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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.

Fanatec has revealed the new and upgraded CSL Elite Pedals V2, available to buy from the Fanatec store from today:

Goodwood’s famous hillclimb has just seen its all-time record smashed by a very unusual car with a strange sim-racing connection.

The unique Fanatec Esports GT Pro Series, which sees real racing drivers compete in a virtual environment for points towards their real-world championship, returns for 2022, with the first round taking place at this weekend’s 3 Hours of Imola.

If you’ve been looking to move to Fanatec hardware for your driving rig, now might be the time to do so as prices in several product lines are set to increase later this week, on March 17.

Fanatec is now offering the Gran Turismo DD Pro wheel base as a standalone item, alongside the rest of the GT DD Pro wheel bundles, marking the first time an official Gran Turismo wheel has been available as anything other than an all-in-one set.

Fanatec has opened the pre-order books for the ClubSport Steering Wheel F1 Esports V2 wheel rim, the official steering wheel of the $750,000 F1 Esports Series Pro Championship.

Fanatec has surprisingly reduced the cost of its express air freight package for the new Gran Turismo DD Pro wheel by $100/€100, meaning players can get hold of the direct drive wheel before Gran Turismo 7 launches for just $50/€50 extra.

Racing simulator equipment manufacturer Fanatec is again proving that its products have real-world applications, by helping none other than automotive giant Ford develop a steering wheel for its 2022 World Rally Championship contender.

Update: The M4 wheel is again available to pre-order, in all regions, with deliveries set to land in Q3 2022.