With sim racing products often stretching up to and over €1000 / $1000, this hobby can certainly be expensive. Upgrading your racing wheel, pedals, shifter, or sim rig can set you back a lot of money.
This is why Black Friday is the perfect opportunity to grab a sim racing discount. In this guide, I’m going to run through everything you need to know to take advantage of the 2024 sim racing Black Friday sales.
When is Black Friday 2024?
This year’s Black Friday is Friday, November 29th, 2024. Many sim racing brands start their Black Friday sale early with the first deals and discounts launching a couple of weeks before the big day.
Often, early Black Friday deals can be just as good as the deals that are available on the Friday itself. In past years, sim racing brands such as Asetek and GT Omega have started their sales way in advance of Black Friday.
With this year’s Black Friday being the 29th November, I would expect some sim racing brands to start announcing their early deals around the 11th November 2024.
Which sim racing brands have a Black Friday sale?
Black Friday is such a universal sale event across the world, that most sim racing brands do participate. In past years, almost every sim racing brand takes part in the Black Friday sale.
| Brand | Has Black Friday sales? | Products discounted |
|---|---|---|
| Asetek | Yes | Previous discounted a range of accessories along with the Pagani sim racing pedals. |
| Fanatec | Yes | Has discounted racing wheels, pedals, steering wheels and accessories in the past. |
| MOZA Racing | Yes | Previously offered a fixed discount to all sim racing products including racing wheels. |
| Logitech | Yes | Offers discounts to their popular racing wheels and bundles. |
| Simucube | Yes | Offered 10% off Simucube products. |
| Sim-Lab | Yes | Offered 10% off Sim-Lab products. |
| Thrustmaster | Yes | Selected products available at a discounted price. |
| GT Omega | Yes | Previously offered a fixed discount on all sim racing products, including racing wheels. |
| Trak Racer | Yes | 15% discount on all Trak Racer products. |
| GSI | Yes | 10% discount on early bird offers and 15% off on Black Friday. |
| Next Level Racing | Yes | Discounts on a range of sim racing cockpits and sim rigs. |
| Heusinkveld | Yes | Fixed discounts on a range of pedals. |
| Simagic | Yes | Upto 10% discount on Simagic racing wheels. |
Fanatec deals
German brand Fanatec is one of the largest sim racing brands, offering a range of hardware, including racing wheels, pedals, shifters, cockpits and more.
Every year, Fanatec run a Black Friday sale, with different items included each year. Some years have a better sale than others, with last year’s 2023 sale having some pretty good discounts available. These included large discounts on the premium DD2 direct drive wheel base and limited edition steering wheels available.
Fanatec often has a limited number of products available for each discount during Black Friday. This means there can be a rush to buy certain products, and some products can go out of stock quickly. The best way to spot early Fanatec Black Friday deals is by using a deals tracker such as this one.
MOZA Racing deals
MOZA Racing has participated in every Black Friday sale since they entered the sim racing market a few years ago. In previous years, they have discounted almost all of their product lineup with small fixed discounts.
These discounts are available directly from MOZA’s website and despite being small in the past, they go along way considering the high price of some sim racing hardware.
Logitech deals
Logitech is a brand that often offers sim racing deals throughout the year. On Black Friday, Logitech really ramped up its deals by offering discounts on most products, including its budget G923 racing wheel and its more premium Pro lineup.
What deals do Logitech run?
Generally, Logitech will offer a discount that is available via a unique code on their website. These deals often include staggered discounts available at different order values.
Sim-Lab deals
Sim-Lab offers some of the best sim racing cockpits and sim rigs available. Despite the high quality, Sim-Lab do run discounts across Black Friday, with previous years seeing a fixed discount across every single Sim-Lab product.
The discounts made the incredible Sim-Lab P1X Pro cockpit more affordable and turned cockpits such as the GT1 Pro into incredible value for money.
Watch our Sim-Lab P1X Pro review
Watch our Sim-Lab GT1 Pro review
Simucube deals
Simucube is recently off the back of the launch of their ActivePedal Pro, a slightly more budget variant than the ActivePedal Ultimate that we reviewed earlier in 2024. You can watch that review below.
During last year’s sim racing Black Friday sale, Simucube discounted a select few pieces of hardware with pretty decent discounts. Unfortunately, a lot of Simucube’s wheel bases and pedals weren’t included in the sale event, however some steering wheels and third-party products were.
Asetek deals
Asetek specialises in premium sim racing hardware, with products like their fantastic Forte steering wheel and wheel base. They have participated in Black Friday sales in past years, however, to a much lesser degree than other brands.
The 2023 Asetek Black Friday sale saw a few discounts, mainly to a range of accessories. There was one big ticket discount available from Asetek last year, and that was the Pagani sim racing pedals which were heavily discounted.
Asetek has offered a range of bundles and discounts throughout 2024, which gives us hope that they will offer more discounts on sim racing hardware during the 2024 Black Friday sale.
What sim racing deals were there last Black Friday?
Below is a video rounding up all of last year’s best Black Friday deals from the most popular sim racing brands. Deals included large discounts on a range of different products such as racing wheels and pedals from Fanatec. A fixed discount from brands such as Sim-Lab and MOZA Racing, and Asetek offered a big discount on their premium Pagani sim racing pedals.
Where can I find all available deals?
Each sim racing brand announces its deals primarily on its social channels, including X and Instagram, as well as on its website. This can mean that browsing all deals from all brands is a little bit tricky and can be time consuming. And when there are limited units available during Black Friday, this time could be the difference between grabbing a deal and missing out.
Where to view all sim racing Black Friday deals?
I would highly recommend using a sim racing Black Friday deals tracker such as this one from SimRacingSetup.com
A Black Friday deals tracker such as the one linked above, will show you the very best sim racing deals across Black Friday and Cyber Monday as well as any early deals that pop up. There are separate deals trackers for some of the most popular sim racing brands, which you can find links to above.
Are there extra discount codes to use during Black Friday?
Each sim racing brand has its own way of running sales for Black Friday. Many, like Fanatec and MOZA Racing, don’t use discount codes, so you won’t find any Fanatec discount codes at any time of the year.
Other sim racing brands, including Asetek, GT Omega, and Next Level Racing have discount codes that let you save a little more money on your purchase.
Below are three discount codes that can all save you an additional 5% off any purchase from each of the brands below. These codes can be used along with other promos and deals, giving you a great way to save even more money during Black Friday.
| Brand | Discount Code | Discount Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Asetek Sim Sports | SIMRACINGSETUP | 5% |
| GT Omega | SIMRACINGSETUP | 5% |
| Next Level Racing | SIMRACINGSETUP | 5% |
What deals are available now?
Currently, a few brands have discounts, although no brand has announced any early Black Friday deals just yet. Keep track of all promos, vouchers and deals throughout November 2024 using this sim racing Black Friday deals tracker.
Some of the best deals currently available from all sim racing brands include a €/$50 discount on the Fanatec CSL DD (8Nm) with the QR2 attached. The CSL DD isn’t often discounted, meaning this is one of the better prices you’ll find for this small direct-drive wheel.
MOZA Racing also offers a discount on its small direct-drive wheel, the R12. It is currently available for just $499 instead of $589, a discount of $90.
Logitech often discounts their older racing wheels such as the G29 and G923. Currently, you can buy the Logitech G923 from Logitech’s website with a £/$30 discount. You can also buy the G923 racing wheel from Amazon at often great prices.
