Corsair has acquired the assets of Trak Racer, the Melbourne-based maker of sim racing cockpits, seats, and motion systems, bringing another well-known sim racing name under the same roof as Fanatec.
It was less than two years ago that Corsair emerged as the successful buyer of Fanatec’s business and assets from its insolvent parent company Endor AG, before confirming the deal and committing to keep Fanatec’s product lines alive in September 2024.
This time the circumstances are rather less dramatic, but the logic is much the same: Corsair wants to own more of the sim racing market, and Trak Racer fills an obvious gap.
Fanatec’s business is centered primarily on the electronics: wheelbases, steering wheels, pedals, and shifters. Trak Racer’s is everything those bolt onto, from entry-level tubular rigs up to professional-grade aluminum cockpits, along with racing seats, monitor and peripheral mounts, and motion and haptic systems.
Of course, GTPlanet is an affiliate partner of both Trak Racer and Fanatec (and you can save 5% off orders with Fanatec discount code GTPLANET5).
Put the two catalogs together and Corsair can now sell you an entire simulator, frame and all. That’s a meaningful shift for a company that only revealed its first sim racing rig of its own in mid-2024, shortly after it first announced its pursuit of Fanatec.
Trak Racer was founded in 2008 by Matt Sten, who now joins Corsair as Chief Technology Officer for Sim Solutions. “Joining CORSAIR and Fanatec gives Trak Racer the platform to reach far more sim racing enthusiasts faster than we could on our own,” Sten said, pointing to Corsair’s global distribution network as the key benefit for the brand.
Corsair CEO Thi La described the acquisition as one that “meaningfully expands Fanatec’s sim racing lineup”, welcoming what she called Trak Racer’s “passionate, loyal community” into the Fanatec family.
Trak Racer has historically sold primarily direct-to-consumer through its own website. That changes now, with Corsair planning to push Trak Racer cockpits into its worldwide retail and distribution network.
It’s the same playbook Corsair described for Fanatec back in 2024, when it promised to improve availability of Fanatec products through channels like its Amazon store.
Both Fanatec and Trak Racer have existing ties to Formula 1, which Corsair says the two brands will continue to build on together. Beyond that, there’s no word yet on how (or whether) the product lines will be integrated, co-branded, or bundled, so we’ll be watching for what a combined Fanatec and Trak Racer lineup actually looks like on shelves.
