Fanatec

Sim-racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec is celebrating its first “Black Friday” since it was acquired by Corsair just a few months ago, and the company is going all out with a “Cyber Week” of special deals starting Tuesday, November 26.

More than three years since it was originally revealed, the Fanatec Podium Steering Wheel Bentley GT3 — with which Rhys Millen actually drove up Pikes Peak — is now available to buy.

Following the news that American peripheral manufacturer Corsair had made a deal with the administrators of Endor AG over the weekend, it’s now been confirmed that Fanatec will live on under the new owners.

After a legal to-and-fro which has lasted across the summer, US-based gamingware manufacturer Corsair has been confirmed as the new owner of the troubled Endor AG and its Fanatec racing peripheral brand.

The Fanatec saga of 2024 has taken yet another twist, and a turn for the worse, as the brand’s parent company has filed an application to begin insolvency proceedings.

US-based PC component and gaming technology manufacturer Corsair has announced that it is in advanced negotiations to take over trouble racing game peripheral brand Endor AG, owner of Fanatec.

Fanatec’s Gran Turismo DD Extreme was released earlier this year, and since then, the GTPlanet community has dug in to figure out how to get the most out of it in Gran Turismo 7.

Fanatec has revealed its new CSL Cockpit, designed for compatibility with Fanatec peripherals including direct drive wheels at up to 25Nm and the Gran Turismo DD Extreme wheel.

Fanatec has just revealed the “Gran Turismo DD Extreme”, a completely new product which is now the flagship in terms of Gran Turismo-branded hardware and will be used at all Gran Turismo World Series live events moving forward.

Real-world racing equipment manufacturer Sparco has teamed up with sim-racing brand Fanatec to launch a range of new gaming wheels that replicate the real thing.

Sim-racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec has always offered some lucrative “Black Friday” deals, but the company has gone all-out this year by kicking off the holiday shopping season with some of its most aggressive discounts yet on a wide range of products.

In what’s now an annual tradition, sim-racing peripheral manufacturer Fanatec has revealed its limited-edition ClubSport Steering Wheel F1 just in time for the Black Friday sales.

Fanatec has started its Black Friday Week sales event, with a range of limited-time — and stock — deals dropping each day in the run up to the busiest shopping day of the year.

On the opening night of the ADAC Sim Racing Expo in its native Germany, Fanatec has taken the covers off a surprise new product: the ClubSport DD and DD+ Wheel Base.

Fanatec has revealed its long-awaited, second-generation quick release system, QR2, and it’s available to order from today.

To celebrate the launch of the Gran Turismo movie today, PlayStation has teamed up with peripheral manufacturer Fanatec and Japanese fashion brand A Bathing Ape (BAPE) for a rather unusual sweepstakes competition.

Fanatec has announced that the price of its entry level direct drive wheel base, the CSL DD, will be reduced to $/€199.95 when bought as part of any bundle of base, rim, and pedals.

Fanatec has revealed a new sim-racing bundle which includes its entry level direct drive CSL DD wheelbase for just under $/€400.

Almost two years on from becoming official partners, Fanatec and Gran Turismo have announced an enhanced relationship as the peripheral manufacturer becomes the official steering wheel partner of the game’s flagship esports championship, the Gran Turismo World Series.

Fanatec has launched what it terms “the best deal in sim racing” with a new bundle containing its CSL DD direct drive base, pedals, and wheel rim for $/€499.95.