My 15-year-old kid is about to get her driving permit. I had the bright idea of teaching her how drive in a racing simulation with a realistic force-feedback steering wheel, complete with stainless ...

Max Verstappen, a dominant force in Formula 1 with a record 19 wins in 2023 and his fourth championship this season, is not only making headlines on real tracks but also championing the cause of sim ...

We don't know your life trajectory, and we can only guess at your ambitions. But we'll assume for the moment that becoming a professional Formula 1 driver is not in the cards. Don't feel bad. Because ...

This story was updated in September 2025. If you've ever tried to hustle a 700-hp GT3 car around Spa using a thumbstick, you know the feeling: like threading a needle with oven mitts. A proper wheel ...

A few months ago—a few years ago, if we’re going by 2020 Time—I dove into the sim racing world headfirst. With real-world racing on hold at the time thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, I decided to do ...

Testing a real car on a real track is an expensive, ever-diminishing privilege. That's where ultra-realistic racing sims come in. A professional-grade racing simulator’s job is to mirror every aspect ...

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Every weekend during the NASCAR Cup Series season, drivers strap in and prepare to tackle the high-octane, adrenaline-fueled challenges of the track. But have you ever wondered ...

Sim racing equipment is your ticket to the immersive world of car racing. These are the best sim racing cockpits, picked by CNET’s gaming experts. Antuan started out in the automotive industry the old ...

There are honestly two different kinds of racing games, the ones that go for chaos and overall fun, and the ones that go for super realism. A lot of people love those realism ones because of the ...

Antuan started out in the automotive industry the old-fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway and picking up speeding tickets. He now has nearly 20 years of expertise and experience behind ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Lando Norris might only just have made it to the top of Formula 1 in real life, but he’s been the champion of ...