Fanatec Discount Codes: How to get a Deal from Fanatec

For a long time, Fanatec abjectly refused to publish discount codes, but since their acquisition by Corsair, things have changed – not just with the products, but with the discount they’re willing to give buyers outside of the usual Black Friday period. Fanatec now accept discount codes at checkout, and you can get 5% off your order with the code SIMRACINGCOCKPIT5. There are no limitations on that 5% – it applies to the US store, the EU store, and the other regional stores too.

In this guide I’ll show you how to use the code, what’s changed at Fanatec under the new ownership, what’s in the current range, and a few of my own methods for finding the deals they don’t advertise.

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How to use the Fanatec discount code

Using the code couldn’t be simpler. Add whatever you’re buying to your basket, and on the basket page you’ll find the voucher field. Type SIMRACINGCOCKPIT5 into it, apply, and 5% comes off your order total. That’s it – and it works whichever regional store you’re buying from.

I do find this slightly amusing. That voucher field sat on the basket page for years with absolutely nothing you could put in it – Fanatec simply didn’t issue codes, and plenty of us typed hopeful guesses into it anyway (none of them ever worked!). Since May 2026, it finally does what it looks like it should do.

One note on the prices you’ll see in this article: Fanatec move their pricing around a fair bit, so the product tables further down pull live prices, updated daily.

What’s changed at Fanatec

So why the change of heart? Ownership. Fanatec’s parent company, Endor AG, went insolvent in 2024, and Corsair acquired the Fanatec brand that September. The period around the insolvency was rocky – order delays, support complaints, the lot – but that’s been worked through, and the new ownership has been busy.

The April 2026 launch event brought the ClubSport Formula V3 wheel, a new Wheel Hub for mounting third-party rims, and the Podium Pedals, along with a price cut on the ClubSport Pedals V3. A free firmware update raised the ClubSport DD from 12 to 15 Nm and the DD+ from 15 to 18 Nm – extra torque on hardware people already owned, which is not something the old Fanatec would have given away. Discount codes arrived at the checkout in May 2026. And in August 2026, Corsair bought Trak Racer, the Australian cockpit maker, too. It’s a very different company to the one I first wrote this page about.

Fanatec direct drive wheelbases

The wheelbase range is where most people start, and there are eight bases in it. The Podium DD (25 Nm) FullForce sits at the top at $1,199.99, the ClubSport DD+ and DD fill the middle – both now carrying that free torque bump to 18 and 15 Nm – and the GT DD PRO and CSL DD cover the entry level at 8 Nm. We’ve a full direct drive buyer’s guide if you want the whole market; here’s the current Fanatec ladder.

Fanatec steering wheels

Steering wheels are where the catalogue gets enormous – 79 of them at the time of writing, from the Podium Bentley GT3 at $1,999.95 down, with licensed F1, Porsche, BMW, PlayStation and Xbox wheels throughout. The new one to know about is the ClubSport Formula V3 at $349.99, launched at the April event.

Fanatec pedals

The Podium Pedals Formula are the new top of the pedal range at $699.99. Below them, the ClubSport Pedals V3 – a long-time favourite around here – had their price cut to $429.99, with the V3 Inverted at $449.99 and the CSL Elite V2 at $329.99 for the entry point.

Fanatec cockpits

Cockpits are a newer part of the story. The ClubSport GT Cockpit is the Corsair-era flagship – $1,000 as a bare frame, or $2,174.95 as a bundle – while the CSL Cockpit V1.5 covers the budget end at $299.99, or $399.99 with a seat included.

Button modules and dashboards

A button module bolts onto your wheel rim and adds buttons, rotaries and a display without replacing the wheel itself. There are two Podium units: the Button Module Rally at $309.99 and the Button Module Endurance at $249.99.

Shifters and handbrakes

The ClubSport Shifter SQ V1.5 ($299.99) does H-pattern and sequential in one unit, and the ClubSport Handbrake V2 ($229.99) is the pick for rally and drift. If your shifter ever gets notchy, we’ve a full strip-down repair guide for the SQ on the site.

Bundles and Ready2Race kits

The code is the easy win, but bundles are where the big saving lives. Buying a Ready2Race or cockpit bundle typically saves 25-35% against buying the same items separately, and the bundles run all the way up to $3,349.96 for the ClubSport GT Cockpit Gran Turismo package. One tip: anything with “QR2” in the bundle name carries the current quick release, which is the version you want.

How to find deals Fanatec don’t advertise

Now for the fun part. My favourite trick uses Google’s site: operator. Search for site:www.fanatec.com “SALE” and Google lists every product page currently carrying a discount, including the ones with no route to them from the homepage. Add inurl:us-en if you want the US store only.

Why does this work? Because ecommerce managers are human. A seasonal deal goes up, the season ends, and sometimes nobody remembers to take the page down – but Google remembers it’s there. I’ve found some decent discounts this way, and the trick works on plenty of other shops too, not just Fanatec. For the technically minded: Fanatec’s product pages mark a discounted price with a CSS class called price–delta in the page source, if you fancy a rummage.

The other approach is to let a tool do the watching for you. Visualping.io (or the Distill extension for Chrome) will monitor a product page and alert you when the price changes or stock comes back – very handy for the popular wheelbases, which sell out and reappear without warning.

The refurbished section

There’s also a certified-refurbished section on fanatec.com that’s easy to miss. These are tested customer returns, sold at up to about 30% off, and the stock rotates constantly – if something you want appears there, it likely won’t hang around. Every certified refurbished product comes with a 2-year warranty.

Timing your purchase

After years of watching Fanatec’s pricing, some patterns are worth knowing. Black Friday is the big one – the deepest cuts of the year, reliably. Stock-clearance discounts appear when product lines transition; the QR1-to-QR2 changeover saw up to 40% off older wheels. Spring promos, around April and May, often line up with new product announcements, and late summer tends to slow down and bring discounts with it. Two smaller observations: the regional stores (EU, US, AU, JP) don’t always run the same promotions, so it’s worth a look across them, and newsletter subscribers tend to get a 24-48 hour head start on limited-stock sale items – if something specific is on your list, that’s the difference between catching it and finding it sold out. One caveat: I learned most of these patterns under the old ownership, and whether they all hold under Corsair, I don’t know yet.

Final thoughts

The code gets you your 5% on anything – SIMRACINGCOCKPIT5, any regional store. Bundles are the big saving if you’re buying more than one piece of kit. And for everything else, there’s the hunting: the Google trick, a page monitor, the refurbished section, and a bit of patience around the sale seasons. Good luck, and let me know in the comments what deals you find!

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