Racing Cockpits Buyer’s Guide
I’ve watched a lot of US sim racers go through the same routine: find the perfect aluminium cockpit, realise it ships from the Netherlands or Australia, then wince at the…
Best VR Headsets for Flight Simulation
Featured image: (my) Pimax Crystal Light VR Headset I’ve been casually flying with VR since my Valve Index days, and as I tested the headsets for racing, teh hobbyist in…
Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel GT3 for Xbox Review
A hands-on review of the Fanatec ClubSport Steering Wheel GT3 for Xbox – the $499.98 bundle that pairs a 318mm rubber-gripped GT3 rim with a carbon fibre Universal Hub V2, magnetic shifter paddles, and QR2 quick release. Assembly guide, build quality, driving impressions, and how it compares to the CSL GT3.
Simagic Sim Racing: The Complete Buyer’s Guide (2026)
Chinese brand, launched around 2019, built quietly on word of mouth before most of the sim racing community had clocked them – and the Alpha EVO series, released in 2025,…
Corsair for Sim Racers: Ecosystem Buyers Guide 2026
Corsair is an interesting one. They’re not a sim racing company in the traditional sense – they make gaming PCs, monitors, and peripherals. But, when they acquired Fanatec back in…
Flight Sim Gear for Sim Racers: The Complete Buyer’s Guide (2026)
Featured image: Sim-Lab Flight Sim Collection I spend most of my time in sim racing, but over the past year I’ve been bolting flight sim gear onto my rig and…
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…