Fanatec Buyer’s Guide – Every Product, Prices & Where the Value Sits in 2026
Fanatec are a brand that divides opinion in sim racing. Some people swear by the ecosystem, others think you’re paying a premium for a logo. My first setup was Fanatec,…
Fanatec are a brand that divides opinion in sim racing. Some people swear by the ecosystem, others think you’re paying a premium for a logo. My first setup was Fanatec,…
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 is one of those brands you find through word of mouth. A small UK-based maker specialising in Honeycomb Bravo throttle quadrant addons, they’ve built a reputation for aircraft-specific overlays…
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 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 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 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 is the VR brand that sim racers either swear by or swear at. Founded in 2015 by former Huawei, HTC, and NVIDIA engineers, they’ve been chasing the widest field…
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 has swiftly become one of sim racing’s most compelling equipment vendors. With their reputation for exceptional value, direct drive wheelbases and intuitive Pit House software, enthusiasts praise their…
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…
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…
I think most of us sim racers know that Simucube occupies a very specific position in the market. They’re not trying to compete with Moza or Simagic on price, and…