Our Simulators

The hardware

Our simulators

Built for drivers who want the car to tell them the truth, and set up so anyone can get in and drive one.

Why the equipment matters

Racing rewards precision, so the simulator has to deliver it

A tenth of a second comes from braking two metres later, from catching the rear before it lets go, from being smooth where everyone else is busy. A simulator is only worth racing if it gives you enough information to do any of that.

Ours are built around that: a motion platform beneath the cockpit, force feedback through the wheel and through the brake pedal, high-refresh displays wide enough to fill your peripheral vision, and control hardware chosen for feel rather than price. Sit down and the car starts talking to you immediately.

What you feel

Three things you notice in the first corner

Haptic feedback

The cockpit moves with the car. Kerbs, camber changes and the instant traction breaks arrive through the seat rather than staying on the screen, which is how you catch a slide before you have consciously registered it. San Ramon runs FIA-certified D-Box motion hardware underneath every simulator.

Total immersion

Up to triple 39-inch screens running at 165Hz with a 1ms response, fitted bezel-free so the image carries across all three panels. Your apex sits where your eyes expect to find it, and your mirrors sit where you'd actually glance.

What's in every simulator

Simucube direct-drive wheelbases, Heusinkveld pedal and handbrake hardware, BDH H1SQ shifters in H-pattern or sequential, and Cube Controls wheels. Every venue is specified to that standard before it opens.

Venue builds

Two venues, two specifications

San Ramon and Miami were built at different times and run different motion platforms, pedals and seats. The equipment above is common to both. The exact build sheet for each floor sits on its venue page.

D-Box haptic actuators, Simucube ActivePedal Ultimate brakes, Asetek Forte pedals, a Cube Controls CSX-3 formula wheel and Recaro Pro Sim Star GT seats.

A Sigma Integrale motion platform, Heusinkveld Ultimate 2 pedals, a Simagic GT Neo formula wheel and Sparco GT racing seats.

Where you'll race

195 circuits and 570 cars to choose from

The circuits you have watched all your life, and a long list you haven't. Pick one you know to measure yourself, or one you don't to find out how quickly you learn. The car is yours to choose too: anything from a go-kart to a Formula 1 car.

  • WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
  • Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point
  • Nürburgring Nordschleife
  • Nürburgring GP Circuit
  • Monza
  • Suzuka
  • Spa-Francorchamps
  • Willow Springs
  • Thunderhill 2, 3 and 5-mile

195 named circuits and 570 cars. The library holds 481 layouts and maps in total.

Get in the seat

Pick a venue and book a session.

Session pricing, hours and the full build sheet are on each venue's page.

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