A turbulent year of sim racing lies behind us: new hardware and software releases, great events, and empty promises shaped the scene. Here you will find our top 5 and flop 5 of the sim racing year 2025, divided into different topics.
Simracing-PC wishes the entire community a Merry Christmas! A turbulent sim racing year 2025 with many new hardware releases, exciting software updates, and countless thrilling sim racing stories is behind us. Thank you for your comments and questions about builds, wheelbases, pedals, and settings. May the holidays be relaxing, the force feedback settings be perfect, and the FPS go through the roof! Enjoy the time with family and friends, and maybe even with a relaxing single-player game or some exciting online races. Simracing-PC is already looking forward to 2026 with new hardware tests, optimization guides, and exciting upcoming simulations. Merry Christmas!
With the ARES APEX Direct Drive Base, Chinese manufacturer CONSPIT is expanding its portfolio and offering a wheelbase in the under 500 Euro price range for the first time. This review aims to show where the base performs well and where compromises may have to be made.
While many manufacturers are currently focusing on discounts, things are heating up at Asetek. In recent days, the Chinese company Suzhou Chunqiu Electronic Technology made a surprising takeover bid for Asetek. In addition, a new, more affordable quick release was introduced today with the Asetek Racing Universal QR Adapter.
Many sim racers stream their races on platforms such as Twitch, YouTube and others. The camera arm presented here is an inexpensive and easy way to add a pedal cam or driver cam to your stream.
In the sim racing scene, Fanatec and Black Friday are two inseparable terms. In recent years, there has been repeated uproar over the deals, whether due to high discounts, pricing errors or resulting delivery problems. This year, we can once again expect a number of offers in the week between 25 November and 2 December.
The X1 Evo Button Box from BoxOneRacing offers 26 freely assignable inputs, RGB lighting, and full SimHub support. We took a closer look at the Button Box and tested it for you.
This year, Black Friday is once again one of the most important events of the year for many sim racers. Most people wait to make their purchasing decisions until the discounts from individual manufacturers have been announced around the time of this popular event. You can often find real bargains here, especially on niche products and bundle deals. We have once again summarized the best deals for this year and will keep you informed about Black Friday throughout November.
Sim racing is becoming increasingly popular and versatile. About a month ago, user Vince_GT submitted a project to the LEGO Ideas platform that depicts a replica of a sim racing steering wheel. Users now have the opportunity to support it in the hope that it will become an official LEGO set.
Once again this year, the offers from Chinese manufacturer MOZA Racing are sure to be some of the most eagerly anticipated in the sim racing community. This year, the deals start on 14 November, with users able to look forward to discounts of around 10 % on average.
