seater Mods for Assetto Corsa

By rossjmcgregorPosted in Assetto CorsaPosted on September 9, 2025

Featured image: Formula RSS Supreme 2025 – RSS It’s more than likely that a large chunk of the sim racing community turns to Assetto Corsa because they want to drive…

Hypercars in Assetto Corsa Mods

By rossjmcgregorPosted in Assetto CorsaPosted on August 26, 2025

Hypercars are becoming increasingly prevalent in sim racing: RaceRoom will add them in its huge September update, iRacing nearly has the full IMSA GTP field already, and Automobilista 2 also…

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