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.

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.

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

• View all Fanatec Black Friday deals
• View Logitech Black Friday deals
• View Asetek Black Friday deals

• View all MOZA Black Friday deals
• View Simucube Black Friday deals
• View Sim-Lab Black Friday deals

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.

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.

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Update: The Fanatec Black Friday Sale Is Here

Fanatec has officially announced its Black Friday sale along with all of the deals that we will see across the next week.

View all Fanatec Black Friday deals for 2024 here.

Navigating Black Friday sales can seem daunting, especially when it comes to brands such as Fanatec. There are so many sim racing brands with deals and discounts available, plus there is the FOMO (fear of missing out), worrying that the one product you wish to buy will go out of stock.

To alleviate any worries you may have about missing out on an incredible Fanatec discount throughout November, I’ve created this Fanatec Black Friday deals guide to answer all the essential questions ahead of this year’s sale event.

The Fanatec Black Friday sale has started, with discounts of up to 54% available across wheel bases, bundles, steering wheels and pedals.

I’ll show you which products are included in the Fanatec Black Friday sale, and how best to navigate the usual website downtime and stock levels.

Watch a complete roundup of all Fanatec Black Friday deals in the video below.

When is Black Friday 2024, and when will Fanatec start its sale?

This year’s Black Friday is Friday, November 29th, 2024. The Fanatec Black Friday sale starts on Tuesday 26th November and ends on 2nd December.

Do Fanatec do Black Friday?

Fanatec has historically always had a Black Friday sale of some form on its website. Some years are better than others, while last year’s sale saw some pretty large discounts on products including the DD2 racing wheel, all pedal sets and a range of steering wheels.

This could mean we see the first Fanatec Black Friday deals around November 25th or the week before. Many sim racing brands, such as GT Omega, Trak Racer, and Logitech, often release or announce their Black Friday deals even earlier than this, closer to the start of November. However, Fanatec typically leaves its announcements a little later.

During last year’s 2023 sale, Fanatec announced their deals on November 17th, a whole week before Black Friday started, which was on the 24th of last year. During the sale, Fanatec announced a new deal each day, with new discounts and bundle deals going live every day from the run-up to the 24th.

What Fanatec Black Friday deals will we see in 2024?

Now is the time to have fun by predicting upcoming deals and discounts. We can base our predictions on the deals that Fanatec has offered in the past and our knowledge of the current ecosystem.

The first point of reference is to look at the deals from last year to establish a baseline of how Fanatec navigate Black Friday. During the event last year, we saw some significant discounts with up to 80% discount on some products.

The incredibly high-performance DD2 wheelbase was one of the biggest discounts from the 2023 Fanatec Black Friday sale, with 47% off its price, costing just €799.95. A range of bundles then included the slightly less powerful DD1 wheelbase, which came with a steering wheel for under €999.95.

The most popular deals from the Fanatec Black Friday sale last year

Below are some of the most popular Fanatec Black Friday deals from last year’s sale event. These can be used to indicate which products will be in this year’s sale.

With these discounts, we saw various popular sim racing products discounted, including wheelbases, bundles, steering wheels, pedals and accessories. This is a wide range of products, giving us hope to see something similar from the Fanatec 2024 Black Friday deals.

Which Fanatec racing wheels will be discounted on Black Friday 2024?

Will the Fanatec ClubSport DD be on sale during Black Friday?

• Our prediction: No
• Reason: The ClubSport DD is Fanatec’s most recent wheel base, and their latest releases rarely get discounted during Black Friday.

With the ClubSport DD and ClubSport DD+ currently being Fanatec’s flagship racing wheels, it is highly unlikely they will be discounted in this year’s sale. We could be wrong, but with it being such a popular sim racing wheel, there is almost no need for them to discount it for it to continue to sell.

So if the most popular Fanatec racing wheel won’t be included, will there be any racing wheel deals in the sale? I would make a strong case for the CSL DD and GT DD Pro featuring in this year’s deals.

Will the Fanatec CSL DD be on sale during Black Friday?

• Our prediction: Yes
• Reason: The Fanatec CSL DD and GT DD Pro are both much older racing wheels compared to the ClubSport DD. They released with the older QR1, and it is likely that Fanatec will have a good amount of stock of both these wheel bases.

Both of these racing wheels have been around for a long time now, and Fanatec probably have a fair few sitting on the shelves in its warehouse. They may even still have some equipped with the old QR1 quick-release.

Because both of these wheels are on the older side, especially because the CSL DD has been heavily discounted before. I imagine we will see a discounted price for the wheel bases, or a discounted bundle deal featuring a steering wheel.

Watch our Fanatec CSL DD review below.

My prediction is that the CSL DD and GT DD Pro will be included in the Black Friday 2024 sale. Since the ClubSport DD and DD+ are not included, that only leaves the DD1 and DD2.

Will the Fanatec DD1 and DD2 be on sale during Black Friday?

• Our prediction: Yes
• Reason: Both the DD1 and DD2 are the oldest wheel bases Fanatec currently sell. These have been superseeded by the Clubsport DD+, meaning Fanatec could be likely to try and sell the final units and discontinue both racing wheels.

These two wheel bases were long seen as the very best direct drive wheels that Fanatec produced. However, since the arrival of the ClubSport DD+, these two wheels are certainly on their way out. The DD2 is not available in some regions, and it won’t be long before both the DD1 and DD2 become discontinued.

This Fanatec Black Friday sale may be the last one where the DD1 and DD2 are still available. Fanatec may use this opportunity to offer an excellent price to shift the last remaining wheels.

Which other Fanatec products will go on sale?

In addition to the older wheelbase, I’d place a pretty big bet on a selection of steering wheels and pedals also being on sale. Previous Fanatec Black Friday sales have included steering wheels such as the popular Porsche 911 GT3 wheels and paddle modules, and we have often seen limited edition F1 steering wheels.

Which Fanatec steering wheels will go on sale during Black Friday?

• Our prediction: Older steering wheels such as the McLaren GT3 V2, Formula V2.5X and other wheels will go on sale
• Reason: Fanatec has a huge variety of steering wheels from budget wheels through to more premium options. It is unlikely that the most premium wheel rims such as the BMW M4 GT3 or Bentley GT3 wheel will be discounted. However, cheaper CSL steering wheels and older wheels may be discounted.

I predict that this trend will continue, with some unique steering wheel and accessory bundles available during Black Friday week.

The paddle modules and universal hubs with steering wheels, or even some button caps and stickers, are commonly paired items.

Will there be any Fanatec pedals included in the sale?

Will any Fanatec pedals be discounted?

• Our prediction: Either a CSL Elite or CSL pedal deal plus a ClubSport V3 deal.
• Reason: Fanatec’s pedal lineup is fairly old meaning discounts could be applied to their entire range of pedals, or they could be included in bundles to make them more attractive.

While Fanatec’s wheelbase range is pretty self-explanatory, with the CSL DD being a budget wheel, the ClubSport DD being a mid-range wheel, and the DD+ being Fanatec’s new premium wheel, their pedal lineup is currently more confusing.

Fanatec offers two budget pedal sets, the CSL Pedals and the CSL Elite Pedals V2. Both of these pedals offer very similar levels of quality and performance, although the brake pedal does feel remarkably different across both pedal sets. When I reviewed the CSL Pedals, I thought they were an excellent set of budget sim racing pedals.

Fanatec could discount one of these pedal sets to clear some stock and make their pedal lineup a little easier to understand.

There is also the more premium ClubSport V3 pedals that have been around for a long time. These pedals were discounted during the 2023 sale, and I’d strongly predict that they will be included again during the 2024 Fanatec Black Friday sale.

How will the CORSAIR takeover affect the Fanatec Black Friday?

If you’ve been sim racing for a while or have kept one eye on the news, you may have heard about Fanatec’s struggles over the past year. Their parent company Endor AG filed for insolvency midway through the year after failing to secure an investor.

This issue started last year but was made worse by overselling during the 2023 Black Friday event. Hopefully, this year’s sale will be set up differently from an admin perspective to avoid similar problems.

Since the insolvency filing, CORSAIR has acquired the Fanatec brand and all assets, essentially taking over from Endor AG as the new parent company for Fanatec. This is a positive step for customers and sim racers as it means Fanatec is still operating normally.

As CORSAIR has invested heavily in Fanatec as a brand, we imagine they would treat this year’s Black Friday as the perfect opportunity to continue as usual. I predict that we will see similar Fanatec Black Friday deals to previous years, and these will be helped due to the improved deliver times and customer support that has come into place since their acquisition.

Will there be Fanatec discount codes?

Fanatec has never used discount codes. They don’t offer price reductions or ways to lower the price outside of their own sale events. This means that during the Fanatec Black Friday 2024 sale, there won’t be any discount codes available.

Instead, the best way to secure the best price on any sim racing hardware that you have an eye on, would be to use a Fanatec Black Friday deal tracker such as this one, where the latest deals are added as soon as they go live.

Will Fanatec’s website go down during Black Friday?

If you’ve been a long-time sim racer or shopped the Black Friday sale during previous years, you may be aware of the Fanatec website going down during sale events. This has happened most years during the Black Friday week and weekend, with the sheer volume of traffic overloading the servers.

If you are planning on buying anything during the Fanatec 2024 Black Friday sale, I would prepare you for website technical issues. Downtime generally occurs as new deals are announced and towards the start of the sale.

If you are shopping later through the weekend, the website should be more stable, although if Fanatec runs a limited amount of stock during the sale, leaving your shopping until later during the sale may mean you miss out on the product you are looking for.

Will there be downtime during the 2024 sale?

We don’t currently know which deals Fanatec will run during this year’s sale, meaning we can’t judge how popular the discounts will be or how busy the website will become.

However, since CORSAIR purchased Fanatec, the operations and technical side of the website have been running smoothly. This could lead us to believe that there may not be as much downtime, or any downtime at all, this year if CORSAIR had put the correct measures in place.

Should you wait until Black Friday or are there currently any Fanatec deals?

Due to factors such as website downtime and limited stock, shopping for Fanatec sim racing products during the Black Friday sale can be stressful. The big question is, should you wait, or can you get a better discount already?

Fanatec isn’t known for running discounts throughout the year. However, some products are already discounted or cheaper to buy as part of a bundle.

Ready2Race discounts

These include the Ready2Race bundles, which include the CSL DD wheelbase along with a steering wheel and pedal set, creating an entirely (yes, you guessed it) ready-to-race sim racing bundle.

Buying one of these bundles doesn’t just ensure you have everything you need to start sim racing right away. It also lets you buy the products at a slightly discounted price compared to buying each item individually.

Read our complete Fanatec CSL DD McLaren Ready2Race bundle review here.

Fanatec discounts

As well as the Ready2Race bundles, there are some discounts already available on individual products. The CSL DD wheel base is the perfect example. The updated QR2 CSL DD (the one with the QR2 quick release) is available at a cheaper price than RRP.

You can grab the CSL DD QR2 (8Nm) for €449.95 / $449.95, rather than €499.95. This is already a €50 or $50 saving over the standard price.

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